Command line examples added for non-parallel apps.

IPython/config/application.py

@@ -1,404 +1,421 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 A base class for a configurable application.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Brian Granger
 * Min RK
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import logging
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 from copy import deepcopy
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable
 from IPython.config.loader import (
     KeyValueConfigLoader, PyFileConfigLoader, Config, ArgumentError
 )
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Unicode, List, Int, Enum, Dict, Instance, TraitError
 )
 from IPython.utils.importstring import import_item
 from IPython.utils.text import indent, wrap_paragraphs, dedent
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # function for re-wrapping a helpstring
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Descriptions for the various sections
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # merge flags&aliases into options
 option_description = """
 IPython command-line arguments are passed as '--<flag>', or '--<name>=<value>'.
 
 Arguments that take values are actually aliases to full Configurables, whose
 aliases are listed on the help line. For more information on full
 configurables, see '--help-all'.
 """.strip() # trim newlines of front and back
 
 keyvalue_description = """
 Parameters are set from command-line arguments of the form:
 `--Class.trait=value`.
 This line is evaluated in Python, so simple expressions are allowed, e.g.::
 `--C.a='range(3)'` For setting C.a=[0,1,2].
 """.strip() # trim newlines of front and back
 
 subcommand_description = """
 Subcommands are launched as `{app} cmd [args]`. For information on using
 subcommand 'cmd', do: `{app} cmd -h`.
 """.strip().format(app=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
 # get running program name
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Application class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class ApplicationError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
 class Application(SingletonConfigurable):
     """A singleton application with full configuration support."""
 
     # The name of the application, will usually match the name of the command
     # line application
     name = Unicode(u'application')
 
     # The description of the application that is printed at the beginning
     # of the help.
     description = Unicode(u'This is an application.')
     # default section descriptions
     option_description = Unicode(option_description)
     keyvalue_description = Unicode(keyvalue_description)
     subcommand_description = Unicode(subcommand_description)
-    
+
+    # The usage and example string that goes at the end of the help string.
+    examples = Unicode()
 
     # A sequence of Configurable subclasses whose config=True attributes will
     # be exposed at the command line.
     classes = List([])
 
     # The version string of this application.
     version = Unicode(u'0.0')
 
     # The log level for the application
     log_level = Enum((0,10,20,30,40,50,'DEBUG','INFO','WARN','ERROR','CRITICAL'),
                     default_value=logging.WARN,
                     config=True,
                     help="Set the log level by value or name.")
     def _log_level_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """Adjust the log level when log_level is set."""
         if isinstance(new, basestring):
             new = getattr(logging, new)
             self.log_level = new
         self.log.setLevel(new)
     
     # the alias map for configurables
     aliases = Dict({'log-level' : 'Application.log_level'})
     
     # flags for loading Configurables or store_const style flags
     # flags are loaded from this dict by '--key' flags
     # this must be a dict of two-tuples, the first element being the Config/dict
     # and the second being the help string for the flag
     flags = Dict()
     def _flags_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """ensure flags dict is valid"""
         for key,value in new.iteritems():
             assert len(value) == 2, "Bad flag: %r:%s"%(key,value)
             assert isinstance(value[0], (dict, Config)), "Bad flag: %r:%s"%(key,value)
             assert isinstance(value[1], basestring), "Bad flag: %r:%s"%(key,value)
         
     
     # subcommands for launching other applications
     # if this is not empty, this will be a parent Application
     # this must be a dict of two-tuples, 
     # the first element being the application class/import string
     # and the second being the help string for the subcommand
     subcommands = Dict()
     # parse_command_line will initialize a subapp, if requested
     subapp = Instance('IPython.config.application.Application', allow_none=True)
     
     # extra command-line arguments that don't set config values
     extra_args = List(Unicode)
     
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         SingletonConfigurable.__init__(self, **kwargs)
         # Add my class to self.classes so my attributes appear in command line
         # options.
         self.classes.insert(0, self.__class__)
         
         self.init_logging()
 
     def _config_changed(self, name, old, new):
         SingletonConfigurable._config_changed(self, name, old, new)
         self.log.debug('Config changed:')
         self.log.debug(repr(new))
 
     def init_logging(self):
         """Start logging for this application.
 
         The default is to log to stdout using a StreaHandler. The log level
         starts at loggin.WARN, but this can be adjusted by setting the 
         ``log_level`` attribute.
         """
         self.log = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
         self.log.setLevel(self.log_level)
         if sys.executable.endswith('pythonw.exe'):
             # this should really go to a file, but file-logging is only
             # hooked up in parallel applications
             self._log_handler = logging.StreamHandler(open(os.devnull, 'w'))
         else:
             self._log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
         self._log_formatter = logging.Formatter("[%(name)s] %(message)s")
         self._log_handler.setFormatter(self._log_formatter)
         self.log.addHandler(self._log_handler)
-    
+
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         """Do the basic steps to configure me.
         
         Override in subclasses.
         """
         self.parse_command_line(argv)
         
     
     def start(self):
         """Start the app mainloop.
         
         Override in subclasses.
         """
         if self.subapp is not None:
             return self.subapp.start()
     
     def print_alias_help(self):
         """Print the alias part of the help."""
         if not self.aliases:
             return
         
         lines = []
         classdict = {}
         for cls in self.classes:
             # include all parents (up to, but excluding Configurable) in available names
             for c in cls.mro()[:-3]:
                 classdict[c.__name__] = c
         
         for alias, longname in self.aliases.iteritems():
             classname, traitname = longname.split('.',1)
             cls = classdict[classname]
             
             trait = cls.class_traits(config=True)[traitname]
             help = cls.class_get_trait_help(trait).splitlines()
             # reformat first line
             help[0] = help[0].replace(longname, alias) + ' (%s)'%longname
             lines.extend(help)
         # lines.append('')
         print os.linesep.join(lines)
     
     def print_flag_help(self):
         """Print the flag part of the help."""
         if not self.flags:
             return
         
         lines = []
         for m, (cfg,help) in self.flags.iteritems():
             lines.append('--'+m)
             lines.append(indent(dedent(help.strip())))
         # lines.append('')
         print os.linesep.join(lines)
     
     def print_options(self):
         if not self.flags and not self.aliases:
             return
         lines = ['Options']
         lines.append('-'*len(lines[0]))
         lines.append('')
         for p in wrap_paragraphs(self.option_description):
             lines.append(p)
             lines.append('')
         print os.linesep.join(lines)
         self.print_flag_help()
         self.print_alias_help()
         print
     
     def print_subcommands(self):
         """Print the subcommand part of the help."""
         if not self.subcommands:
             return
         
         lines = ["Subcommands"]
         lines.append('-'*len(lines[0]))
         lines.append('')
         for p in wrap_paragraphs(self.subcommand_description):
             lines.append(p)
             lines.append('')
         for subc, (cls,help) in self.subcommands.iteritems():
             lines.append("%s : %s"%(subc, cls))
             if help:
                 lines.append(indent(dedent(help.strip())))
         lines.append('')
         print os.linesep.join(lines)
     
     def print_help(self, classes=False):
         """Print the help for each Configurable class in self.classes.
         
         If classes=False (the default), only flags and aliases are printed.
         """
         self.print_subcommands()
         self.print_options()
         
         if classes:
             if self.classes:
                 print "Class parameters"
                 print "----------------"
                 print
                 for p in wrap_paragraphs(self.keyvalue_description):
                     print p
                     print
         
             for cls in self.classes:
                 cls.class_print_help()
                 print
         else:
             print "To see all available configurables, use `--help-all`"
             print
 
     def print_description(self):
         """Print the application description."""
         for p in wrap_paragraphs(self.description):
             print p
             print
 
+    def print_examples(self):
+        """Print usage and examples.
+
+        This usage string goes at the end of the command line help string
+        and should contain examples of the application's usage.
+        """
+        if self.examples:
+            print "Examples"
+            print "--------"
+            print
+            print indent(dedent(self.examples.strip()))
+            print
+
     def print_version(self):
         """Print the version string."""
         print self.version
 
     def update_config(self, config):
         """Fire the traits events when the config is updated."""
         # Save a copy of the current config.
         newconfig = deepcopy(self.config)
         # Merge the new config into the current one.
         newconfig._merge(config)
         # Save the combined config as self.config, which triggers the traits
         # events.
         self.config = newconfig
     
     def initialize_subcommand(self, subc, argv=None):
         """Initialize a subcommand with argv."""
         subapp,help = self.subcommands.get(subc)
         
         if isinstance(subapp, basestring):
             subapp = import_item(subapp)
         
         # clear existing instances
         self.__class__.clear_instance()
         # instantiate
         self.subapp = subapp.instance()
         # and initialize subapp
         self.subapp.initialize(argv)
         
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         """Parse the command line arguments."""
         argv = sys.argv[1:] if argv is None else argv
 
         if self.subcommands and len(argv) > 0:
             # we have subcommands, and one may have been specified
             subc, subargv = argv[0], argv[1:]
             if re.match(r'^\w(\-?\w)*$', subc) and subc in self.subcommands:
                 # it's a subcommand, and *not* a flag or class parameter
                 return self.initialize_subcommand(subc, subargv)
             
         if '-h' in argv or '--help' in argv or '--help-all' in argv:
             self.print_description()
             self.print_help('--help-all' in argv)
+            self.print_examples()
             self.exit(0)
 
         if '--version' in argv:
             self.print_version()
             self.exit(0)
         
         loader = KeyValueConfigLoader(argv=argv, aliases=self.aliases,
                                         flags=self.flags)
         try:
             config = loader.load_config()
             self.update_config(config)
         except (TraitError, ArgumentError) as e:
             self.print_description()
             self.print_help()
+            self.print_examples()
             self.log.fatal(str(e))
             self.exit(1)
         # store unparsed args in extra_args
         self.extra_args = loader.extra_args
 
     def load_config_file(self, filename, path=None):
         """Load a .py based config file by filename and path."""
         loader = PyFileConfigLoader(filename, path=path)
         config = loader.load_config()
         self.update_config(config)
     
     def generate_config_file(self):
         """generate default config file from Configurables"""
         lines = ["# Configuration file for %s."%self.name]
         lines.append('')
         lines.append('c = get_config()')
         lines.append('')
         for cls in self.classes:
             lines.append(cls.class_config_section())
         return '\n'.join(lines)
 
     def exit(self, exit_status=0):
         self.log.debug("Exiting application: %s" % self.name)
         sys.exit(exit_status)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # utility functions, for convenience
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def boolean_flag(name, configurable, set_help='', unset_help=''):
     """Helper for building basic --trait, --no-trait flags.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     
     name : str
         The name of the flag.
     configurable : str
         The 'Class.trait' string of the trait to be set/unset with the flag
     set_help : unicode
         help string for --name flag
     unset_help : unicode
         help string for --no-name flag
     
     Returns
     -------
     
     cfg : dict
         A dict with two keys: 'name', and 'no-name', for setting and unsetting
         the trait, respectively.
     """
     # default helpstrings
     set_help = set_help or "set %s=True"%configurable
     unset_help = unset_help or "set %s=False"%configurable
     
     cls,trait = configurable.split('.')
     
     setter = {cls : {trait : True}}
     unsetter = {cls : {trait : False}}
     return {name : (setter, set_help), 'no-'+name : (unsetter, unset_help)}
 

IPython/core/profileapp.py

@@ -1,220 +1,231 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 An application for managing IPython profiles.
 
 To be invoked as the `ipython profile` subcommand.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Min RK
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import logging
 import os
 
 from IPython.config.application import Application, boolean_flag
 from IPython.core.application import (
     BaseIPythonApplication, base_flags, base_aliases
 )
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
 from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_dir
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Bool, Dict
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 create_help = """Create an IPython profile by name
 
 Create an ipython profile directory by its name or
 profile directory path. Profile directories contain
 configuration, log and security related files and are named
 using the convention 'profile_<name>'. By default they are
 located in your ipython directory. Once created, you will
 can edit the configuration files in the profile
 directory to configure IPython. Most users will create a
 profile directory by name,
 `ipython profile create myprofile`, which will put the directory
 in `<ipython_dir>/profile_myprofile`.
 """
 list_help = """List available IPython profiles
 
 List all available profiles, by profile location, that can
 be found in the current working directly or in the ipython
 directory. Profile directories are named using the convention
 'profile_<profile>'.
 """
 profile_help = """Manage IPython profiles
 
 Profile directories contain
 configuration, log and security related files and are named
 using the convention 'profile_<name>'. By default they are
 located in your ipython directory.  You can create profiles
 with `ipython profile create <name>`, or see the profiles you
 already have with `ipython profile list`
 
 To get started configuring IPython, simply do:
 
 $> ipython profile create
 
 and IPython will create the default profile in <ipython_dir>/profile_default,
 where you can edit ipython_config.py to start configuring IPython.
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Profile Application Class (for `ipython profile` subcommand)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-
 class ProfileList(Application):
     name = u'ipython-profile'
     description = list_help
     
     aliases = Dict({
         'ipython-dir' : 'ProfileList.ipython_dir',
         'log-level' : 'Application.log_level',
     })
     flags = Dict(dict(
         debug = ({'Application' : {'log_level' : 0}},
             "Set Application.log_level to 0, maximizing log output."
         )
     ))
     ipython_dir = Unicode(get_ipython_dir(), config=True, 
         help="""
         The name of the IPython directory. This directory is used for logging
         configuration (through profiles), history storage, etc. The default
         is usually $HOME/.ipython. This options can also be specified through
         the environment variable IPYTHON_DIR.
         """
     )
     
     def list_profile_dirs(self):
         # Find the search paths
         paths = [os.getcwdu(), self.ipython_dir]
 
         self.log.warn('Searching for IPython profiles in paths: %r' % paths)
         for path in paths:
             files = os.listdir(path)
             for f in files:
                 full_path = os.path.join(path, f)
                 if os.path.isdir(full_path) and f.startswith('profile_'):
                     profile = f.split('_',1)[-1]
                     start_cmd = 'ipython profile=%s' % profile
                     print start_cmd + " ==> " + full_path
     
     def start(self):
         self.list_profile_dirs()
 
 
 create_flags = {}
 create_flags.update(base_flags)
 create_flags.update(boolean_flag('reset', 'ProfileCreate.overwrite', 
                 "reset config files to defaults", "leave existing config files"))
 create_flags.update(boolean_flag('parallel', 'ProfileCreate.parallel', 
                 "Include parallel computing config files", 
                 "Don't include parallel computing config files"))
 
+create_examples = """
+ipython profile create foo        # create profile foo
+ipython profile create foo --init # create with default config files
+"""
+
 class ProfileCreate(BaseIPythonApplication):
     name = u'ipython-profile'
     description = create_help
+    examples = create_examples
     auto_create = Bool(True, config=False)
     
     def _copy_config_files_default(self):
         return True
     
     parallel = Bool(False, config=True,
         help="whether to include parallel computing config files")
     def _parallel_changed(self, name, old, new):
         parallel_files = [   'ipcontroller_config.py', 
                             'ipengine_config.py', 
                             'ipcluster_config.py'
                         ]
         if new:
             for cf in parallel_files:
                 self.config_files.append(cf)
         else:
             for cf in parallel_files:
                 if cf in self.config_files:
                     self.config_files.remove(cf)
     
     def parse_command_line(self, argv):
         super(ProfileCreate, self).parse_command_line(argv)
         # accept positional arg as profile name
         if self.extra_args:
             self.profile = self.extra_args[0]
     
     flags = Dict(create_flags)
     
     classes = [ProfileDir]
     
     def init_config_files(self):
         super(ProfileCreate, self).init_config_files()
         # use local imports, since these classes may import from here
         from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import TerminalIPythonApp
         apps = [TerminalIPythonApp]
         try:
             from IPython.frontend.qt.console.qtconsoleapp import IPythonQtConsoleApp
         except Exception:
             # this should be ImportError, but under weird circumstances
             # this might be an AttributeError, or possibly others
             # in any case, nothing should cause the profile creation to crash.
             pass
         else:
             apps.append(IPythonQtConsoleApp)
         if self.parallel:
             from IPython.parallel.apps.ipcontrollerapp import IPControllerApp
             from IPython.parallel.apps.ipengineapp import IPEngineApp
             from IPython.parallel.apps.ipclusterapp import IPClusterStart
             from IPython.parallel.apps.iploggerapp import IPLoggerApp
             apps.extend([
                 IPControllerApp,
                 IPEngineApp,
                 IPClusterStart,
                 IPLoggerApp,
             ])
         for App in apps:
             app = App()
             app.config.update(self.config)
             app.log = self.log
             app.overwrite = self.overwrite
             app.copy_config_files=True
             app.profile = self.profile
             app.init_profile_dir()
             app.init_config_files()
     
     def stage_default_config_file(self):
         pass
 
+main_examples = """
+ipython profile create -h  # show the help string for the create subcommand
+ipython profile list -h    # show the help string for the list subcommand
+"""
+
 class ProfileApp(Application):
     name = u'ipython-profile'
     description = profile_help
-    
+    examples = main_examples
+
     subcommands = Dict(dict(
         create = (ProfileCreate, "Create a new profile dir with default config files"),
         list = (ProfileList, "List existing profiles")
     ))
     
     def start(self):
         if self.subapp is None:
             print "No subcommand specified. Must specify one of: %s"%(self.subcommands.keys())
             print
             self.print_description()
             self.print_subcommands()
             self.exit(1)
         else:
             return self.subapp.start()
 

IPython/frontend/qt/console/qtconsoleapp.py

@@ -1,422 +1,429 b''
 """ A minimal application using the Qt console-style IPython frontend.
 
 This is not a complete console app, as subprocess will not be able to receive
 input, there is no real readline support, among other limitations.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Evan Patterson
 * Min RK
 * Erik Tollerud
 * Fernando Perez
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # stdlib imports
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
 
 # System library imports
 from IPython.external.qt import QtGui
 from pygments.styles import get_all_styles
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag
 from IPython.core.application import BaseIPythonApplication
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.frontend_widget import FrontendWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.ipython_widget import IPythonWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.rich_ipython_widget import RichIPythonWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console import styles
 from IPython.frontend.qt.kernelmanager import QtKernelManager
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Dict, List, Unicode, Int, CaselessStrEnum, CBool, Any
 )
 from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import (
     flags as ipkernel_flags,
     aliases as ipkernel_aliases,
     IPKernelApp
 )
 from IPython.zmq.session import Session
 from IPython.zmq.zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Network Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST, LOCAL_IPS
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'object' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def __init__(self, app, frontend, existing=False, may_close=True,
                     confirm_exit=True):
         """ Create a MainWindow for the specified FrontendWidget.
         
         The app is passed as an argument to allow for different
         closing behavior depending on whether we are the Kernel's parent.
         
         If existing is True, then this Console does not own the Kernel.
         
         If may_close is True, then this Console is permitted to close the kernel
         """
         super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
         self._app = app
         self._frontend = frontend
         self._existing = existing
         if existing:
             self._may_close = may_close
         else:
             self._may_close = True
         self._frontend.exit_requested.connect(self.close)
         self._confirm_exit = confirm_exit
         self.setCentralWidget(frontend)
     
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # QWidget interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def closeEvent(self, event):
         """ Close the window and the kernel (if necessary).
         
         This will prompt the user if they are finished with the kernel, and if
         so, closes the kernel cleanly. Alternatively, if the exit magic is used,
         it closes without prompt.
         """
         keepkernel = None #Use the prompt by default
         if hasattr(self._frontend,'_keep_kernel_on_exit'): #set by exit magic
             keepkernel = self._frontend._keep_kernel_on_exit
         
         kernel_manager = self._frontend.kernel_manager
         
         if keepkernel is None and not self._confirm_exit:
             # don't prompt, just terminate the kernel if we own it
             # or leave it alone if we don't
             keepkernel = not self._existing
         
         if keepkernel is None: #show prompt
             if kernel_manager and kernel_manager.channels_running:
                 title = self.window().windowTitle()
                 cancel = QtGui.QMessageBox.Cancel
                 okay = QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok
                 if self._may_close:
                     msg = "You are closing this Console window."
                     info = "Would you like to quit the Kernel and all attached Consoles as well?"
                     justthis = QtGui.QPushButton("&No, just this Console", self)
                     justthis.setShortcut('N')
                     closeall = QtGui.QPushButton("&Yes, quit everything", self)
                     closeall.setShortcut('Y')
                     box = QtGui.QMessageBox(QtGui.QMessageBox.Question,
                                             title, msg)
                     box.setInformativeText(info)
                     box.addButton(cancel)
                     box.addButton(justthis, QtGui.QMessageBox.NoRole)
                     box.addButton(closeall, QtGui.QMessageBox.YesRole)
                     box.setDefaultButton(closeall)
                     box.setEscapeButton(cancel)
                     reply = box.exec_()
                     if reply == 1: # close All
                         kernel_manager.shutdown_kernel()
                         #kernel_manager.stop_channels()
                         event.accept()
                     elif reply == 0: # close Console
                         if not self._existing:
                             # Have kernel: don't quit, just close the window
                             self._app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
                             self.deleteLater()
                         event.accept()
                     else:
                         event.ignore()
                 else:
                     reply = QtGui.QMessageBox.question(self, title,
                         "Are you sure you want to close this Console?"+
                         "\nThe Kernel and other Consoles will remain active.",
                         okay|cancel,
                         defaultButton=okay
                         )
                     if reply == okay:
                         event.accept()
                     else:
                         event.ignore()
         elif keepkernel: #close console but leave kernel running (no prompt)
             if kernel_manager and kernel_manager.channels_running:
                 if not self._existing:
                     # I have the kernel: don't quit, just close the window
                     self._app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
                 event.accept()
         else: #close console and kernel (no prompt)
             if kernel_manager and kernel_manager.channels_running:
                 kernel_manager.shutdown_kernel()
                 event.accept()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 flags = dict(ipkernel_flags)
 
 flags.update({
     'existing' : ({'IPythonQtConsoleApp' : {'existing' : True}},
             "Connect to an existing kernel."),
     'pure' : ({'IPythonQtConsoleApp' : {'pure' : True}},
             "Use a pure Python kernel instead of an IPython kernel."),
     'plain' : ({'ConsoleWidget' : {'kind' : 'plain'}},
             "Disable rich text support."),
 })
 flags.update(boolean_flag(
     'gui-completion', 'ConsoleWidget.gui_completion',
     "use a GUI widget for tab completion",
     "use plaintext output for completion"
 ))
 flags.update(boolean_flag(
     'confirm-exit', 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.confirm_exit',
     """Set to display confirmation dialog on exit. You can always use 'exit' or 'quit',
        to force a direct exit without any confirmation.
     """,
     """Don't prompt the user when exiting. This will terminate the kernel
        if it is owned by the frontend, and leave it alive if it is external.
     """
 ))
 # the flags that are specific to the frontend
 # these must be scrubbed before being passed to the kernel,
 # or it will raise an error on unrecognized flags
 qt_flags = ['existing', 'pure', 'plain', 'gui-completion', 'no-gui-completion',
             'confirm-exit', 'no-confirm-exit']
 
 aliases = dict(ipkernel_aliases)
 
 aliases.update(dict(
     hb = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.hb_port',
     shell = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.shell_port',
     iopub = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.iopub_port',
     stdin = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.stdin_port',
     ip = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.ip',
 
     plain = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.plain',
     pure = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.pure',
     gui_completion = 'ConsoleWidget.gui_completion',
     style = 'IPythonWidget.syntax_style',
     stylesheet = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.stylesheet',
     colors = 'ZMQInteractiveShell.colors',
 
     editor = 'IPythonWidget.editor',
 ))
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # IPythonQtConsole
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+qt_examples = """
+ipython qtconsole                 # start the qtconsole
+ipython qtconsole --pylab=inline  # start with pylab in inline plotting mode
+"""
+
 class IPythonQtConsoleApp(BaseIPythonApplication):
     name = 'ipython-qtconsole'
     default_config_file_name='ipython_config.py'
     
     description = """
         The IPython QtConsole.
         
         This launches a Console-style application using Qt.  It is not a full
         console, in that launched terminal subprocesses will not.
         
         The QtConsole supports various extra features beyond the
         
     """
-    
+    examples = qt_examples
+
     classes = [IPKernelApp, IPythonWidget, ZMQInteractiveShell, ProfileDir, Session]
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
 
     kernel_argv = List(Unicode)
 
     # connection info:
     ip = Unicode(LOCALHOST, config=True,
         help="""Set the kernel\'s IP address [default localhost].
         If the IP address is something other than localhost, then
         Consoles on other machines will be able to connect
         to the Kernel, so be careful!"""
     )
     hb_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the heartbeat port [default: random]")
     shell_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the shell (XREP) port [default: random]")
     iopub_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the iopub (PUB) port [default: random]")
     stdin_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the stdin (XREQ) port [default: random]")
 
     existing = CBool(False, config=True,
         help="Whether to connect to an already running Kernel.")
 
     stylesheet = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="path to a custom CSS stylesheet")
 
     pure = CBool(False, config=True,
         help="Use a pure Python kernel instead of an IPython kernel.")
     plain = CBool(False, config=True,
         help="Use a plaintext widget instead of rich text (plain can't print/save).")
 
     def _pure_changed(self, name, old, new):
         kind = 'plain' if self.plain else 'rich'
         self.config.ConsoleWidget.kind = kind
         if self.pure:
             self.widget_factory = FrontendWidget
         elif self.plain:
             self.widget_factory = IPythonWidget
         else:
             self.widget_factory = RichIPythonWidget
 
     _plain_changed = _pure_changed
 
     confirm_exit = CBool(True, config=True,
         help="""
         Set to display confirmation dialog on exit. You can always use 'exit' or 'quit',
         to force a direct exit without any confirmation.""",
     )
     
     # the factory for creating a widget
     widget_factory = Any(RichIPythonWidget)
 
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         super(IPythonQtConsoleApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
         if argv is None:
             argv = sys.argv[1:]
 
         self.kernel_argv = list(argv) # copy
         # kernel should inherit default config file from frontend
         self.kernel_argv.append("--KernelApp.parent_appname='%s'"%self.name)
         # scrub frontend-specific flags
         for a in argv:
             if a.startswith('-') and a.lstrip('-') in qt_flags:
                 self.kernel_argv.remove(a)
 
     def init_kernel_manager(self):
         # Don't let Qt or ZMQ swallow KeyboardInterupts.
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
         # Create a KernelManager and start a kernel.
         self.kernel_manager = QtKernelManager(
                                 shell_address=(self.ip, self.shell_port),
                                 sub_address=(self.ip, self.iopub_port),
                                 stdin_address=(self.ip, self.stdin_port),
                                 hb_address=(self.ip, self.hb_port),
                                 config=self.config
         )
         # start the kernel
         if not self.existing:
             kwargs = dict(ip=self.ip, ipython=not self.pure)
             kwargs['extra_arguments'] = self.kernel_argv
             self.kernel_manager.start_kernel(**kwargs)
         self.kernel_manager.start_channels()
 
 
     def init_qt_elements(self):
         # Create the widget.
         self.app = QtGui.QApplication([])
         local_kernel = (not self.existing) or self.ip in LOCAL_IPS
         self.widget = self.widget_factory(config=self.config,
                                         local_kernel=local_kernel)
         self.widget.kernel_manager = self.kernel_manager
         self.window = MainWindow(self.app, self.widget, self.existing,
                                 may_close=local_kernel,
                                 confirm_exit=self.confirm_exit)
         self.window.setWindowTitle('Python' if self.pure else 'IPython')
 
     def init_colors(self):
         """Configure the coloring of the widget"""
         # Note: This will be dramatically simplified when colors
         # are removed from the backend.
 
         if self.pure:
             # only IPythonWidget supports styling
             return
 
         # parse the colors arg down to current known labels
         try:
             colors = self.config.ZMQInteractiveShell.colors
         except AttributeError:
             colors = None
         try:
             style = self.config.IPythonWidget.colors
         except AttributeError:
             style = None
 
         # find the value for colors:
         if colors:
             colors=colors.lower()
             if colors in ('lightbg', 'light'):
                 colors='lightbg'
             elif colors in ('dark', 'linux'):
                 colors='linux'
             else:
                 colors='nocolor'
         elif style:
             if style=='bw':
                 colors='nocolor'
             elif styles.dark_style(style):
                 colors='linux'
             else:
                 colors='lightbg'
         else:
             colors=None
 
         # Configure the style.
         widget = self.widget
         if style:
             widget.style_sheet = styles.sheet_from_template(style, colors)
             widget.syntax_style = style
             widget._syntax_style_changed()
             widget._style_sheet_changed()
         elif colors:
             # use a default style
             widget.set_default_style(colors=colors)
         else:
             # this is redundant for now, but allows the widget's
             # defaults to change
             widget.set_default_style()
 
         if self.stylesheet:
             # we got an expicit stylesheet
             if os.path.isfile(self.stylesheet):
                 with open(self.stylesheet) as f:
                     sheet = f.read()
                 widget.style_sheet = sheet
                 widget._style_sheet_changed()
             else:
                 raise IOError("Stylesheet %r not found."%self.stylesheet)
 
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         super(IPythonQtConsoleApp, self).initialize(argv)
         self.init_kernel_manager()
         self.init_qt_elements()
         self.init_colors()
 
     def start(self):
 
         # draw the window
         self.window.show()
 
         # Start the application main loop.
         self.app.exec_()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main entry point
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def main():
     app = IPythonQtConsoleApp()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py

@@ -1,364 +1,375 b''
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 The :class:`~IPython.core.application.Application` object for the command
 line :command:`ipython` program.
 
 Authors
 -------
 
 * Brian Granger
 * Fernando Perez
 * Min Ragan-Kelley
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2010  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
 
 from IPython.config.loader import (
     Config, PyFileConfigLoader
 )
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag
 from IPython.core import release
 from IPython.core import usage
 from IPython.core.crashhandler import CrashHandler
 from IPython.core.formatters import PlainTextFormatter
 from IPython.core.application import (
     ProfileDir, BaseIPythonApplication, base_flags, base_aliases
 )
 from IPython.core.shellapp import (
     InteractiveShellApp, shell_flags, shell_aliases
 )
 from IPython.frontend.terminal.interactiveshell import TerminalInteractiveShell
 from IPython.lib import inputhook
 from IPython.utils import warn
 from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_dir, check_for_old_config
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Bool, Dict, CaselessStrEnum
 )
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals, utilities and helpers
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #: The default config file name for this application.
 default_config_file_name = u'ipython_config.py'
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Crash handler for this application
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class IPAppCrashHandler(CrashHandler):
     """sys.excepthook for IPython itself, leaves a detailed report on disk."""
 
     def __init__(self, app):
         contact_name = release.authors['Fernando'][0]
         contact_email = release.authors['Fernando'][1]
         bug_tracker = 'http://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues'
         super(IPAppCrashHandler,self).__init__(
             app, contact_name, contact_email, bug_tracker
         )
 
     def make_report(self,traceback):
         """Return a string containing a crash report."""
 
         sec_sep = self.section_sep
         # Start with parent report
         report = [super(IPAppCrashHandler, self).make_report(traceback)]
         # Add interactive-specific info we may have
         rpt_add = report.append
         try:
             rpt_add(sec_sep+"History of session input:")
             for line in self.app.shell.user_ns['_ih']:
                 rpt_add(line)
             rpt_add('\n*** Last line of input (may not be in above history):\n')
             rpt_add(self.app.shell._last_input_line+'\n')
         except:
             pass
 
         return ''.join(report)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 flags = dict(base_flags)
 flags.update(shell_flags)
 addflag = lambda *args: flags.update(boolean_flag(*args))
 addflag('autoedit-syntax', 'TerminalInteractiveShell.autoedit_syntax',
         'Turn on auto editing of files with syntax errors.',
         'Turn off auto editing of files with syntax errors.'
 )
 addflag('banner', 'TerminalIPythonApp.display_banner',
         "Display a banner upon starting IPython.",
         "Don't display a banner upon starting IPython."
 )
 addflag('confirm-exit', 'TerminalInteractiveShell.confirm_exit',
     """Set to confirm when you try to exit IPython with an EOF (Control-D
     in Unix, Control-Z/Enter in Windows). By typing 'exit' or 'quit',
     you can force a direct exit without any confirmation.""",
     "Don't prompt the user when exiting."
 )
 addflag('term-title', 'TerminalInteractiveShell.term_title',
     "Enable auto setting the terminal title.",
     "Disable auto setting the terminal title."
 )
 classic_config = Config()
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.cache_size = 0
 classic_config.PlainTextFormatter.pprint = False
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.prompt_in1 = '>>> '
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.prompt_in2 = '... '
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.prompt_out = ''
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.separate_in = ''
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.separate_out = ''
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.separate_out2 = ''
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.colors = 'NoColor'
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.xmode = 'Plain'
 
 flags['classic']=(
     classic_config,
     "Gives IPython a similar feel to the classic Python prompt."
 )
 # # log doesn't make so much sense this way anymore
 # paa('--log','-l',
 #     action='store_true', dest='InteractiveShell.logstart',
 #     help="Start logging to the default log file (./ipython_log.py).")
 #
 # # quick is harder to implement
 flags['quick']=(
     {'TerminalIPythonApp' : {'quick' : True}},
     "Enable quick startup with no config files."
 )
 
 flags['i'] = (
     {'TerminalIPythonApp' : {'force_interact' : True}},
     """also works as '-i'
     If running code from the command line, become interactive afterwards."""
 )
 flags['pylab'] = (
     {'TerminalIPythonApp' : {'pylab' : 'auto'}},
     """Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use with
     the default matplotlib backend."""
 )
 
 aliases = dict(base_aliases)
 aliases.update(shell_aliases)
 
 # it's possible we don't want short aliases for *all* of these:
 aliases.update(dict(
     gui='TerminalIPythonApp.gui',
     pylab='TerminalIPythonApp.pylab',
 ))
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main classes and functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+examples = """
+ipython --pylab            # start in pylab mode
+ipython --pylab=qt         # start in pylab mode with the qt4 backend
+ipython --log_level=DEBUG  # set logging to DEBUG
+ipython --profile=foo      # start with profile foo
+ipython qtconsole          # start the qtconsole GUI application
+ipython profile -h         # show the help string for the profile subcmd
+ipython qtconsole -h       # show the help string for the qtconsole subcmd
+"""
+
 class TerminalIPythonApp(BaseIPythonApplication, InteractiveShellApp):
     name = u'ipython'
     description = usage.cl_usage
     default_config_file_name = default_config_file_name
     crash_handler_class = IPAppCrashHandler
-    
+    examples = examples
+
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
     classes = [InteractiveShellApp, TerminalInteractiveShell, ProfileDir, PlainTextFormatter]
     subcommands = Dict(dict(
         qtconsole=('IPython.frontend.qt.console.qtconsoleapp.IPythonQtConsoleApp',
             """Launch the IPython Qt Console."""
         ),
         profile = ("IPython.core.profileapp.ProfileApp",
             "Create and manage IPython profiles.")
     ))
     
     # *do* autocreate requested profile, but don't create the config file.
     auto_create=Bool(True)
     # configurables
     ignore_old_config=Bool(False, config=True,
         help="Suppress warning messages about legacy config files"
     )
     quick = Bool(False, config=True,
         help="""Start IPython quickly by skipping the loading of config files."""
     )
     def _quick_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new:
             self.load_config_file = lambda *a, **kw: None
             self.ignore_old_config=True
 
     gui = CaselessStrEnum(('qt','wx','gtk'), config=True,
         help="Enable GUI event loop integration ('qt', 'wx', 'gtk')."
     )
     pylab = CaselessStrEnum(['tk', 'qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'osx', 'auto'],
         config=True,
         help="""Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use,
         selecting a particular matplotlib backend and loop integration.
         """
     )
     display_banner = Bool(True, config=True,
         help="Whether to display a banner upon starting IPython."
     )
 
     # if there is code of files to run from the cmd line, don't interact
     # unless the --i flag (App.force_interact) is true.
     force_interact = Bool(False, config=True,
         help="""If a command or file is given via the command-line,
         e.g. 'ipython foo.py"""
     )
     def _force_interact_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new:
             self.interact = True
     
     def _file_to_run_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new and not self.force_interact:
                 self.interact = False
     _code_to_run_changed = _file_to_run_changed
 
     # internal, not-configurable
     interact=Bool(True)
 
 
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         """override to allow old '-pylab' flag with deprecation warning"""
         argv = sys.argv[1:] if argv is None else argv
         
         try:
             idx = argv.index('-pylab')
         except ValueError:
             # `-pylab` not given, proceed as normal
             pass
         else:
             # deprecated `-pylab` given,
             # warn and transform into current syntax
             argv = list(argv) # copy, don't clobber
             warn.warn("`-pylab` flag has been deprecated.\n"
             "    Use `--pylab` instead, or `--pylab=foo` to specify a backend.")
             sub = '--pylab'
             if len(argv) > idx+1:
                 # check for gui arg, as in '-pylab qt'
                 gui = argv[idx+1]
                 if gui in ('wx', 'qt', 'qt4', 'gtk', 'auto'):
                     sub = '--pylab='+gui
                     argv.pop(idx+1)
             argv[idx] = sub
         
         return super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
 
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         """Do actions after construct, but before starting the app."""
         super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv)
         if self.subapp is not None:
             # don't bother initializing further, starting subapp
             return
         if not self.ignore_old_config:
             check_for_old_config(self.ipython_dir)
         # print self.extra_args
         if self.extra_args:
             self.file_to_run = self.extra_args[0]
         # create the shell
         self.init_shell()
         # and draw the banner
         self.init_banner()
         # Now a variety of things that happen after the banner is printed.
         self.init_gui_pylab()
         self.init_extensions()
         self.init_code()
 
     def init_shell(self):
         """initialize the InteractiveShell instance"""
         # I am a little hesitant to put these into InteractiveShell itself.
         # But that might be the place for them
         sys.path.insert(0, '')
 
         # Create an InteractiveShell instance.
         # shell.display_banner should always be False for the terminal 
         # based app, because we call shell.show_banner() by hand below
         # so the banner shows *before* all extension loading stuff.
         self.shell = TerminalInteractiveShell.instance(config=self.config,
                         display_banner=False, profile_dir=self.profile_dir,
                         ipython_dir=self.ipython_dir)
 
     def init_banner(self):
         """optionally display the banner"""
         if self.display_banner and self.interact:
             self.shell.show_banner()
         # Make sure there is a space below the banner.
         if self.log_level <= logging.INFO: print
 
 
     def init_gui_pylab(self):
         """Enable GUI event loop integration, taking pylab into account."""
         gui = self.gui
 
         # Using `pylab` will also require gui activation, though which toolkit
         # to use may be chosen automatically based on mpl configuration.
         if self.pylab:
             activate = self.shell.enable_pylab
             if self.pylab == 'auto':
                 gui = None
             else:
                 gui = self.pylab
         else:
             # Enable only GUI integration, no pylab
             activate = inputhook.enable_gui
 
         if gui or self.pylab:
             try:
                 self.log.info("Enabling GUI event loop integration, "
                               "toolkit=%s, pylab=%s" % (gui, self.pylab) )
                 activate(gui)
             except:
                 self.log.warn("Error in enabling GUI event loop integration:")
                 self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def start(self):
         if self.subapp is not None:
             return self.subapp.start()
         # perform any prexec steps:
         if self.interact:
             self.log.debug("Starting IPython's mainloop...")
             self.shell.mainloop()
         else:
             self.log.debug("IPython not interactive...")
 
 
 def load_default_config(ipython_dir=None):
     """Load the default config file from the default ipython_dir.
 
     This is useful for embedded shells.
     """
     if ipython_dir is None:
         ipython_dir = get_ipython_dir()
     profile_dir = os.path.join(ipython_dir, 'profile_default')
     cl = PyFileConfigLoader(default_config_file_name, profile_dir)
     try:
         config = cl.load_config()
     except IOError:
         # no config found
         config = Config()
     return config
 
 
 def launch_new_instance():
     """Create and run a full blown IPython instance"""
     app = TerminalIPythonApp.instance()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     launch_new_instance()