Nice background color for already entered code.

Bug fix for code completion.

IPython/frontend/linefrontendbase.py

@@ -105,7 +105,7 class LineFrontEndBase(FrontEndBase):
             raw_string in the history and starts a new prompt.
         """
         if raw_string is None:
-            raw_string = string
+            raw_string = python_string
         # Create a false result, in case there is an exception
         self.last_result = dict(number=self.prompt_number)
         try:

IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py

@@ -53,8 +53,7 _DEFAULT_STYLE = {
     'tripledouble': 'fore:#7F0000',
     'class'       : 'fore:#0000FF,bold,underline',
     'def'         : 'fore:#007F7F,bold',
-    'operator'    : 'bold',
-
+    'operator'      : 'bold'
     }
 
 # new style numbers
@@ -190,6 +189,7 class ConsoleWidget(editwindow.EditWindow):
         self.StyleSetSpec(stc.STC_P_STRING, p['string'])
         self.StyleSetSpec(stc.STC_P_CHARACTER, p['char'])
         self.StyleSetSpec(stc.STC_P_WORD, p['keyword'])
+        self.StyleSetSpec(stc.STC_P_WORD2, p['keyword'])
         self.StyleSetSpec(stc.STC_P_TRIPLE, p['triple'])
         self.StyleSetSpec(stc.STC_P_TRIPLEDOUBLE, p['tripledouble'])
         self.StyleSetSpec(stc.STC_P_CLASSNAME, p['class'])

IPython/frontend/wx/wx_frontend.py

@@ -23,10 +23,17 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
 import wx
 import re
+from wx import stc
 from console_widget import ConsoleWidget
 
 from IPython.frontend.prefilterfrontend import PrefilterFrontEnd
 
+#_COMMAND_BG = '#FAFAF1' # Nice green
+_RUNNING_BUFFER_BG = '#FDFFBE' # Nice yellow
+
+_RUNNING_BUFFER_MARKER = 31
+
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes to implement the Wx frontend
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -50,6 +57,11 class IPythonWxController(PrefilterFrontEnd, ConsoleWidget):
         # Capture Character keys
         self.Bind(wx.EVT_KEY_DOWN, self._on_key_down)
 
+        # Marker for running buffer.
+        self.MarkerDefine(_RUNNING_BUFFER_MARKER, stc.STC_MARK_BACKGROUND,
+                                background=_RUNNING_BUFFER_BG)
+
+
 
     def do_completion(self, mode=None):
         """ Do code completion. 
@@ -57,6 +69,7 class IPythonWxController(PrefilterFrontEnd, ConsoleWidget):
         """
         line = self.get_current_edit_buffer()
         completions = self.complete(line)
+        if len(completions)>0:
         self.write_completion(completions, mode=mode)
 
 
@@ -71,9 +84,15 class IPythonWxController(PrefilterFrontEnd, ConsoleWidget):
             self.AutoCompSetChooseSingle(choose_single)
 
 
-    def execute(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def execute(self, python_string, raw_string=None):
         self._cursor = wx.BusyCursor()
-        PrefilterFrontEnd.execute(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        if raw_string is None:
+            raw_string = python_string
+        end_line = self.current_prompt_line \
+                        + max(1,  len(raw_string.split('\n'))-1)
+        for i in range(self.current_prompt_line, end_line):
+            self.MarkerAdd(i, 31)
+        PrefilterFrontEnd.execute(self, python_string, raw_string=raw_string)
 
     
     def after_execute(self):
@@ -133,7 +152,7 class IPythonWxController(PrefilterFrontEnd, ConsoleWidget):
         if event.KeyCode == 59:
             # Intercepting '.'
             event.Skip()
-            self.do_completion(mode='popup')
+            #self.do_completion(mode='popup')
         else:
             ConsoleWidget._on_key_up(self, event, skip=skip)