Mostly final version of display data.

* New publish_display_data function.
* backend_inline is using publish_display_data.
* Documentation added.

IPython/core/displaypub.py

@@ -1,40 +1,103 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""An interface for publishing data related to the display of objects.
+"""An interface for publishing rich data to frontends.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Brian Granger
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #       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 IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main payload class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class DisplayPublisher(Configurable):
 
     def _validate_data(self, source, data, metadata=None):
         if not isinstance(source, str):
             raise TypeError('source must be a str, got: %r' % source)
         if not isinstance(data, dict):
             raise TypeError('data must be a dict, got: %r' % data)
         if metadata is not None:
             if not isinstance(metadata, dict):
                 raise TypeError('metadata must be a dict, got: %r' % data)
 
     def publish(self, source, data, metadata=None):
-        """Publish data and metadata to all frontends."""
-        pass
+        """Publish data and metadata to all frontends.
 
+        See the ``display_data`` message in the messaging documentation for
+        more details about this message type.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        source : str
+            A string that give the function or method that created the data,
+            such as 'IPython.core.page'.
+        data : dict
+            A dictionary having keys that are valid MIME types (like 
+            'text/plain' or 'image/svg+xml') and values that are the data for
+            that MIME type. The data itself must be a JSON'able data
+            structure. Minimally all data should have the 'text/plain' data,
+            which can be displayed by all frontends. If more than the plain
+            text is given, it is up to the frontend to decide which
+            representation to use.
+        metadata : dict
+            A dictionary for metadata related to the data. This can contain
+            arbitrary key, value pairs that frontends can use to interpret
+            the data.
+        """
+        from IPython.utils import io
+        # The default is to simply write the plain text data using io.Term.
+        if data.has_key('text/plain'):
+            print >>io.Term.cout, data['text/plain']
+
+
+def publish_display_data(source, text, svg=None, png=None,
+                         html=None, metadata=None):
+    """Publish a display data to the frontends.
+
+    This function is a high level helper for the publishing of display data.
+    It handle a number of common MIME types in a clean API. For other MIME
+    types, use ``get_ipython().display_pub.publish`` directly.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    text : str/unicode
+        The string representation of the plot.
+
+    svn : str/unicode
+        The raw svg data of the plot.
+
+    png : ???
+        The raw png data of the plot.
+
+    metadata : dict, optional [default empty]
+        Allows for specification of additional information about the plot data.
+    """
+    from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
+
+    data_dict = {}
+    data_dict['text/plain'] = text
+    if svg is not None:
+        data_dict['image/svg+xml'] = svg
+    if png is not None:
+        data_dict['image/png'] = png
+    if html is not None:
+        data_dict['text/html'] = html
+    InteractiveShell.instance().display_pub.publish(
+        source,
+        data_dict,
+        metadata
+    )

IPython/core/interactiveshell.py

@@ -1,2543 +1,2550 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Main IPython class."""
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
 #  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 with_statement
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import __builtin__
 import __future__
 import abc
 import atexit
 import codeop
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import types
 from contextlib import nested
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.core import debugger, oinspect
 from IPython.core import history as ipcorehist
 from IPython.core import page
 from IPython.core import prefilter
 from IPython.core import shadowns
 from IPython.core import ultratb
 from IPython.core.alias import AliasManager
 from IPython.core.builtin_trap import BuiltinTrap
 from IPython.core.compilerop import CachingCompiler
 from IPython.core.display_trap import DisplayTrap
 from IPython.core.displayhook import DisplayHook
+from IPython.core.displaypub import DisplayPublisher
 from IPython.core.error import TryNext, UsageError
 from IPython.core.extensions import ExtensionManager
 from IPython.core.fakemodule import FakeModule, init_fakemod_dict
 from IPython.core.history import HistoryManager
 from IPython.core.inputsplitter import IPythonInputSplitter
 from IPython.core.logger import Logger
 from IPython.core.magic import Magic
 from IPython.core.payload import PayloadManager
 from IPython.core.plugin import PluginManager
 from IPython.core.prefilter import PrefilterManager, ESC_MAGIC
 from IPython.external.Itpl import ItplNS
 from IPython.utils import PyColorize
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils import pickleshare
 from IPython.utils.doctestreload import doctest_reload
 from IPython.utils.io import ask_yes_no, rprint
 from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.utils.path import get_home_dir, get_ipython_dir, HomeDirError
 from IPython.utils.process import system, getoutput
 from IPython.utils.strdispatch import StrDispatch
 from IPython.utils.syspathcontext import prepended_to_syspath
 from IPython.utils.text import num_ini_spaces, format_screen, LSString, SList
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (Int, Str, CBool, CaselessStrEnum, Enum,
                                      List, Unicode, Instance, Type)
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn, error, fatal
 import IPython.core.hooks
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # compiled regexps for autoindent management
 dedent_re = re.compile(r'^\s+raise|^\s+return|^\s+pass')
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utilities
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # store the builtin raw_input globally, and use this always, in case user code
 # overwrites it (like wx.py.PyShell does)
 raw_input_original = raw_input
 
 def softspace(file, newvalue):
     """Copied from code.py, to remove the dependency"""
 
     oldvalue = 0
     try:
         oldvalue = file.softspace
     except AttributeError:
         pass
     try:
         file.softspace = newvalue
     except (AttributeError, TypeError):
         # "attribute-less object" or "read-only attributes"
         pass
     return oldvalue
 
 
 def no_op(*a, **kw): pass
 
 class SpaceInInput(Exception): pass
 
 class Bunch: pass
 
 
 def get_default_colors():
     if sys.platform=='darwin':
         return "LightBG"
     elif os.name=='nt':
         return 'Linux'
     else:
         return 'Linux'
 
 
 class SeparateStr(Str):
     """A Str subclass to validate separate_in, separate_out, etc.
 
     This is a Str based trait that converts '0'->'' and '\\n'->'\n'.
     """
 
     def validate(self, obj, value):
         if value == '0': value = ''
         value = value.replace('\\n','\n')
         return super(SeparateStr, self).validate(obj, value)
 
 class MultipleInstanceError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main IPython class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class InteractiveShell(Configurable, Magic):
     """An enhanced, interactive shell for Python."""
 
     _instance = None
     autocall = Enum((0,1,2), default_value=1, config=True)
     # TODO: remove all autoindent logic and put into frontends.
     # We can't do this yet because even runlines uses the autoindent.
     autoindent = CBool(True, config=True)
     automagic = CBool(True, config=True)
     cache_size = Int(1000, config=True)
     color_info = CBool(True, config=True)
     colors = CaselessStrEnum(('NoColor','LightBG','Linux'), 
                              default_value=get_default_colors(), config=True)
     debug = CBool(False, config=True)
     deep_reload = CBool(False, config=True)
     displayhook_class = Type(DisplayHook)
+    display_pub_class = Type(DisplayPublisher)
+
     exit_now = CBool(False)
     # Monotonically increasing execution counter
     execution_count = Int(1)
     filename = Str("<ipython console>")
     ipython_dir= Unicode('', config=True) # Set to get_ipython_dir() in __init__
 
     # Input splitter, to split entire cells of input into either individual
     # interactive statements or whole blocks.
     input_splitter = Instance('IPython.core.inputsplitter.IPythonInputSplitter',
                               (), {})
     logstart = CBool(False, config=True)
     logfile = Str('', config=True)
     logappend = Str('', config=True)
     object_info_string_level = Enum((0,1,2), default_value=0,
                                     config=True)
     pdb = CBool(False, config=True)
 
     pprint = CBool(True, config=True)
     profile = Str('', config=True)
     prompt_in1 = Str('In [\\#]: ', config=True)
     prompt_in2 = Str('   .\\D.: ', config=True)
     prompt_out = Str('Out[\\#]: ', config=True)
     prompts_pad_left = CBool(True, config=True)
     quiet = CBool(False, config=True)
 
     history_length = Int(10000, config=True)
     
     # The readline stuff will eventually be moved to the terminal subclass
     # but for now, we can't do that as readline is welded in everywhere.
     readline_use = CBool(True, config=True)
     readline_merge_completions = CBool(True, config=True)
     readline_omit__names = Enum((0,1,2), default_value=2, config=True)
     readline_remove_delims = Str('-/~', config=True)
     readline_parse_and_bind = List([
             'tab: complete',
             '"\C-l": clear-screen',
             'set show-all-if-ambiguous on',
             '"\C-o": tab-insert',
             '"\M-i": "    "',
             '"\M-o": "\d\d\d\d"',
             '"\M-I": "\d\d\d\d"',
             '"\C-r": reverse-search-history',
             '"\C-s": forward-search-history',
             '"\C-p": history-search-backward',
             '"\C-n": history-search-forward',
             '"\e[A": history-search-backward',
             '"\e[B": history-search-forward',
             '"\C-k": kill-line',
             '"\C-u": unix-line-discard',
         ], allow_none=False, config=True)
 
     # TODO: this part of prompt management should be moved to the frontends.
     # Use custom TraitTypes that convert '0'->'' and '\\n'->'\n'
     separate_in = SeparateStr('\n', config=True)
     separate_out = SeparateStr('', config=True)
     separate_out2 = SeparateStr('', config=True)
     wildcards_case_sensitive = CBool(True, config=True)
     xmode = CaselessStrEnum(('Context','Plain', 'Verbose'), 
                             default_value='Context', config=True)
 
     # Subcomponents of InteractiveShell
     alias_manager = Instance('IPython.core.alias.AliasManager')
     prefilter_manager = Instance('IPython.core.prefilter.PrefilterManager')
     builtin_trap = Instance('IPython.core.builtin_trap.BuiltinTrap')
     display_trap = Instance('IPython.core.display_trap.DisplayTrap')
     extension_manager = Instance('IPython.core.extensions.ExtensionManager')
     plugin_manager = Instance('IPython.core.plugin.PluginManager')
     payload_manager = Instance('IPython.core.payload.PayloadManager')
     history_manager = Instance('IPython.core.history.HistoryManager')
 
     # Private interface
     _post_execute = set()
 
     def __init__(self, config=None, ipython_dir=None,
                  user_ns=None, user_global_ns=None,
                  custom_exceptions=((), None)):
 
         # This is where traits with a config_key argument are updated
         # from the values on config.
         super(InteractiveShell, self).__init__(config=config)
 
         # These are relatively independent and stateless
         self.init_ipython_dir(ipython_dir)
         self.init_instance_attrs()
         self.init_environment()
 
         # Create namespaces (user_ns, user_global_ns, etc.)
         self.init_create_namespaces(user_ns, user_global_ns)
         # This has to be done after init_create_namespaces because it uses
         # something in self.user_ns, but before init_sys_modules, which
         # is the first thing to modify sys.
         # TODO: When we override sys.stdout and sys.stderr before this class
         # is created, we are saving the overridden ones here. Not sure if this
         # is what we want to do.
         self.save_sys_module_state()
         self.init_sys_modules()
 
         self.init_history()
         self.init_encoding()
         self.init_prefilter()
 
         Magic.__init__(self, self)
 
         self.init_syntax_highlighting()
         self.init_hooks()
         self.init_pushd_popd_magic()
         # self.init_traceback_handlers use to be here, but we moved it below
         # because it and init_io have to come after init_readline.
         self.init_user_ns()
         self.init_logger()
         self.init_alias()
         self.init_builtins()
 
         # pre_config_initialization
 
         # The next section should contain everything that was in ipmaker.
         self.init_logstart()
 
         # The following was in post_config_initialization
         self.init_inspector()
         # init_readline() must come before init_io(), because init_io uses
         # readline related things.
         self.init_readline()
         # init_completer must come after init_readline, because it needs to
         # know whether readline is present or not system-wide to configure the
         # completers, since the completion machinery can now operate
         # independently of readline (e.g. over the network)
         self.init_completer()
         # TODO: init_io() needs to happen before init_traceback handlers
         # because the traceback handlers hardcode the stdout/stderr streams.
         # This logic in in debugger.Pdb and should eventually be changed.
         self.init_io()
         self.init_traceback_handlers(custom_exceptions)
         self.init_prompts()
+        self.init_display_pub()
         self.init_displayhook()
         self.init_reload_doctest()
         self.init_magics()
         self.init_pdb()
         self.init_extension_manager()
         self.init_plugin_manager()
         self.init_payload()
         self.hooks.late_startup_hook()
         atexit.register(self.atexit_operations)
 
     # While we're trying to have each part of the code directly access what it
     # needs without keeping redundant references to objects, we have too much
     # legacy code that expects ip.db to exist, so let's make it a property that
     # retrieves the underlying object from our new history manager.
     @property
     def db(self):
         return self.history_manager.shadow_db
 
     @classmethod
     def instance(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         """Returns a global InteractiveShell instance."""
         if cls._instance is None:
             inst = cls(*args, **kwargs)
             # Now make sure that the instance will also be returned by
             # the subclasses instance attribute.
             for subclass in cls.mro():
                 if issubclass(cls, subclass) and \
                        issubclass(subclass, InteractiveShell):
                     subclass._instance = inst
                 else:
                     break
         if isinstance(cls._instance, cls):
             return cls._instance
         else:
             raise MultipleInstanceError(
                 'Multiple incompatible subclass instances of '
                 'InteractiveShell are being created.'
             )
 
     @classmethod
     def initialized(cls):
         return hasattr(cls, "_instance")
 
     def get_ipython(self):
         """Return the currently running IPython instance."""
         return self
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Trait changed handlers
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _ipython_dir_changed(self, name, new):
         if not os.path.isdir(new):
             os.makedirs(new, mode = 0777)
 
     def set_autoindent(self,value=None):
         """Set the autoindent flag, checking for readline support.
 
         If called with no arguments, it acts as a toggle."""
 
         if not self.has_readline:
             if os.name == 'posix':
                 warn("The auto-indent feature requires the readline library")
             self.autoindent = 0
             return
         if value is None:
             self.autoindent = not self.autoindent
         else:
             self.autoindent = value
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # init_* methods called by __init__
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_ipython_dir(self, ipython_dir):
         if ipython_dir is not None:
             self.ipython_dir = ipython_dir
             self.config.Global.ipython_dir = self.ipython_dir
             return
 
         if hasattr(self.config.Global, 'ipython_dir'):
             self.ipython_dir = self.config.Global.ipython_dir
         else:
             self.ipython_dir = get_ipython_dir()
 
         # All children can just read this
         self.config.Global.ipython_dir = self.ipython_dir
 
     def init_instance_attrs(self):
         self.more = False
 
         # command compiler
         self.compile = CachingCompiler()
         
         # User input buffers
         # NOTE: these variables are slated for full removal, once we are 100%
         # sure that the new execution logic is solid.  We will delte runlines,
         # push_line and these buffers, as all input will be managed by the
         # frontends via an inputsplitter instance.
         self.buffer = []
         self.buffer_raw = []
 
         # Make an empty namespace, which extension writers can rely on both
         # existing and NEVER being used by ipython itself.  This gives them a
         # convenient location for storing additional information and state
         # their extensions may require, without fear of collisions with other
         # ipython names that may develop later.
         self.meta = Struct()
 
         # Object variable to store code object waiting execution.  This is
         # used mainly by the multithreaded shells, but it can come in handy in
         # other situations.  No need to use a Queue here, since it's a single
         # item which gets cleared once run.
         self.code_to_run = None
 
         # Temporary files used for various purposes.  Deleted at exit.
         self.tempfiles = []
 
         # Keep track of readline usage (later set by init_readline)
         self.has_readline = False
 
         # keep track of where we started running (mainly for crash post-mortem)
         # This is not being used anywhere currently.
         self.starting_dir = os.getcwd()
 
         # Indentation management
         self.indent_current_nsp = 0
 
     def init_environment(self):
         """Any changes we need to make to the user's environment."""
         pass
 
     def init_encoding(self):
         # Get system encoding at startup time.  Certain terminals (like Emacs
         # under Win32 have it set to None, and we need to have a known valid
         # encoding to use in the raw_input() method
         try:
             self.stdin_encoding = sys.stdin.encoding or 'ascii'
         except AttributeError:
             self.stdin_encoding = 'ascii'
 
     def init_syntax_highlighting(self):
         # Python source parser/formatter for syntax highlighting
         pyformat = PyColorize.Parser().format
         self.pycolorize = lambda src: pyformat(src,'str',self.colors)
 
     def init_pushd_popd_magic(self):
         # for pushd/popd management
         try:
             self.home_dir = get_home_dir()
         except HomeDirError, msg:
             fatal(msg)
 
         self.dir_stack = []
 
     def init_logger(self):
         self.logger = Logger(self.home_dir, logfname='ipython_log.py',
                              logmode='rotate')
 
     def init_logstart(self):
         """Initialize logging in case it was requested at the command line.
         """
         if self.logappend:
             self.magic_logstart(self.logappend + ' append')
         elif self.logfile:
             self.magic_logstart(self.logfile)
         elif self.logstart:
             self.magic_logstart()
 
     def init_builtins(self):
         self.builtin_trap = BuiltinTrap(shell=self)
 
     def init_inspector(self):
         # Object inspector
         self.inspector = oinspect.Inspector(oinspect.InspectColors,
                                             PyColorize.ANSICodeColors,
                                             'NoColor',
                                             self.object_info_string_level)
 
     def init_io(self):
         # This will just use sys.stdout and sys.stderr. If you want to
         # override sys.stdout and sys.stderr themselves, you need to do that
         # *before* instantiating this class, because Term holds onto 
         # references to the underlying streams.
         if sys.platform == 'win32' and self.has_readline:
             Term = io.IOTerm(cout=self.readline._outputfile,
                              cerr=self.readline._outputfile)
         else:
             Term = io.IOTerm()
         io.Term = Term
 
     def init_prompts(self):
         # TODO: This is a pass for now because the prompts are managed inside
         # the DisplayHook. Once there is a separate prompt manager, this 
         # will initialize that object and all prompt related information.
         pass
 
+    def init_display_pub(self):
+        self.display_pub = self.display_pub_class(config=self.config)
+
     def init_displayhook(self):
         # Initialize displayhook, set in/out prompts and printing system
         self.displayhook = self.displayhook_class(
             config=self.config,
             shell=self,
             cache_size=self.cache_size,
             input_sep = self.separate_in,
             output_sep = self.separate_out,
             output_sep2 = self.separate_out2,
             ps1 = self.prompt_in1,
             ps2 = self.prompt_in2,
             ps_out = self.prompt_out,
             pad_left = self.prompts_pad_left
         )
         # This is a context manager that installs/revmoes the displayhook at
         # the appropriate time.
         self.display_trap = DisplayTrap(hook=self.displayhook)
 
     def init_reload_doctest(self):
         # Do a proper resetting of doctest, including the necessary displayhook
         # monkeypatching
         try:
             doctest_reload()
         except ImportError:
             warn("doctest module does not exist.")
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to injections into the sys module
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def save_sys_module_state(self):
         """Save the state of hooks in the sys module.
 
         This has to be called after self.user_ns is created.
         """
         self._orig_sys_module_state = {}
         self._orig_sys_module_state['stdin'] = sys.stdin
         self._orig_sys_module_state['stdout'] = sys.stdout
         self._orig_sys_module_state['stderr'] = sys.stderr
         self._orig_sys_module_state['excepthook'] = sys.excepthook
         try:
             self._orig_sys_modules_main_name = self.user_ns['__name__']
         except KeyError:
             pass
 
     def restore_sys_module_state(self):
         """Restore the state of the sys module."""
         try:
             for k, v in self._orig_sys_module_state.iteritems():
                 setattr(sys, k, v)
         except AttributeError:
             pass
         # Reset what what done in self.init_sys_modules
         try:
             sys.modules[self.user_ns['__name__']] = self._orig_sys_modules_main_name
         except (AttributeError, KeyError):
             pass
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to hooks
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_hooks(self):
         # hooks holds pointers used for user-side customizations
         self.hooks = Struct()
 
         self.strdispatchers = {}
 
         # Set all default hooks, defined in the IPython.hooks module.
         hooks = IPython.core.hooks
         for hook_name in hooks.__all__:
             # default hooks have priority 100, i.e. low; user hooks should have
             # 0-100 priority
             self.set_hook(hook_name,getattr(hooks,hook_name), 100)
 
     def set_hook(self,name,hook, priority = 50, str_key = None, re_key = None):
         """set_hook(name,hook) -> sets an internal IPython hook.
 
         IPython exposes some of its internal API as user-modifiable hooks.  By
         adding your function to one of these hooks, you can modify IPython's 
         behavior to call at runtime your own routines."""
 
         # At some point in the future, this should validate the hook before it
         # accepts it.  Probably at least check that the hook takes the number
         # of args it's supposed to.
         
         f = types.MethodType(hook,self)
 
         # check if the hook is for strdispatcher first
         if str_key is not None:
             sdp = self.strdispatchers.get(name, StrDispatch())
             sdp.add_s(str_key, f, priority )
             self.strdispatchers[name] = sdp
             return
         if re_key is not None:
             sdp = self.strdispatchers.get(name, StrDispatch())
             sdp.add_re(re.compile(re_key), f, priority )
             self.strdispatchers[name] = sdp
             return
             
         dp = getattr(self.hooks, name, None)
         if name not in IPython.core.hooks.__all__:
             print "Warning! Hook '%s' is not one of %s" % \
                   (name, IPython.core.hooks.__all__ )
         if not dp:
             dp = IPython.core.hooks.CommandChainDispatcher()
         
         try:
             dp.add(f,priority)
         except AttributeError:
             # it was not commandchain, plain old func - replace
             dp = f
 
         setattr(self.hooks,name, dp)
 
     def register_post_execute(self, func):
         """Register a function for calling after code execution.
         """
         if not callable(func):
             raise ValueError('argument %s must be callable' % func)
         self._post_execute.add(func)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to the "main" module
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def new_main_mod(self,ns=None):
         """Return a new 'main' module object for user code execution.
         """
         main_mod = self._user_main_module
         init_fakemod_dict(main_mod,ns)
         return main_mod
 
     def cache_main_mod(self,ns,fname):
         """Cache a main module's namespace.
 
         When scripts are executed via %run, we must keep a reference to the
         namespace of their __main__ module (a FakeModule instance) around so
         that Python doesn't clear it, rendering objects defined therein
         useless.
 
         This method keeps said reference in a private dict, keyed by the
         absolute path of the module object (which corresponds to the script
         path).  This way, for multiple executions of the same script we only
         keep one copy of the namespace (the last one), thus preventing memory
         leaks from old references while allowing the objects from the last
         execution to be accessible.
 
         Note: we can not allow the actual FakeModule instances to be deleted,
         because of how Python tears down modules (it hard-sets all their
         references to None without regard for reference counts).  This method
         must therefore make a *copy* of the given namespace, to allow the
         original module's __dict__ to be cleared and reused.
 
         
         Parameters
         ----------
           ns : a namespace (a dict, typically)
 
           fname : str
             Filename associated with the namespace.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         In [10]: import IPython
 
         In [11]: _ip.cache_main_mod(IPython.__dict__,IPython.__file__)
 
         In [12]: IPython.__file__ in _ip._main_ns_cache
         Out[12]: True
         """
         self._main_ns_cache[os.path.abspath(fname)] = ns.copy()
 
     def clear_main_mod_cache(self):
         """Clear the cache of main modules.
 
         Mainly for use by utilities like %reset.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         In [15]: import IPython
 
         In [16]: _ip.cache_main_mod(IPython.__dict__,IPython.__file__)
 
         In [17]: len(_ip._main_ns_cache) > 0
         Out[17]: True
 
         In [18]: _ip.clear_main_mod_cache()
 
         In [19]: len(_ip._main_ns_cache) == 0
         Out[19]: True
         """
         self._main_ns_cache.clear()
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to debugging
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_pdb(self):
         # Set calling of pdb on exceptions
         # self.call_pdb is a property
         self.call_pdb = self.pdb
 
     def _get_call_pdb(self):
         return self._call_pdb
 
     def _set_call_pdb(self,val):
 
         if val not in (0,1,False,True):
             raise ValueError,'new call_pdb value must be boolean'
 
         # store value in instance
         self._call_pdb = val
 
         # notify the actual exception handlers
         self.InteractiveTB.call_pdb = val
 
     call_pdb = property(_get_call_pdb,_set_call_pdb,None,
                         'Control auto-activation of pdb at exceptions')
 
     def debugger(self,force=False):
         """Call the pydb/pdb debugger.
 
         Keywords:
 
           - force(False): by default, this routine checks the instance call_pdb
           flag and does not actually invoke the debugger if the flag is false.
           The 'force' option forces the debugger to activate even if the flag
           is false.
         """
 
         if not (force or self.call_pdb):
             return
 
         if not hasattr(sys,'last_traceback'):
             error('No traceback has been produced, nothing to debug.')
             return
 
         # use pydb if available
         if debugger.has_pydb:
             from pydb import pm
         else:
             # fallback to our internal debugger
             pm = lambda : self.InteractiveTB.debugger(force=True)
         self.history_saving_wrapper(pm)()
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to IPython's various namespaces
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_create_namespaces(self, user_ns=None, user_global_ns=None):
         # Create the namespace where the user will operate.  user_ns is
         # normally the only one used, and it is passed to the exec calls as
         # the locals argument.  But we do carry a user_global_ns namespace
         # given as the exec 'globals' argument,  This is useful in embedding
         # situations where the ipython shell opens in a context where the
         # distinction between locals and globals is meaningful.  For
         # non-embedded contexts, it is just the same object as the user_ns dict.
 
         # FIXME. For some strange reason, __builtins__ is showing up at user
         # level as a dict instead of a module. This is a manual fix, but I
         # should really track down where the problem is coming from. Alex
         # Schmolck reported this problem first.
 
         # A useful post by Alex Martelli on this topic:
         # Re: inconsistent value from __builtins__
         # Von: Alex Martelli <[e-mail]>
         # Datum: Freitag 01 Oktober 2004 04:45:34 nachmittags/abends
         # Gruppen: comp.lang.python
 
         # Michael Hohn <[e-mail]> wrote:
         # > >>> print type(builtin_check.get_global_binding('__builtins__'))
         # > <type 'dict'>
         # > >>> print type(__builtins__)
         # > <type 'module'>
         # > Is this difference in return value intentional?
 
         # Well, it's documented that '__builtins__' can be either a dictionary
         # or a module, and it's been that way for a long time. Whether it's
         # intentional (or sensible), I don't know. In any case, the idea is
         # that if you need to access the built-in namespace directly, you
         # should start with "import __builtin__" (note, no 's') which will
         # definitely give you a module. Yeah, it's somewhat confusing:-(.
 
         # These routines return properly built dicts as needed by the rest of
         # the code, and can also be used by extension writers to generate
         # properly initialized namespaces.
         user_ns, user_global_ns = self.make_user_namespaces(user_ns,
                                                             user_global_ns)
 
         # Assign namespaces
         # This is the namespace where all normal user variables live
         self.user_ns = user_ns
         self.user_global_ns = user_global_ns
 
         # An auxiliary namespace that checks what parts of the user_ns were
         # loaded at startup, so we can list later only variables defined in
         # actual interactive use.  Since it is always a subset of user_ns, it
         # doesn't need to be separately tracked in the ns_table.
         self.user_ns_hidden = {}
 
         # A namespace to keep track of internal data structures to prevent
         # them from cluttering user-visible stuff.  Will be updated later
         self.internal_ns = {}
 
         # Now that FakeModule produces a real module, we've run into a nasty
         # problem: after script execution (via %run), the module where the user
         # code ran is deleted.  Now that this object is a true module (needed
         # so docetst and other tools work correctly), the Python module
         # teardown mechanism runs over it, and sets to None every variable
         # present in that module.  Top-level references to objects from the
         # script survive, because the user_ns is updated with them.  However,
         # calling functions defined in the script that use other things from
         # the script will fail, because the function's closure had references
         # to the original objects, which are now all None.  So we must protect
         # these modules from deletion by keeping a cache.
         # 
         # To avoid keeping stale modules around (we only need the one from the
         # last run), we use a dict keyed with the full path to the script, so
         # only the last version of the module is held in the cache.  Note,
         # however, that we must cache the module *namespace contents* (their
         # __dict__).  Because if we try to cache the actual modules, old ones
         # (uncached) could be destroyed while still holding references (such as
         # those held by GUI objects that tend to be long-lived)>
         # 
         # The %reset command will flush this cache.  See the cache_main_mod()
         # and clear_main_mod_cache() methods for details on use.
 
         # This is the cache used for 'main' namespaces
         self._main_ns_cache = {}
         # And this is the single instance of FakeModule whose __dict__ we keep
         # copying and clearing for reuse on each %run
         self._user_main_module = FakeModule()
 
         # A table holding all the namespaces IPython deals with, so that
         # introspection facilities can search easily.
         self.ns_table = {'user':user_ns,
                          'user_global':user_global_ns,
                          'internal':self.internal_ns,
                          'builtin':__builtin__.__dict__
                          }
 
         # Similarly, track all namespaces where references can be held and that
         # we can safely clear (so it can NOT include builtin).  This one can be
         # a simple list.  Note that the main execution namespaces, user_ns and
         # user_global_ns, can NOT be listed here, as clearing them blindly
         # causes errors in object __del__ methods.  Instead, the reset() method
         # clears them manually and carefully.
         self.ns_refs_table = [ self.user_ns_hidden,
                                self.internal_ns, self._main_ns_cache ]
 
     def make_user_namespaces(self, user_ns=None, user_global_ns=None):
         """Return a valid local and global user interactive namespaces.
 
         This builds a dict with the minimal information needed to operate as a
         valid IPython user namespace, which you can pass to the various
         embedding classes in ipython. The default implementation returns the
         same dict for both the locals and the globals to allow functions to
         refer to variables in the namespace. Customized implementations can
         return different dicts. The locals dictionary can actually be anything
         following the basic mapping protocol of a dict, but the globals dict
         must be a true dict, not even a subclass. It is recommended that any
         custom object for the locals namespace synchronize with the globals
         dict somehow.
 
         Raises TypeError if the provided globals namespace is not a true dict.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         user_ns : dict-like, optional
             The current user namespace. The items in this namespace should
             be included in the output. If None, an appropriate blank
             namespace should be created.
         user_global_ns : dict, optional
             The current user global namespace. The items in this namespace
             should be included in the output. If None, an appropriate
             blank namespace should be created.
 
         Returns
         -------
             A pair of dictionary-like object to be used as the local namespace
             of the interpreter and a dict to be used as the global namespace.
         """
 
 
         # We must ensure that __builtin__ (without the final 's') is always
         # available and pointing to the __builtin__ *module*.  For more details:
         # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-April/014068.html
 
         if user_ns is None:
             # Set __name__ to __main__ to better match the behavior of the
             # normal interpreter.
             user_ns = {'__name__'     :'__main__',
                        '__builtin__' : __builtin__,
                        '__builtins__' : __builtin__,
                       }
         else:
             user_ns.setdefault('__name__','__main__')
             user_ns.setdefault('__builtin__',__builtin__)
             user_ns.setdefault('__builtins__',__builtin__)
 
         if user_global_ns is None:
             user_global_ns = user_ns
         if type(user_global_ns) is not dict:
             raise TypeError("user_global_ns must be a true dict; got %r"
                 % type(user_global_ns))
 
         return user_ns, user_global_ns
 
     def init_sys_modules(self):
         # We need to insert into sys.modules something that looks like a
         # module but which accesses the IPython namespace, for shelve and
         # pickle to work interactively. Normally they rely on getting
         # everything out of __main__, but for embedding purposes each IPython
         # instance has its own private namespace, so we can't go shoving
         # everything into __main__.
 
         # note, however, that we should only do this for non-embedded
         # ipythons, which really mimic the __main__.__dict__ with their own
         # namespace.  Embedded instances, on the other hand, should not do
         # this because they need to manage the user local/global namespaces
         # only, but they live within a 'normal' __main__ (meaning, they
         # shouldn't overtake the execution environment of the script they're
         # embedded in).
 
         # This is overridden in the InteractiveShellEmbed subclass to a no-op.
 
         try:
             main_name = self.user_ns['__name__']
         except KeyError:
             raise KeyError('user_ns dictionary MUST have a "__name__" key')
         else:
             sys.modules[main_name] = FakeModule(self.user_ns)
 
     def init_user_ns(self):
         """Initialize all user-visible namespaces to their minimum defaults.
 
         Certain history lists are also initialized here, as they effectively
         act as user namespaces.
 
         Notes
         -----
         All data structures here are only filled in, they are NOT reset by this
         method.  If they were not empty before, data will simply be added to
         therm.
         """
         # This function works in two parts: first we put a few things in
         # user_ns, and we sync that contents into user_ns_hidden so that these
         # initial variables aren't shown by %who.  After the sync, we add the
         # rest of what we *do* want the user to see with %who even on a new
         # session (probably nothing, so theye really only see their own stuff)
 
         # The user dict must *always* have a __builtin__ reference to the
         # Python standard __builtin__ namespace,  which must be imported.
         # This is so that certain operations in prompt evaluation can be
         # reliably executed with builtins.  Note that we can NOT use
         # __builtins__ (note the 's'),  because that can either be a dict or a
         # module, and can even mutate at runtime, depending on the context
         # (Python makes no guarantees on it).  In contrast, __builtin__ is
         # always a module object, though it must be explicitly imported.
         
         # For more details:
         # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-April/014068.html
         ns = dict(__builtin__ = __builtin__)
         
         # Put 'help' in the user namespace
         try:
             from site import _Helper
             ns['help'] = _Helper()
         except ImportError:
             warn('help() not available - check site.py')
 
         # make global variables for user access to the histories
         ns['_ih'] = self.history_manager.input_hist_parsed
         ns['_oh'] = self.history_manager.output_hist
         ns['_dh'] = self.history_manager.dir_hist
 
         ns['_sh'] = shadowns
 
         # user aliases to input and output histories.  These shouldn't show up
         # in %who, as they can have very large reprs.
         ns['In']  = self.history_manager.input_hist_parsed
         ns['Out'] = self.history_manager.output_hist
 
         # Store myself as the public api!!!
         ns['get_ipython'] = self.get_ipython
 
         # Sync what we've added so far to user_ns_hidden so these aren't seen
         # by %who
         self.user_ns_hidden.update(ns)
 
         # Anything put into ns now would show up in %who.  Think twice before
         # putting anything here, as we really want %who to show the user their
         # stuff, not our variables.
         
         # Finally, update the real user's namespace
         self.user_ns.update(ns)
 
     def reset(self):
         """Clear all internal namespaces.
 
         Note that this is much more aggressive than %reset, since it clears
         fully all namespaces, as well as all input/output lists.
         """
         # Clear histories
         self.history_manager.reset()
 
         # Reset counter used to index all histories
         self.execution_count = 0
         
         # Restore the user namespaces to minimal usability
         for ns in self.ns_refs_table:
             ns.clear()
 
         # The main execution namespaces must be cleared very carefully,
         # skipping the deletion of the builtin-related keys, because doing so
         # would cause errors in many object's __del__ methods.
         for ns in [self.user_ns, self.user_global_ns]:
             drop_keys = set(ns.keys())
             drop_keys.discard('__builtin__')
             drop_keys.discard('__builtins__')
             for k in drop_keys:
                 del ns[k]
                                         
         # Restore the user namespaces to minimal usability
         self.init_user_ns()
 
         # Restore the default and user aliases
         self.alias_manager.clear_aliases()
         self.alias_manager.init_aliases()
 
     def reset_selective(self, regex=None):
         """Clear selective variables from internal namespaces based on a
         specified regular expression.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         regex : string or compiled pattern, optional
             A regular expression pattern that will be used in searching
             variable names in the users namespaces.
         """
         if regex is not None:
             try:
                 m = re.compile(regex)
             except TypeError:
                 raise TypeError('regex must be a string or compiled pattern')
             # Search for keys in each namespace that match the given regex
             # If a match is found, delete the key/value pair.
             for ns in self.ns_refs_table:
                 for var in ns:
                     if m.search(var):
                         del ns[var]        
         
     def push(self, variables, interactive=True):
         """Inject a group of variables into the IPython user namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         variables : dict, str or list/tuple of str
             The variables to inject into the user's namespace.  If a dict, a
             simple update is done.  If a str, the string is assumed to have
             variable names separated by spaces.  A list/tuple of str can also
             be used to give the variable names.  If just the variable names are
             give (list/tuple/str) then the variable values looked up in the
             callers frame.
         interactive : bool
             If True (default), the variables will be listed with the ``who``
             magic.
         """
         vdict = None
 
         # We need a dict of name/value pairs to do namespace updates.
         if isinstance(variables, dict):
             vdict = variables
         elif isinstance(variables, (basestring, list, tuple)):
             if isinstance(variables, basestring):
                 vlist = variables.split()
             else:
                 vlist = variables
             vdict = {}
             cf = sys._getframe(1)
             for name in vlist:
                 try:
                     vdict[name] = eval(name, cf.f_globals, cf.f_locals)
                 except:
                     print ('Could not get variable %s from %s' %
                            (name,cf.f_code.co_name))
         else:
             raise ValueError('variables must be a dict/str/list/tuple')
             
         # Propagate variables to user namespace
         self.user_ns.update(vdict)
 
         # And configure interactive visibility
         config_ns = self.user_ns_hidden
         if interactive:
             for name, val in vdict.iteritems():
                 config_ns.pop(name, None)
         else:
             for name,val in vdict.iteritems():
                 config_ns[name] = val
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to object introspection
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _ofind(self, oname, namespaces=None):
         """Find an object in the available namespaces.
 
         self._ofind(oname) -> dict with keys: found,obj,ospace,ismagic
 
         Has special code to detect magic functions.
         """
         #oname = oname.strip()
         #print '1- oname: <%r>' % oname  # dbg
         try:
             oname = oname.strip().encode('ascii')
             #print '2- oname: <%r>' % oname  # dbg
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             print 'Python identifiers can only contain ascii characters.'
             return dict(found=False)
 
         alias_ns = None
         if namespaces is None:
             # Namespaces to search in:
             # Put them in a list. The order is important so that we
             # find things in the same order that Python finds them.
             namespaces = [ ('Interactive', self.user_ns),
                            ('IPython internal', self.internal_ns),
                            ('Python builtin', __builtin__.__dict__),
                            ('Alias', self.alias_manager.alias_table),
                            ]
             alias_ns = self.alias_manager.alias_table
 
         # initialize results to 'null'
         found = False; obj = None;  ospace = None;  ds = None;
         ismagic = False; isalias = False; parent = None
 
         # We need to special-case 'print', which as of python2.6 registers as a
         # function but should only be treated as one if print_function was
         # loaded with a future import.  In this case, just bail.
         if (oname == 'print' and not (self.compile.compiler_flags &
                                       __future__.CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION)):
             return {'found':found, 'obj':obj, 'namespace':ospace,
                     'ismagic':ismagic, 'isalias':isalias, 'parent':parent}
 
         # Look for the given name by splitting it in parts.  If the head is
         # found, then we look for all the remaining parts as members, and only
         # declare success if we can find them all.
         oname_parts = oname.split('.')
         oname_head, oname_rest = oname_parts[0],oname_parts[1:]
         for nsname,ns in namespaces:
             try:
                 obj = ns[oname_head]
             except KeyError:
                 continue
             else:
                 #print 'oname_rest:', oname_rest  # dbg
                 for part in oname_rest:
                     try:
                         parent = obj
                         obj = getattr(obj,part)
                     except:
                         # Blanket except b/c some badly implemented objects
                         # allow __getattr__ to raise exceptions other than
                         # AttributeError, which then crashes IPython.
                         break
                 else:
                     # If we finish the for loop (no break), we got all members
                     found = True
                     ospace = nsname
                     if ns == alias_ns:
                         isalias = True
                     break  # namespace loop
 
         # Try to see if it's magic
         if not found:
             if oname.startswith(ESC_MAGIC):
                 oname = oname[1:]
             obj = getattr(self,'magic_'+oname,None)
             if obj is not None:
                 found = True
                 ospace = 'IPython internal'
                 ismagic = True
 
         # Last try: special-case some literals like '', [], {}, etc:
         if not found and oname_head in ["''",'""','[]','{}','()']:
             obj = eval(oname_head)
             found = True
             ospace = 'Interactive'
 
         return {'found':found, 'obj':obj, 'namespace':ospace,
                 'ismagic':ismagic, 'isalias':isalias, 'parent':parent}
 
     def _ofind_property(self, oname, info):
         """Second part of object finding, to look for property details."""
         if info.found:
             # Get the docstring of the class property if it exists.
             path = oname.split('.')
             root = '.'.join(path[:-1])
             if info.parent is not None:
                 try:
                     target = getattr(info.parent, '__class__') 
                     # The object belongs to a class instance. 
                     try: 
                         target = getattr(target, path[-1])
                         # The class defines the object. 
                         if isinstance(target, property):
                             oname = root + '.__class__.' + path[-1]
                             info = Struct(self._ofind(oname))
                     except AttributeError: pass
                 except AttributeError: pass
 
         # We return either the new info or the unmodified input if the object
         # hadn't been found
         return info
 
     def _object_find(self, oname, namespaces=None):
         """Find an object and return a struct with info about it."""
         inf = Struct(self._ofind(oname, namespaces))
         return Struct(self._ofind_property(oname, inf))
         
     def _inspect(self, meth, oname, namespaces=None, **kw):
         """Generic interface to the inspector system.
 
         This function is meant to be called by pdef, pdoc & friends."""
         info = self._object_find(oname)
         if info.found:
             pmethod = getattr(self.inspector, meth)
             formatter = format_screen if info.ismagic else None
             if meth == 'pdoc':
                 pmethod(info.obj, oname, formatter)
             elif meth == 'pinfo':
                 pmethod(info.obj, oname, formatter, info, **kw)
             else:
                 pmethod(info.obj, oname)
         else:
             print 'Object `%s` not found.' % oname
             return 'not found'  # so callers can take other action
 
     def object_inspect(self, oname):
         info = self._object_find(oname)
         if info.found:
             return self.inspector.info(info.obj, oname, info=info)
         else:
             return oinspect.object_info(name=oname, found=False)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to history management
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_history(self):
         """Sets up the command history, and starts regular autosaves."""
         self.history_manager = HistoryManager(shell=self)
 
     def save_history(self):
         """Save input history to a file (via readline library)."""
         self.history_manager.save_history()
 
     def reload_history(self):
         """Reload the input history from disk file."""
         self.history_manager.reload_history()
 
     def history_saving_wrapper(self, func):
         """ Wrap func for readline history saving
 
         Convert func into callable that saves & restores
         history around the call """
 
         if self.has_readline:
             from IPython.utils import rlineimpl as readline
         else:
             return func
 
         def wrapper():
             self.save_history()
             try:
                 func()
             finally:
                 self.reload_history()
         return wrapper
     
     def get_history(self, index=None, raw=False, output=True):
         return self.history_manager.get_history(index, raw, output)
     
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to exception handling and tracebacks (not debugging)
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_traceback_handlers(self, custom_exceptions):
         # Syntax error handler.
         self.SyntaxTB = ultratb.SyntaxTB(color_scheme='NoColor')
         
         # The interactive one is initialized with an offset, meaning we always
         # want to remove the topmost item in the traceback, which is our own
         # internal code. Valid modes: ['Plain','Context','Verbose']
         self.InteractiveTB = ultratb.AutoFormattedTB(mode = 'Plain',
                                                      color_scheme='NoColor',
                                                      tb_offset = 1,
                                    check_cache=self.compile.check_cache)
 
         # The instance will store a pointer to the system-wide exception hook,
         # so that runtime code (such as magics) can access it.  This is because
         # during the read-eval loop, it may get temporarily overwritten.
         self.sys_excepthook = sys.excepthook
 
         # and add any custom exception handlers the user may have specified
         self.set_custom_exc(*custom_exceptions)
 
         # Set the exception mode
         self.InteractiveTB.set_mode(mode=self.xmode)
 
     def set_custom_exc(self, exc_tuple, handler):
         """set_custom_exc(exc_tuple,handler)
 
         Set a custom exception handler, which will be called if any of the
         exceptions in exc_tuple occur in the mainloop (specifically, in the
         run_code() method.
 
         Inputs:
 
           - exc_tuple: a *tuple* of valid exceptions to call the defined
           handler for.  It is very important that you use a tuple, and NOT A
           LIST here, because of the way Python's except statement works.  If
           you only want to trap a single exception, use a singleton tuple:
 
             exc_tuple == (MyCustomException,)
 
           - handler: this must be defined as a function with the following
           basic interface::
 
             def my_handler(self, etype, value, tb, tb_offset=None)
                 ...
                 # The return value must be
                 return structured_traceback
 
           This will be made into an instance method (via types.MethodType)
           of IPython itself, and it will be called if any of the exceptions
           listed in the exc_tuple are caught.  If the handler is None, an
           internal basic one is used, which just prints basic info.
 
         WARNING: by putting in your own exception handler into IPython's main
         execution loop, you run a very good chance of nasty crashes.  This
         facility should only be used if you really know what you are doing."""
 
         assert type(exc_tuple)==type(()) , \
                "The custom exceptions must be given AS A TUPLE."
 
         def dummy_handler(self,etype,value,tb):
             print '*** Simple custom exception handler ***'
             print 'Exception type :',etype
             print 'Exception value:',value
             print 'Traceback      :',tb
             print 'Source code    :','\n'.join(self.buffer)
 
         if handler is None: handler = dummy_handler
 
         self.CustomTB = types.MethodType(handler,self)
         self.custom_exceptions = exc_tuple
 
     def excepthook(self, etype, value, tb):
       """One more defense for GUI apps that call sys.excepthook.
 
       GUI frameworks like wxPython trap exceptions and call
       sys.excepthook themselves.  I guess this is a feature that
       enables them to keep running after exceptions that would
       otherwise kill their mainloop. This is a bother for IPython
       which excepts to catch all of the program exceptions with a try:
       except: statement.
 
       Normally, IPython sets sys.excepthook to a CrashHandler instance, so if
       any app directly invokes sys.excepthook, it will look to the user like
       IPython crashed.  In order to work around this, we can disable the
       CrashHandler and replace it with this excepthook instead, which prints a
       regular traceback using our InteractiveTB.  In this fashion, apps which
       call sys.excepthook will generate a regular-looking exception from
       IPython, and the CrashHandler will only be triggered by real IPython
       crashes.
 
       This hook should be used sparingly, only in places which are not likely
       to be true IPython errors.
       """
       self.showtraceback((etype,value,tb),tb_offset=0)
 
     def showtraceback(self,exc_tuple = None,filename=None,tb_offset=None,
                       exception_only=False):
         """Display the exception that just occurred.
 
         If nothing is known about the exception, this is the method which
         should be used throughout the code for presenting user tracebacks,
         rather than directly invoking the InteractiveTB object.
 
         A specific showsyntaxerror() also exists, but this method can take
         care of calling it if needed, so unless you are explicitly catching a
         SyntaxError exception, don't try to analyze the stack manually and
         simply call this method."""
         
         try:
             if exc_tuple is None:
                 etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
             else:
                 etype, value, tb = exc_tuple
 
             if etype is None:
                 if hasattr(sys, 'last_type'):
                     etype, value, tb = sys.last_type, sys.last_value, \
                                        sys.last_traceback
                 else:
                     self.write_err('No traceback available to show.\n')
                     return
     
             if etype is SyntaxError:
                 # Though this won't be called by syntax errors in the input
                 # line, there may be SyntaxError cases whith imported code.
                 self.showsyntaxerror(filename)
             elif etype is UsageError:
                 print "UsageError:", value
             else:
                 # WARNING: these variables are somewhat deprecated and not
                 # necessarily safe to use in a threaded environment, but tools
                 # like pdb depend on their existence, so let's set them.  If we
                 # find problems in the field, we'll need to revisit their use.
                 sys.last_type = etype
                 sys.last_value = value
                 sys.last_traceback = tb
     
                 if etype in self.custom_exceptions:
                     # FIXME: Old custom traceback objects may just return a
                     # string, in that case we just put it into a list
                     stb = self.CustomTB(etype, value, tb, tb_offset)
                     if isinstance(ctb, basestring):
                         stb = [stb]
                 else:
                     if exception_only:
                         stb = ['An exception has occurred, use %tb to see '
                                'the full traceback.\n']
                         stb.extend(self.InteractiveTB.get_exception_only(etype,
                                                                          value))
                     else:
                         stb = self.InteractiveTB.structured_traceback(etype,
                                                 value, tb, tb_offset=tb_offset)
                         # FIXME: the pdb calling should be done by us, not by
                         # the code computing the traceback.
                         if self.InteractiveTB.call_pdb:
                             # pdb mucks up readline, fix it back
                             self.set_readline_completer()
 
                 # Actually show the traceback
                 self._showtraceback(etype, value, stb)
                 
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             self.write_err("\nKeyboardInterrupt\n")
 
     def _showtraceback(self, etype, evalue, stb):
         """Actually show a traceback.
 
         Subclasses may override this method to put the traceback on a different
         place, like a side channel.
         """
         print >> io.Term.cout, self.InteractiveTB.stb2text(stb)
 
     def showsyntaxerror(self, filename=None):
         """Display the syntax error that just occurred.
 
         This doesn't display a stack trace because there isn't one.
 
         If a filename is given, it is stuffed in the exception instead
         of what was there before (because Python's parser always uses
         "<string>" when reading from a string).
         """
         etype, value, last_traceback = sys.exc_info()
 
         # See note about these variables in showtraceback() above
         sys.last_type = etype
         sys.last_value = value
         sys.last_traceback = last_traceback
         
         if filename and etype is SyntaxError:
             # Work hard to stuff the correct filename in the exception
             try:
                 msg, (dummy_filename, lineno, offset, line) = value
             except:
                 # Not the format we expect; leave it alone
                 pass
             else:
                 # Stuff in the right filename
                 try:
                     # Assume SyntaxError is a class exception
                     value = SyntaxError(msg, (filename, lineno, offset, line))
                 except:
                     # If that failed, assume SyntaxError is a string
                     value = msg, (filename, lineno, offset, line)
         stb = self.SyntaxTB.structured_traceback(etype, value, [])
         self._showtraceback(etype, value, stb)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to readline
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_readline(self):
         """Command history completion/saving/reloading."""
 
         if self.readline_use:
             import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
 
         self.rl_next_input = None
         self.rl_do_indent = False
 
         if not self.readline_use or not readline.have_readline:
             self.has_readline = False
             self.readline = None
             # Set a number of methods that depend on readline to be no-op
             self.set_readline_completer = no_op
             self.set_custom_completer = no_op
             self.set_completer_frame = no_op
             warn('Readline services not available or not loaded.')
         else:
             self.has_readline = True
             self.readline = readline
             sys.modules['readline'] = readline
             
             # Platform-specific configuration
             if os.name == 'nt':
                 # FIXME - check with Frederick to see if we can harmonize
                 # naming conventions with pyreadline to avoid this
                 # platform-dependent check
                 self.readline_startup_hook = readline.set_pre_input_hook
             else:
                 self.readline_startup_hook = readline.set_startup_hook
 
             # Load user's initrc file (readline config)
             # Or if libedit is used, load editrc.
             inputrc_name = os.environ.get('INPUTRC')
             if inputrc_name is None:
                 home_dir = get_home_dir()
                 if home_dir is not None:
                     inputrc_name = '.inputrc'
                     if readline.uses_libedit:
                         inputrc_name = '.editrc'
                     inputrc_name = os.path.join(home_dir, inputrc_name)
             if os.path.isfile(inputrc_name):
                 try:
                     readline.read_init_file(inputrc_name)
                 except:
                     warn('Problems reading readline initialization file <%s>'
                          % inputrc_name)
             
             # Configure readline according to user's prefs
             # This is only done if GNU readline is being used.  If libedit
             # is being used (as on Leopard) the readline config is
             # not run as the syntax for libedit is different.
             if not readline.uses_libedit:
                 for rlcommand in self.readline_parse_and_bind:
                     #print "loading rl:",rlcommand  # dbg
                     readline.parse_and_bind(rlcommand)
 
             # Remove some chars from the delimiters list.  If we encounter
             # unicode chars, discard them.
             delims = readline.get_completer_delims().encode("ascii", "ignore")
             delims = delims.translate(None, self.readline_remove_delims)
             delims = delims.replace(ESC_MAGIC, '')
             readline.set_completer_delims(delims)
             # otherwise we end up with a monster history after a while:
             readline.set_history_length(self.history_length)
             try:
                 #print '*** Reading readline history'  # dbg
                 self.reload_history() 
             except IOError:
                 pass  # It doesn't exist yet.
 
         # Configure auto-indent for all platforms
         self.set_autoindent(self.autoindent)
 
     def set_next_input(self, s):
         """ Sets the 'default' input string for the next command line.
         
         Requires readline.
         
         Example:
         
         [D:\ipython]|1> _ip.set_next_input("Hello Word")
         [D:\ipython]|2> Hello Word_  # cursor is here        
         """
 
         self.rl_next_input = s
 
     # Maybe move this to the terminal subclass?
     def pre_readline(self):
         """readline hook to be used at the start of each line.
 
         Currently it handles auto-indent only."""
 
         if self.rl_do_indent:
             self.readline.insert_text(self._indent_current_str())
         if self.rl_next_input is not None:
             self.readline.insert_text(self.rl_next_input)
             self.rl_next_input = None
 
     def _indent_current_str(self):
         """return the current level of indentation as a string"""
         return self.input_splitter.indent_spaces * ' '
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to text completion
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_completer(self):
         """Initialize the completion machinery.
 
         This creates completion machinery that can be used by client code,
         either interactively in-process (typically triggered by the readline
         library), programatically (such as in test suites) or out-of-prcess
         (typically over the network by remote frontends).
         """
         from IPython.core.completer import IPCompleter
         from IPython.core.completerlib import (module_completer,
                                                magic_run_completer, cd_completer)
         
         self.Completer = IPCompleter(self,
                                      self.user_ns,
                                      self.user_global_ns,
                                      self.readline_omit__names,
                                      self.alias_manager.alias_table,
                                      self.has_readline)
         
         # Add custom completers to the basic ones built into IPCompleter
         sdisp = self.strdispatchers.get('complete_command', StrDispatch())
         self.strdispatchers['complete_command'] = sdisp
         self.Completer.custom_completers = sdisp
 
         self.set_hook('complete_command', module_completer, str_key = 'import')
         self.set_hook('complete_command', module_completer, str_key = 'from')
         self.set_hook('complete_command', magic_run_completer, str_key = '%run')
         self.set_hook('complete_command', cd_completer, str_key = '%cd')
 
         # Only configure readline if we truly are using readline.  IPython can
         # do tab-completion over the network, in GUIs, etc, where readline
         # itself may be absent
         if self.has_readline:
             self.set_readline_completer()
 
     def complete(self, text, line=None, cursor_pos=None):
         """Return the completed text and a list of completions.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
 
            text : string
              A string of text to be completed on.  It can be given as empty and
              instead a line/position pair are given.  In this case, the
              completer itself will split the line like readline does.
 
            line : string, optional
              The complete line that text is part of.
 
            cursor_pos : int, optional
              The position of the cursor on the input line.
 
         Returns
         -------
           text : string
             The actual text that was completed.
 
           matches : list
             A sorted list with all possible completions.
 
         The optional arguments allow the completion to take more context into
         account, and are part of the low-level completion API.
         
         This is a wrapper around the completion mechanism, similar to what
         readline does at the command line when the TAB key is hit.  By
         exposing it as a method, it can be used by other non-readline
         environments (such as GUIs) for text completion.
 
         Simple usage example:
 
         In [1]: x = 'hello'
 
         In [2]: _ip.complete('x.l')
         Out[2]: ('x.l', ['x.ljust', 'x.lower', 'x.lstrip'])
         """
 
         # Inject names into __builtin__ so we can complete on the added names.
         with self.builtin_trap:
             return self.Completer.complete(text, line, cursor_pos)
 
     def set_custom_completer(self, completer, pos=0):
         """Adds a new custom completer function.
 
         The position argument (defaults to 0) is the index in the completers
         list where you want the completer to be inserted."""
 
         newcomp = types.MethodType(completer,self.Completer)
         self.Completer.matchers.insert(pos,newcomp)
 
     def set_readline_completer(self):
         """Reset readline's completer to be our own."""
         self.readline.set_completer(self.Completer.rlcomplete)
 
     def set_completer_frame(self, frame=None):
         """Set the frame of the completer."""
         if frame:
             self.Completer.namespace = frame.f_locals
             self.Completer.global_namespace = frame.f_globals
         else:
             self.Completer.namespace = self.user_ns
             self.Completer.global_namespace = self.user_global_ns
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to magics
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_magics(self):
         # FIXME: Move the color initialization to the DisplayHook, which
         # should be split into a prompt manager and displayhook. We probably
         # even need a centralize colors management object.
         self.magic_colors(self.colors)
         # History was moved to a separate module
         from . import history
         history.init_ipython(self)
 
     def magic(self,arg_s):
         """Call a magic function by name.
 
         Input: a string containing the name of the magic function to call and
         any additional arguments to be passed to the magic.
 
         magic('name -opt foo bar') is equivalent to typing at the ipython
         prompt:
 
         In[1]: %name -opt foo bar
 
         To call a magic without arguments, simply use magic('name').
 
         This provides a proper Python function to call IPython's magics in any
         valid Python code you can type at the interpreter, including loops and
         compound statements.
         """
         args = arg_s.split(' ',1)
         magic_name = args[0]
         magic_name = magic_name.lstrip(prefilter.ESC_MAGIC)
 
         try:
             magic_args = args[1]
         except IndexError:
             magic_args = ''
         fn = getattr(self,'magic_'+magic_name,None)
         if fn is None:
             error("Magic function `%s` not found." % magic_name)
         else:
             magic_args = self.var_expand(magic_args,1)
             with nested(self.builtin_trap,):
                 result = fn(magic_args)
                 return result
 
     def define_magic(self, magicname, func):
         """Expose own function as magic function for ipython 
     
         def foo_impl(self,parameter_s=''):
             'My very own magic!. (Use docstrings, IPython reads them).'
             print 'Magic function. Passed parameter is between < >:'
             print '<%s>' % parameter_s
             print 'The self object is:',self
     
         self.define_magic('foo',foo_impl)
         """
         
         import new
         im = types.MethodType(func,self)
         old = getattr(self, "magic_" + magicname, None)
         setattr(self, "magic_" + magicname, im)
         return old
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to macros
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def define_macro(self, name, themacro):
         """Define a new macro
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         name : str
             The name of the macro.
         themacro : str or Macro
             The action to do upon invoking the macro.  If a string, a new 
             Macro object is created by passing the string to it.
         """
         
         from IPython.core import macro
 
         if isinstance(themacro, basestring):
             themacro = macro.Macro(themacro)
         if not isinstance(themacro, macro.Macro):
             raise ValueError('A macro must be a string or a Macro instance.')
         self.user_ns[name] = themacro
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to the running of system commands
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def system(self, cmd):
         """Call the given cmd in a subprocess.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cmd : str
           Command to execute (can not end in '&', as bacground processes are
           not supported.
         """
         # We do not support backgrounding processes because we either use
         # pexpect or pipes to read from.  Users can always just call
         # os.system() if they really want a background process.
         if cmd.endswith('&'):
             raise OSError("Background processes not supported.")
 
         return system(self.var_expand(cmd, depth=2))
 
     def getoutput(self, cmd, split=True):
         """Get output (possibly including stderr) from a subprocess.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cmd : str
           Command to execute (can not end in '&', as background processes are
           not supported.
         split : bool, optional
         
           If True, split the output into an IPython SList.  Otherwise, an
           IPython LSString is returned.  These are objects similar to normal
           lists and strings, with a few convenience attributes for easier
           manipulation of line-based output.  You can use '?' on them for
           details.
           """
         if cmd.endswith('&'):
             raise OSError("Background processes not supported.")
         out = getoutput(self.var_expand(cmd, depth=2))
         if split:
             out = SList(out.splitlines())
         else:
             out = LSString(out)
         return out
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to aliases
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_alias(self):
         self.alias_manager = AliasManager(shell=self, config=self.config)
         self.ns_table['alias'] = self.alias_manager.alias_table,
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to extensions and plugins
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_extension_manager(self):
         self.extension_manager = ExtensionManager(shell=self, config=self.config)
 
     def init_plugin_manager(self):
         self.plugin_manager = PluginManager(config=self.config)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to payloads
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_payload(self):
         self.payload_manager = PayloadManager(config=self.config)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to the prefilter
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_prefilter(self):
         self.prefilter_manager = PrefilterManager(shell=self, config=self.config)
         # Ultimately this will be refactored in the new interpreter code, but
         # for now, we should expose the main prefilter method (there's legacy
         # code out there that may rely on this).
         self.prefilter = self.prefilter_manager.prefilter_lines
 
     def auto_rewrite_input(self, cmd):
         """Print to the screen the rewritten form of the user's command.
 
         This shows visual feedback by rewriting input lines that cause
         automatic calling to kick in, like::
 
           /f x
 
         into::
 
           ------> f(x)
           
         after the user's input prompt.  This helps the user understand that the
         input line was transformed automatically by IPython.
         """
         rw = self.displayhook.prompt1.auto_rewrite() + cmd
 
         try:
             # plain ascii works better w/ pyreadline, on some machines, so
             # we use it and only print uncolored rewrite if we have unicode
             rw = str(rw)
             print >> IPython.utils.io.Term.cout, rw
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             print "------> " + cmd
             
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to extracting values/expressions from kernel and user_ns
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _simple_error(self):
         etype, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]
         return u'[ERROR] {e.__name__}: {v}'.format(e=etype, v=value)
 
     def user_variables(self, names):
         """Get a list of variable names from the user's namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         names : list of strings
           A list of names of variables to be read from the user namespace.
 
         Returns
         -------
         A dict, keyed by the input names and with the repr() of each value.
         """
         out = {}
         user_ns = self.user_ns
         for varname in names:
             try:
                 value = repr(user_ns[varname])
             except:
                 value = self._simple_error()
             out[varname] = value
         return out
         
     def user_expressions(self, expressions):
         """Evaluate a dict of expressions in the user's namespace.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         expressions : dict
           A dict with string keys and string values.  The expression values
           should be valid Python expressions, each of which will be evaluated
           in the user namespace.
         
         Returns
         -------
         A dict, keyed like the input expressions dict, with the repr() of each
         value.
         """
         out = {}
         user_ns = self.user_ns
         global_ns = self.user_global_ns
         for key, expr in expressions.iteritems():
             try:
                 value = repr(eval(expr, global_ns, user_ns))
             except:
                 value = self._simple_error()
             out[key] = value
         return out
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to the running of code
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def ex(self, cmd):
         """Execute a normal python statement in user namespace."""
         with nested(self.builtin_trap,):
             exec cmd in self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns
 
     def ev(self, expr):
         """Evaluate python expression expr in user namespace.
 
         Returns the result of evaluation
         """
         with nested(self.builtin_trap,):
             return eval(expr, self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns)
 
     def safe_execfile(self, fname, *where, **kw):
         """A safe version of the builtin execfile().
 
         This version will never throw an exception, but instead print
         helpful error messages to the screen.  This only works on pure
         Python files with the .py extension.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         fname : string
             The name of the file to be executed.
         where : tuple
             One or two namespaces, passed to execfile() as (globals,locals).
             If only one is given, it is passed as both.
         exit_ignore : bool (False)
             If True, then silence SystemExit for non-zero status (it is always
             silenced for zero status, as it is so common).
         """
         kw.setdefault('exit_ignore', False)
 
         fname = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(fname))
 
         # Make sure we have a .py file
         if not fname.endswith('.py'):
             warn('File must end with .py to be run using execfile: <%s>' % fname)
 
         # Make sure we can open the file
         try:
             with open(fname) as thefile:
                 pass
         except:
             warn('Could not open file <%s> for safe execution.' % fname)
             return
 
         # Find things also in current directory.  This is needed to mimic the
         # behavior of running a script from the system command line, where
         # Python inserts the script's directory into sys.path
         dname = os.path.dirname(fname)
 
         with prepended_to_syspath(dname):
             try:
                 execfile(fname,*where)
             except SystemExit, status:
                 # If the call was made with 0 or None exit status (sys.exit(0)
                 # or sys.exit() ), don't bother showing a traceback, as both of
                 # these are considered normal by the OS:
                 # > python -c'import sys;sys.exit(0)'; echo $?
                 # 0
                 # > python -c'import sys;sys.exit()'; echo $?
                 # 0
                 # For other exit status, we show the exception unless
                 # explicitly silenced, but only in short form.
                 if status.code not in (0, None) and not kw['exit_ignore']:
                     self.showtraceback(exception_only=True)
             except:
                 self.showtraceback()
 
     def safe_execfile_ipy(self, fname):
         """Like safe_execfile, but for .ipy files with IPython syntax.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         fname : str
             The name of the file to execute.  The filename must have a
             .ipy extension.
         """
         fname = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(fname))
 
         # Make sure we have a .py file
         if not fname.endswith('.ipy'):
             warn('File must end with .py to be run using execfile: <%s>' % fname)
 
         # Make sure we can open the file
         try:
             with open(fname) as thefile:
                 pass
         except:
             warn('Could not open file <%s> for safe execution.' % fname)
             return
 
         # Find things also in current directory.  This is needed to mimic the
         # behavior of running a script from the system command line, where
         # Python inserts the script's directory into sys.path
         dname = os.path.dirname(fname)
 
         with prepended_to_syspath(dname):
             try:
                 with open(fname) as thefile:
                     # self.run_cell currently captures all exceptions
                     # raised in user code.  It would be nice if there were
                     # versions of runlines, execfile that did raise, so
                     # we could catch the errors.
                     self.run_cell(thefile.read())
             except:
                 self.showtraceback()
                 warn('Unknown failure executing file: <%s>' % fname)
 
     def run_cell(self, cell):
         """Run the contents of an entire multiline 'cell' of code.
 
         The cell is split into separate blocks which can be executed
         individually.  Then, based on how many blocks there are, they are
         executed as follows:
 
         - A single block: 'single' mode.
 
         If there's more than one block, it depends:
 
         - if the last one is no more than two lines long, run all but the last
         in 'exec' mode and the very last one in 'single' mode.  This makes it
         easy to type simple expressions at the end to see computed values.  -
         otherwise (last one is also multiline), run all in 'exec' mode
 
         When code is executed in 'single' mode, :func:`sys.displayhook` fires,
         results are displayed and output prompts are computed.  In 'exec' mode,
         no results are displayed unless :func:`print` is called explicitly;
         this mode is more akin to running a script.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cell : str
           A single or multiline string.
         """
         
         # We need to break up the input into executable blocks that can be run
         # in 'single' mode, to provide comfortable user behavior.
         blocks = self.input_splitter.split_blocks(cell)
         
         if not blocks:
             return
 
         # Store the 'ipython' version of the cell as well, since that's what
         # needs to go into the translated history and get executed (the
         # original cell may contain non-python syntax).
         ipy_cell = ''.join(blocks)
 
         # Store raw and processed history
         self.history_manager.store_inputs(ipy_cell, cell)
 
         self.logger.log(ipy_cell, cell)
         # dbg code!!!
         if 0:
             def myapp(self, val):  # dbg
                 import traceback as tb
                 stack = ''.join(tb.format_stack())
                 print 'Value:', val
                 print 'Stack:\n', stack
                 list.append(self, val)
 
             import new
             self.history_manager.input_hist_parsed.append = types.MethodType(myapp,
                                                                             self.history_manager.input_hist_parsed)
         # End dbg
 
         # All user code execution must happen with our context managers active
         with nested(self.builtin_trap, self.display_trap):
 
             # Single-block input should behave like an interactive prompt
             if len(blocks) == 1:
                 # since we return here, we need to update the execution count
                 out = self.run_one_block(blocks[0])
                 self.execution_count += 1
                 return out
 
             # In multi-block input, if the last block is a simple (one-two
             # lines) expression, run it in single mode so it produces output.
             # Otherwise just feed the whole thing to run_code.  This seems like
             # a reasonable usability design.
             last = blocks[-1]
             last_nlines = len(last.splitlines())
 
             # Note: below, whenever we call run_code, we must sync history
             # ourselves, because run_code is NOT meant to manage history at all.
             if last_nlines < 2:
                 # Here we consider the cell split between 'body' and 'last',
                 # store all history and execute 'body', and if successful, then
                 # proceed to execute 'last'.
 
                 # Get the main body to run as a cell
                 ipy_body = ''.join(blocks[:-1])
                 retcode = self.run_source(ipy_body, symbol='exec',
                                           post_execute=False)
                 if retcode==0:
                     # And the last expression via runlines so it produces output
                     self.run_one_block(last)
             else:
                 # Run the whole cell as one entity, storing both raw and
                 # processed input in history
                 self.run_source(ipy_cell, symbol='exec')
 
         # Each cell is a *single* input, regardless of how many lines it has
         self.execution_count += 1
 
     def run_one_block(self, block):
         """Run a single interactive block.
 
         If the block is single-line, dynamic transformations are applied to it
         (like automagics, autocall and alias recognition).
         """
         if len(block.splitlines()) <= 1:
             out = self.run_single_line(block)
         else:
             out = self.run_code(block)
         return out
 
     def run_single_line(self, line):
         """Run a single-line interactive statement.
 
         This assumes the input has been transformed to IPython syntax by
         applying all static transformations (those with an explicit prefix like
         % or !), but it will further try to apply the dynamic ones.
 
         It does not update history.
         """
         tline = self.prefilter_manager.prefilter_line(line)
         return self.run_source(tline)
 
     # PENDING REMOVAL: this method is slated for deletion, once our new
     # input logic has been 100% moved to frontends and is stable.
     def runlines(self, lines, clean=False):
         """Run a string of one or more lines of source.
 
         This method is capable of running a string containing multiple source
         lines, as if they had been entered at the IPython prompt.  Since it
         exposes IPython's processing machinery, the given strings can contain
         magic calls (%magic), special shell access (!cmd), etc.
         """
         
         if isinstance(lines, (list, tuple)):
             lines = '\n'.join(lines)
 
         if clean:
             lines = self._cleanup_ipy_script(lines)
 
         # We must start with a clean buffer, in case this is run from an
         # interactive IPython session (via a magic, for example).
         self.reset_buffer()
         lines = lines.splitlines()
 
         # Since we will prefilter all lines, store the user's raw input too
         # before we apply any transformations
         self.buffer_raw[:] = [ l+'\n' for l in lines]
         
         more = False
         prefilter_lines = self.prefilter_manager.prefilter_lines
         with nested(self.builtin_trap, self.display_trap):
             for line in lines:
                 # skip blank lines so we don't mess up the prompt counter, but
                 # do NOT skip even a blank line if we are in a code block (more
                 # is true)
             
                 if line or more:
                     more = self.push_line(prefilter_lines(line, more))
                     # IPython's run_source returns None if there was an error
                     # compiling the code.  This allows us to stop processing
                     # right away, so the user gets the error message at the
                     # right place.
                     if more is None:
                         break
             # final newline in case the input didn't have it, so that the code
             # actually does get executed
             if more:
                 self.push_line('\n')
 
     def run_source(self, source, filename=None,
                    symbol='single', post_execute=True):
         """Compile and run some source in the interpreter.
 
         Arguments are as for compile_command().
 
         One several things can happen:
 
         1) The input is incorrect; compile_command() raised an
         exception (SyntaxError or OverflowError).  A syntax traceback
         will be printed by calling the showsyntaxerror() method.
 
         2) The input is incomplete, and more input is required;
         compile_command() returned None.  Nothing happens.
 
         3) The input is complete; compile_command() returned a code
         object.  The code is executed by calling self.run_code() (which
         also handles run-time exceptions, except for SystemExit).
 
         The return value is:
 
           - True in case 2
 
           - False in the other cases, unless an exception is raised, where
           None is returned instead.  This can be used by external callers to
           know whether to continue feeding input or not.
 
         The return value can be used to decide whether to use sys.ps1 or
         sys.ps2 to prompt the next line."""
 
         # We need to ensure that the source is unicode from here on.
         if type(source)==str:
             usource = source.decode(self.stdin_encoding)
         else:
             usource = source
 
         if 0:  # dbg
             print 'Source:', repr(source)  # dbg
             print 'USource:', repr(usource)  # dbg
             print 'type:', type(source) # dbg
             print 'encoding', self.stdin_encoding  # dbg
         
         try:
             code = self.compile(usource, symbol, self.execution_count)
         except (OverflowError, SyntaxError, ValueError, TypeError, MemoryError):
             # Case 1
             self.showsyntaxerror(filename)
             return None
 
         if code is None:
             # Case 2
             return True
 
         # Case 3
         # We store the code object so that threaded shells and
         # custom exception handlers can access all this info if needed.
         # The source corresponding to this can be obtained from the
         # buffer attribute as '\n'.join(self.buffer).
         self.code_to_run = code
         # now actually execute the code object
         if self.run_code(code, post_execute) == 0:
             return False
         else:
             return None
 
     # For backwards compatibility
     runsource = run_source
     
     def run_code(self, code_obj, post_execute=True):
         """Execute a code object.
 
         When an exception occurs, self.showtraceback() is called to display a
         traceback.
 
         Return value: a flag indicating whether the code to be run completed
         successfully:
 
           - 0: successful execution.
           - 1: an error occurred.
         """
 
         # Set our own excepthook in case the user code tries to call it
         # directly, so that the IPython crash handler doesn't get triggered
         old_excepthook,sys.excepthook = sys.excepthook, self.excepthook
 
         # we save the original sys.excepthook in the instance, in case config
         # code (such as magics) needs access to it.
         self.sys_excepthook = old_excepthook
         outflag = 1  # happens in more places, so it's easier as default
         try:
             try:
                 self.hooks.pre_run_code_hook()
                 #rprint('Running code') # dbg
                 exec code_obj in self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns
             finally:
                 # Reset our crash handler in place
                 sys.excepthook = old_excepthook
         except SystemExit:
             self.reset_buffer()
             self.showtraceback(exception_only=True)
             warn("To exit: use any of 'exit', 'quit', %Exit or Ctrl-D.", level=1)
         except self.custom_exceptions:
             etype,value,tb = sys.exc_info()
             self.CustomTB(etype,value,tb)
         except:
             self.showtraceback()
         else:
             outflag = 0
             if softspace(sys.stdout, 0):
                 print
 
         # Execute any registered post-execution functions.  Here, any errors
         # are reported only minimally and just on the terminal, because the
         # main exception channel may be occupied with a user traceback.
         # FIXME: we need to think this mechanism a little more carefully.
         if post_execute:
             for func in self._post_execute:
                 try:
                     func()
                 except:
                     head = '[ ERROR ] Evaluating post_execute function: %s' % \
                            func
                     print >> io.Term.cout, head
                     print >> io.Term.cout, self._simple_error()
                     print >> io.Term.cout, 'Removing from post_execute'
                     self._post_execute.remove(func)
 
         # Flush out code object which has been run (and source)
         self.code_to_run = None
         return outflag
         
     # For backwards compatibility
     runcode = run_code
 
     # PENDING REMOVAL: this method is slated for deletion, once our new
     # input logic has been 100% moved to frontends and is stable.
     def push_line(self, line):
         """Push a line to the interpreter.
 
         The line should not have a trailing newline; it may have
         internal newlines.  The line is appended to a buffer and the
         interpreter's run_source() method is called with the
         concatenated contents of the buffer as source.  If this
         indicates that the command was executed or invalid, the buffer
         is reset; otherwise, the command is incomplete, and the buffer
         is left as it was after the line was appended.  The return
         value is 1 if more input is required, 0 if the line was dealt
         with in some way (this is the same as run_source()).
         """
 
         # autoindent management should be done here, and not in the
         # interactive loop, since that one is only seen by keyboard input.  We
         # need this done correctly even for code run via runlines (which uses
         # push).
 
         #print 'push line: <%s>' % line  # dbg
         self.buffer.append(line)
         full_source = '\n'.join(self.buffer)
         more = self.run_source(full_source, self.filename)
         if not more:
             self.history_manager.store_inputs('\n'.join(self.buffer_raw),
                                               full_source)
             self.reset_buffer()
             self.execution_count += 1
         return more
 
     def reset_buffer(self):
         """Reset the input buffer."""
         self.buffer[:] = []
         self.buffer_raw[:] = []
         self.input_splitter.reset()
 
     # For backwards compatibility
     resetbuffer = reset_buffer
 
     def _is_secondary_block_start(self, s):
         if not s.endswith(':'):
             return False
         if (s.startswith('elif') or 
             s.startswith('else') or 
             s.startswith('except') or
             s.startswith('finally')):
             return True
 
     def _cleanup_ipy_script(self, script):
         """Make a script safe for self.runlines()
 
         Currently, IPython is lines based, with blocks being detected by
         empty lines.  This is a problem for block based scripts that may
         not have empty lines after blocks.  This script adds those empty
         lines to make scripts safe for running in the current line based
         IPython.
         """
         res = []
         lines = script.splitlines()
         level = 0
 
         for l in lines:
             lstripped = l.lstrip()
             stripped = l.strip()                
             if not stripped:
                 continue
             newlevel = len(l) - len(lstripped)                    
             if level > 0 and newlevel == 0 and \
                    not self._is_secondary_block_start(stripped): 
                 # add empty line
                 res.append('')
             res.append(l)
             level = newlevel
 
         return '\n'.join(res) + '\n'
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to GUI support and pylab
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def enable_pylab(self, gui=None):
         raise NotImplementedError('Implement enable_pylab in a subclass')
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Utilities
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def var_expand(self,cmd,depth=0):
         """Expand python variables in a string.
 
         The depth argument indicates how many frames above the caller should
         be walked to look for the local namespace where to expand variables.
 
         The global namespace for expansion is always the user's interactive
         namespace.
         """
 
         return str(ItplNS(cmd,
                           self.user_ns,  # globals
                           # Skip our own frame in searching for locals:
                           sys._getframe(depth+1).f_locals # locals
                           ))
 
     def mktempfile(self, data=None, prefix='ipython_edit_'):
         """Make a new tempfile and return its filename.
 
         This makes a call to tempfile.mktemp, but it registers the created
         filename internally so ipython cleans it up at exit time.
 
         Optional inputs:
 
           - data(None): if data is given, it gets written out to the temp file
           immediately, and the file is closed again."""
 
         filename = tempfile.mktemp('.py', prefix)
         self.tempfiles.append(filename)
         
         if data:
             tmp_file = open(filename,'w')
             tmp_file.write(data)
             tmp_file.close()
         return filename
 
     # TODO:  This should be removed when Term is refactored.
     def write(self,data):
         """Write a string to the default output"""
         io.Term.cout.write(data)
 
     # TODO:  This should be removed when Term is refactored.
     def write_err(self,data):
         """Write a string to the default error output"""
         io.Term.cerr.write(data)
 
     def ask_yes_no(self,prompt,default=True):
         if self.quiet:
             return True
         return ask_yes_no(prompt,default)
     
     def show_usage(self):
         """Show a usage message"""
         page.page(IPython.core.usage.interactive_usage)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to IPython exiting
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def atexit_operations(self):
         """This will be executed at the time of exit.
 
         Cleanup operations and saving of persistent data that is done
         unconditionally by IPython should be performed here.
 
         For things that may depend on startup flags or platform specifics (such
         as having readline or not), register a separate atexit function in the
         code that has the appropriate information, rather than trying to
         clutter 
         """
         # Cleanup all tempfiles left around
         for tfile in self.tempfiles:
             try:
                 os.unlink(tfile)
             except OSError:
                 pass
 
         self.save_history()
 
         # Clear all user namespaces to release all references cleanly.
         self.reset()
 
         # Run user hooks
         self.hooks.shutdown_hook()
 
     def cleanup(self):
         self.restore_sys_module_state()
 
 
 class InteractiveShellABC(object):
     """An abstract base class for InteractiveShell."""
     __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
 
 InteractiveShellABC.register(InteractiveShell)

IPython/frontend/qt/console/ipython_widget.py

@@ -1,467 +1,482 b''
 """ A FrontendWidget that emulates the interface of the console IPython and
     supports the additional functionality provided by the IPython kernel.
 
     TODO: Add support for retrieving the system default editor. Requires code
           paths for Windows (use the registry), Mac OS (use LaunchServices), and
           Linux (use the xdg system).
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Standard library imports
 from collections import namedtuple
 import re
 from subprocess import Popen
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 # System library imports
 from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.core.inputsplitter import IPythonInputSplitter, \
     transform_ipy_prompt
 from IPython.core.usage import default_gui_banner
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Bool, Str
 from frontend_widget import FrontendWidget
 from styles import (default_light_style_sheet,  default_light_syntax_style,
                     default_dark_style_sheet, default_dark_syntax_style,
                     default_bw_style_sheet, default_bw_syntax_style)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Default strings to build and display input and output prompts (and separators
 # in between)
 default_in_prompt = 'In [<span class="in-prompt-number">%i</span>]: '
 default_out_prompt = 'Out[<span class="out-prompt-number">%i</span>]: '
 default_input_sep = '\n'
 default_output_sep = ''
 default_output_sep2 = ''
 
 # Base path for most payload sources.
 zmq_shell_source = 'IPython.zmq.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell'
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # IPythonWidget class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class IPythonWidget(FrontendWidget):
     """ A FrontendWidget for an IPython kernel.
     """
 
     # If set, the 'custom_edit_requested(str, int)' signal will be emitted when
     # an editor is needed for a file. This overrides 'editor' and 'editor_line'
     # settings.
     custom_edit = Bool(False)
     custom_edit_requested = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object, object)
 
     # A command for invoking a system text editor. If the string contains a
     # {filename} format specifier, it will be used. Otherwise, the filename will
     # be appended to the end the command.
     editor = Str('default', config=True)
 
     # The editor command to use when a specific line number is requested. The
     # string should contain two format specifiers: {line} and {filename}. If
     # this parameter is not specified, the line number option to the %edit magic
     # will be ignored.
     editor_line = Str(config=True)
 
     # A CSS stylesheet. The stylesheet can contain classes for:
     #     1. Qt: QPlainTextEdit, QFrame, QWidget, etc
     #     2. Pygments: .c, .k, .o, etc (see PygmentsHighlighter)
     #     3. IPython: .error, .in-prompt, .out-prompt, etc
     style_sheet = Str(config=True)
     
     # If not empty, use this Pygments style for syntax highlighting. Otherwise,
     # the style sheet is queried for Pygments style information.
     syntax_style = Str(config=True)
 
     # Prompts.
     in_prompt = Str(default_in_prompt, config=True)
     out_prompt = Str(default_out_prompt, config=True)
     input_sep = Str(default_input_sep, config=True)
     output_sep = Str(default_output_sep, config=True)
     output_sep2 = Str(default_output_sep2, config=True)
 
     # FrontendWidget protected class variables.
     _input_splitter_class = IPythonInputSplitter
 
     # IPythonWidget protected class variables.
     _PromptBlock = namedtuple('_PromptBlock', ['block', 'length', 'number'])
     _payload_source_edit = zmq_shell_source + '.edit_magic'
     _payload_source_exit = zmq_shell_source + '.ask_exit'
     _payload_source_loadpy = zmq_shell_source + '.magic_loadpy'
     _payload_source_page = 'IPython.zmq.page.page'
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'object' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
         super(IPythonWidget, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
 
         # IPythonWidget protected variables.
         self._code_to_load = None
         self._payload_handlers = { 
             self._payload_source_edit : self._handle_payload_edit,
             self._payload_source_exit : self._handle_payload_exit,
             self._payload_source_page : self._handle_payload_page,
             self._payload_source_loadpy : self._handle_payload_loadpy }
         self._previous_prompt_obj = None
         self._keep_kernel_on_exit = None
 
         # Initialize widget styling.
         if self.style_sheet:
             self._style_sheet_changed()
             self._syntax_style_changed()
         else:
             self.set_default_style()
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'BaseFrontendMixin' abstract interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _handle_complete_reply(self, rep):
         """ Reimplemented to support IPython's improved completion machinery.
         """
         cursor = self._get_cursor()
         info = self._request_info.get('complete')
         if info and info.id == rep['parent_header']['msg_id'] and \
                 info.pos == cursor.position():
             matches = rep['content']['matches']
             text = rep['content']['matched_text']
             offset = len(text)
 
             # Clean up matches with period and path separators if the matched
             # text has not been transformed. This is done by truncating all
             # but the last component and then suitably decreasing the offset
             # between the current cursor position and the start of completion.
             if len(matches) > 1 and matches[0][:offset] == text:
                 parts = re.split(r'[./\\]', text) 
                 sep_count = len(parts) - 1
                 if sep_count:
                     chop_length = sum(map(len, parts[:sep_count])) + sep_count
                     matches = [ match[chop_length:] for match in matches ]
                     offset -= chop_length
 
             # Move the cursor to the start of the match and complete.
             cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.Left, n=offset)
             self._complete_with_items(cursor, matches)
 
     def _handle_execute_reply(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented to support prompt requests.
         """
         info = self._request_info.get('execute')
         if info and info.id == msg['parent_header']['msg_id']:
             if info.kind == 'prompt':
                 number = msg['content']['execution_count'] + 1
                 self._show_interpreter_prompt(number)
             else:
                 super(IPythonWidget, self)._handle_execute_reply(msg)
 
     def _handle_history_reply(self, msg):
         """ Implemented to handle history replies, which are only supported by
             the IPython kernel.
         """
         history_dict = msg['content']['history']
         input_history_dict = {}
         for key,val in history_dict.items():
             input_history_dict[int(key)] = val
         items = [ val.rstrip() for _, val in sorted(input_history_dict.items()) ]
         self._set_history(items)
 
     def _handle_pyout(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style "display hook".
         """
         if not self._hidden and self._is_from_this_session(msg):
             content = msg['content']
             prompt_number = content['execution_count']
             self._append_plain_text(self.output_sep)
             self._append_html(self._make_out_prompt(prompt_number))
             self._append_plain_text(content['data']+self.output_sep2)
 
+    def _handle_display_data(self, msg):
+        """ The base handler for the ``display_data`` message.
+        """
+        # For now, we don't display data from other frontends, but we 
+        # eventually will as this allows all frontends to monitor the display
+        # data. But we need to figure out how to handle this in the GUI.
+        if not self._hidden and self._is_from_this_session(msg):
+            source = msg['content']['source']
+            data = msg['content']['data']
+            metadata = msg['content']['metadata']
+            # In the regular IPythonWidget, we simply print the plain text
+            # representation.
+            if data.has_key('text/plain'):
+                self._append_plain_text(data['text/plain'])
+
     def _started_channels(self):
         """ Reimplemented to make a history request.
         """
         super(IPythonWidget, self)._started_channels()
         self.kernel_manager.xreq_channel.history(raw=True, output=False)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'ConsoleWidget' public interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def copy(self):
         """ Copy the currently selected text to the clipboard, removing prompts
             if possible.
         """
         text = unicode(self._control.textCursor().selection().toPlainText())
         if text:
             lines = map(transform_ipy_prompt, text.splitlines())
             text = '\n'.join(lines)
             QtGui.QApplication.clipboard().setText(text)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'FrontendWidget' public interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def execute_file(self, path, hidden=False):
         """ Reimplemented to use the 'run' magic.
         """
         self.execute('%%run %s' % path, hidden=hidden)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'FrontendWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _complete(self):
         """ Reimplemented to support IPython's improved completion machinery.
         """
         # We let the kernel split the input line, so we *always* send an empty
         # text field. Readline-based frontends do get a real text field which
         # they can use.
         text = ''
         
         # Send the completion request to the kernel
         msg_id = self.kernel_manager.xreq_channel.complete(
             text,                                    # text
             self._get_input_buffer_cursor_line(),    # line
             self._get_input_buffer_cursor_column(),  # cursor_pos
             self.input_buffer)                       # block 
         pos = self._get_cursor().position()
         info = self._CompletionRequest(msg_id, pos)
         self._request_info['complete'] = info
 
     def _get_banner(self):
         """ Reimplemented to return IPython's default banner.
         """
         return default_gui_banner
 
     def _process_execute_error(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style traceback formatting.
         """
         content = msg['content']
         traceback = '\n'.join(content['traceback']) + '\n'
         if False:
             # FIXME: For now, tracebacks come as plain text, so we can't use
             # the html renderer yet.  Once we refactor ultratb to produce
             # properly styled tracebacks, this branch should be the default
             traceback = traceback.replace(' ', '&nbsp;')
             traceback = traceback.replace('\n', '<br/>')
 
             ename = content['ename']
             ename_styled = '<span class="error">%s</span>' % ename
             traceback = traceback.replace(ename, ename_styled)
 
             self._append_html(traceback)
         else:
             # This is the fallback for now, using plain text with ansi escapes
             self._append_plain_text(traceback)    
 
     def _process_execute_payload(self, item):
         """ Reimplemented to dispatch payloads to handler methods.
         """
         handler = self._payload_handlers.get(item['source'])
         if handler is None:
             # We have no handler for this type of payload, simply ignore it
             return False
         else:
             handler(item)
             return True
         
     def _show_interpreter_prompt(self, number=None):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style prompts.
         """
         # If a number was not specified, make a prompt number request.
         if number is None:
             msg_id = self.kernel_manager.xreq_channel.execute('', silent=True)
             info = self._ExecutionRequest(msg_id, 'prompt')
             self._request_info['execute'] = info
             return
 
         # Show a new prompt and save information about it so that it can be
         # updated later if the prompt number turns out to be wrong.
         self._prompt_sep = self.input_sep
         self._show_prompt(self._make_in_prompt(number), html=True)
         block = self._control.document().lastBlock()
         length = len(self._prompt)
         self._previous_prompt_obj = self._PromptBlock(block, length, number)
 
         # Update continuation prompt to reflect (possibly) new prompt length.
         self._set_continuation_prompt(
             self._make_continuation_prompt(self._prompt), html=True)
 
         # Load code from the %loadpy magic, if necessary.
         if self._code_to_load is not None:
             self.input_buffer = dedent(unicode(self._code_to_load).rstrip())
             self._code_to_load = None
 
     def _show_interpreter_prompt_for_reply(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style prompts.
         """
         # Update the old prompt number if necessary.
         content = msg['content']
         previous_prompt_number = content['execution_count']
         if self._previous_prompt_obj and \
                 self._previous_prompt_obj.number != previous_prompt_number:
             block = self._previous_prompt_obj.block
 
             # Make sure the prompt block has not been erased.
             if block.isValid() and not block.text().isEmpty():
 
                 # Remove the old prompt and insert a new prompt.
                 cursor = QtGui.QTextCursor(block)
                 cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.Right,
                                     QtGui.QTextCursor.KeepAnchor, 
                                     self._previous_prompt_obj.length)
                 prompt = self._make_in_prompt(previous_prompt_number)
                 self._prompt = self._insert_html_fetching_plain_text(
                     cursor, prompt)
 
                 # When the HTML is inserted, Qt blows away the syntax
                 # highlighting for the line, so we need to rehighlight it.
                 self._highlighter.rehighlightBlock(cursor.block())
 
             self._previous_prompt_obj = None
 
         # Show a new prompt with the kernel's estimated prompt number.
         self._show_interpreter_prompt(previous_prompt_number + 1)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'IPythonWidget' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def set_default_style(self, colors='lightbg'):
         """ Sets the widget style to the class defaults.
 
         Parameters:
         -----------
         colors : str, optional (default lightbg)
             Whether to use the default IPython light background or dark
             background or B&W style.
         """
         colors = colors.lower()
         if colors=='lightbg':
             self.style_sheet = default_light_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = default_light_syntax_style
         elif colors=='linux':
             self.style_sheet = default_dark_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = default_dark_syntax_style
         elif colors=='nocolor':
             self.style_sheet = default_bw_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = default_bw_syntax_style
         else:
             raise KeyError("No such color scheme: %s"%colors)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'IPythonWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _edit(self, filename, line=None):
         """ Opens a Python script for editing.
 
         Parameters:
         -----------
         filename : str
             A path to a local system file.
 
         line : int, optional
             A line of interest in the file.
         """
         if self.custom_edit:
             self.custom_edit_requested.emit(filename, line)
         elif self.editor == 'default':
             self._append_plain_text('No default editor available.\n')
         else:
             try:
                 filename = '"%s"' % filename
                 if line and self.editor_line:
                     command = self.editor_line.format(filename=filename,
                                                       line=line)
                 else:
                     try:
                         command = self.editor.format()
                     except KeyError:
                         command = self.editor.format(filename=filename)
                     else:
                         command += ' ' + filename
             except KeyError:
                 self._append_plain_text('Invalid editor command.\n')
             else:
                 try:
                     Popen(command, shell=True)
                 except OSError:
                     msg = 'Opening editor with command "%s" failed.\n'
                     self._append_plain_text(msg % command)
 
     def _make_in_prompt(self, number):
         """ Given a prompt number, returns an HTML In prompt.
         """
         body = self.in_prompt % number
         return '<span class="in-prompt">%s</span>' % body
 
     def _make_continuation_prompt(self, prompt):
         """ Given a plain text version of an In prompt, returns an HTML
             continuation prompt.
         """
         end_chars = '...: '
         space_count = len(prompt.lstrip('\n')) - len(end_chars)
         body = '&nbsp;' * space_count + end_chars
         return '<span class="in-prompt">%s</span>' % body
         
     def _make_out_prompt(self, number):
         """ Given a prompt number, returns an HTML Out prompt.
         """
         body = self.out_prompt % number
         return '<span class="out-prompt">%s</span>' % body
 
     #------ Payload handlers --------------------------------------------------
 
     # Payload handlers with a generic interface: each takes the opaque payload
     # dict, unpacks it and calls the underlying functions with the necessary
     # arguments.
 
     def _handle_payload_edit(self, item):
         self._edit(item['filename'], item['line_number'])
 
     def _handle_payload_exit(self, item):
         self._keep_kernel_on_exit = item['keepkernel']
         self.exit_requested.emit()
 
     def _handle_payload_loadpy(self, item):
         # Simple save the text of the .py file for later. The text is written
         # to the buffer when _prompt_started_hook is called.
         self._code_to_load = item['text']
 
     def _handle_payload_page(self, item):
         # Since the plain text widget supports only a very small subset of HTML
         # and we have no control over the HTML source, we only page HTML
         # payloads in the rich text widget.
         if item['html'] and self.kind == 'rich':
             self._page(item['html'], html=True)
         else:
             self._page(item['text'], html=False)
 
-    #------ Trait change handlers ---------------------------------------------
+    #------ Trait change handlers --------------------------------------------
 
     def _style_sheet_changed(self):
         """ Set the style sheets of the underlying widgets.
         """
         self.setStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
         self._control.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
         if self._page_control:
             self._page_control.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
 
         bg_color = self._control.palette().background().color()
         self._ansi_processor.set_background_color(bg_color)
 
     def _syntax_style_changed(self):
         """ Set the style for the syntax highlighter.
         """
         if self.syntax_style:
             self._highlighter.set_style(self.syntax_style)
         else:
             self._highlighter.set_style_sheet(self.style_sheet)
-        
+

IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py

@@ -1,195 +1,226 b''
 # System library imports
 import os
 import re
 from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.frontend.qt.svg import save_svg, svg_to_clipboard, svg_to_image
 from ipython_widget import IPythonWidget
 
 
 class RichIPythonWidget(IPythonWidget):
     """ An IPythonWidget that supports rich text, including lists, images, and
         tables. Note that raw performance will be reduced compared to the plain
         text version.
     """
 
     # RichIPythonWidget protected class variables.
     _payload_source_plot = 'IPython.zmq.pylab.backend_payload.add_plot_payload'
     _svg_text_format_property = 1
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'object' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
         """ Create a RichIPythonWidget.
         """
         kw['kind'] = 'rich'
         super(RichIPythonWidget, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
         # Dictionary for resolving Qt names to images when
         # generating XHTML output
         self._name_to_svg = {}
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'ConsoleWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _context_menu_make(self, pos):
         """ Reimplemented to return a custom context menu for images.
         """
         format = self._control.cursorForPosition(pos).charFormat()
         name = format.stringProperty(QtGui.QTextFormat.ImageName)
         if name.isEmpty():
             menu = super(RichIPythonWidget, self)._context_menu_make(pos)
         else:
             menu = QtGui.QMenu()
 
             menu.addAction('Copy Image', lambda: self._copy_image(name))
             menu.addAction('Save Image As...', lambda: self._save_image(name))
             menu.addSeparator()
 
             svg = format.stringProperty(self._svg_text_format_property)
             if not svg.isEmpty():
                 menu.addSeparator()
                 menu.addAction('Copy SVG', lambda: svg_to_clipboard(svg))
                 menu.addAction('Save SVG As...', 
                                lambda: save_svg(svg, self._control))
         return menu
-    
+
+    #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # 'BaseFrontendMixin' abstract interface
+    #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _handle_display_data(self, msg):
+        """ A handler for ``display_data`` message that handles html and svg.
+        """
+        if not self._hidden and self._is_from_this_session(msg):
+            source = msg['content']['source']
+            data = msg['content']['data']
+            metadata = msg['content']['metadata']
+            # Try to use the svg or html representations.
+            # FIXME: Is this the right ordering of things to try?
+            if data.has_key('image/svg+xml'):
+                svg = data['image/svg+xml']
+                # TODO: try/except this call.
+                self._append_svg(svg)
+            elif data.has_key('text/html'):
+                html = data['text/html']
+                self._append_html(html)
+            else:
+                # Default back to the plain text representation.
+                return super(RichIPythonWidget, self)._handle_display_data(msg)
+
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'FrontendWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _process_execute_payload(self, item):
         """ Reimplemented to handle matplotlib plot payloads.
         """
         if item['source'] == self._payload_source_plot:
+            # TODO: remove this as all plot data is coming back through the
+            # display_data message type.
             if item['format'] == 'svg':
                 svg = item['data']
-                try:
-                    image = svg_to_image(svg)
-                except ValueError:
-                    self._append_plain_text('Received invalid plot data.')
-                else:
-                    format = self._add_image(image)
-                    self._name_to_svg[str(format.name())] = svg
-                    format.setProperty(self._svg_text_format_property, svg)
-                    cursor = self._get_end_cursor()
-                    cursor.insertBlock()
-                    cursor.insertImage(format)
-                    cursor.insertBlock()
+                self._append_svg(svg)
                 return True
             else:
                 # Add other plot formats here!
                 return False
         else:
             return super(RichIPythonWidget, self)._process_execute_payload(item)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'RichIPythonWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    def _append_svg(self, svg):
+        """ Append raw svg data to the widget.
+        """
+        try:
+            image = svg_to_image(svg)
+        except ValueError:
+            self._append_plain_text('Received invalid plot data.')
+        else:
+            format = self._add_image(image)
+            self._name_to_svg[str(format.name())] = svg
+            format.setProperty(self._svg_text_format_property, svg)
+            cursor = self._get_end_cursor()
+            cursor.insertBlock()
+            cursor.insertImage(format)
+            cursor.insertBlock()
+
     def _add_image(self, image):
         """ Adds the specified QImage to the document and returns a
             QTextImageFormat that references it.
         """
         document = self._control.document()
         name = QtCore.QString.number(image.cacheKey())
         document.addResource(QtGui.QTextDocument.ImageResource,
                              QtCore.QUrl(name), image)
         format = QtGui.QTextImageFormat()
         format.setName(name)
         return format
 
     def _copy_image(self, name):
         """ Copies the ImageResource with 'name' to the clipboard.
         """
         image = self._get_image(name)
         QtGui.QApplication.clipboard().setImage(image)
 
     def _get_image(self, name):
         """ Returns the QImage stored as the ImageResource with 'name'.
         """
         document = self._control.document()
         variant = document.resource(QtGui.QTextDocument.ImageResource,
                                     QtCore.QUrl(name))
         return variant.toPyObject()
 
     def _save_image(self, name, format='PNG'):
         """ Shows a save dialog for the ImageResource with 'name'.
         """
         dialog = QtGui.QFileDialog(self._control, 'Save Image')
         dialog.setAcceptMode(QtGui.QFileDialog.AcceptSave)
         dialog.setDefaultSuffix(format.lower())
         dialog.setNameFilter('%s file (*.%s)' % (format, format.lower()))
         if dialog.exec_():
             filename = dialog.selectedFiles()[0]
             image = self._get_image(name)
             image.save(filename, format)
 
     def image_tag(self, match, path = None, format = "png"):
         """ Return (X)HTML mark-up for the image-tag given by match.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         match : re.SRE_Match 
             A match to an HTML image tag as exported by Qt, with
             match.group("Name") containing the matched image ID.
 
         path : string|None, optional [default None]
             If not None, specifies a path to which supporting files
             may be written (e.g., for linked images).
             If None, all images are to be included inline.
 
         format : "png"|"svg", optional [default "png"]
             Format for returned or referenced images.
 
         Subclasses supporting image display should override this
         method.
         """
 
         if(format == "png"):
             try:
                 image = self._get_image(match.group("name"))
             except KeyError:
                 return "<b>Couldn't find image %s</b>" % match.group("name")
 
             if(path is not None):
                 if not os.path.exists(path):
                     os.mkdir(path)
                 relpath = os.path.basename(path)
                 if(image.save("%s/qt_img%s.png" % (path,match.group("name")),
                               "PNG")):
                     return '<img src="%s/qt_img%s.png">' % (relpath,
                                                             match.group("name"))
                 else:
                     return "<b>Couldn't save image!</b>"
             else:
                 ba = QtCore.QByteArray()
                 buffer_ = QtCore.QBuffer(ba)
                 buffer_.open(QtCore.QIODevice.WriteOnly)
                 image.save(buffer_, "PNG")
                 buffer_.close()
                 return '<img src="data:image/png;base64,\n%s\n" />' % (
                     re.sub(r'(.{60})',r'\1\n',str(ba.toBase64())))
 
         elif(format == "svg"):
             try:
                 svg = str(self._name_to_svg[match.group("name")])
             except KeyError:
                 return "<b>Couldn't find image %s</b>" % match.group("name")
 
             # Not currently checking path, because it's tricky to find a
             # cross-browser way to embed external SVG images (e.g., via
             # object or embed tags).
 
             # Chop stand-alone header from matplotlib SVG
             offset = svg.find("<svg")
             assert(offset > -1)
             
             return svg[offset:]
 
         else:
             return '<b>Unrecognized image format</b>'
-        
+

IPython/frontend/qt/kernelmanager.py

@@ -1,240 +1,242 b''
 """ Defines a KernelManager that provides signals and slots.
 """
 
 # System library imports.
 from PyQt4 import QtCore
 
 # IPython imports.
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Type
 from IPython.zmq.kernelmanager import KernelManager, SubSocketChannel, \
     XReqSocketChannel, RepSocketChannel, HBSocketChannel
 from util import MetaQObjectHasTraits, SuperQObject
 
 
 class SocketChannelQObject(SuperQObject):
 
     # Emitted when the channel is started.
     started = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
 
     # Emitted when the channel is stopped.
     stopped = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'ZmqSocketChannel' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def start(self):
         """ Reimplemented to emit signal.
         """
         super(SocketChannelQObject, self).start()
         self.started.emit()
 
     def stop(self):
         """ Reimplemented to emit signal.
         """
         super(SocketChannelQObject, self).stop()
         self.stopped.emit()
 
 
 class QtXReqSocketChannel(SocketChannelQObject, XReqSocketChannel):
 
     # Emitted when any message is received.
     message_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     # Emitted when a reply has been received for the corresponding request
     # type.
     execute_reply = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
     complete_reply = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
     object_info_reply = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     # Emitted when the first reply comes back.
     first_reply = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
 
     # Used by the first_reply signal logic to determine if a reply is the 
     # first.
     _handlers_called = False
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'XReqSocketChannel' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def call_handlers(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented to emit signals instead of making callbacks.
         """
         # Emit the generic signal.
         self.message_received.emit(msg)
         
         # Emit signals for specialized message types.
         msg_type = msg['msg_type']
         signal = getattr(self, msg_type, None)
         if signal:
             signal.emit(msg)
 
         if not self._handlers_called:
             self.first_reply.emit()
             self._handlers_called = True
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'QtXReqSocketChannel' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def reset_first_reply(self):
         """ Reset the first_reply signal to fire again on the next reply.
         """
         self._handlers_called = False
 
 
 class QtSubSocketChannel(SocketChannelQObject, SubSocketChannel):
 
     # Emitted when any message is received.
     message_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     # Emitted when a message of type 'stream' is received.
     stream_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     # Emitted when a message of type 'pyin' is received.
     pyin_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     # Emitted when a message of type 'pyout' is received.
     pyout_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     # Emitted when a message of type 'pyerr' is received.
     pyerr_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
+    # Emitted when a message of type 'display_data' is received
+    display_data_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
+
     # Emitted when a crash report message is received from the kernel's
     # last-resort sys.excepthook.
     crash_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     # Emitted when a shutdown is noticed.
     shutdown_reply_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'SubSocketChannel' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def call_handlers(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented to emit signals instead of making callbacks.
         """
         # Emit the generic signal.
         self.message_received.emit(msg)
-        
         # Emit signals for specialized message types.
         msg_type = msg['msg_type']
         signal = getattr(self, msg_type + '_received', None)
         if signal:
             signal.emit(msg)
         elif msg_type in ('stdout', 'stderr'):
             self.stream_received.emit(msg)
 
     def flush(self):
         """ Reimplemented to ensure that signals are dispatched immediately.
         """
         super(QtSubSocketChannel, self).flush()
         QtCore.QCoreApplication.instance().processEvents()
 
 
 class QtRepSocketChannel(SocketChannelQObject, RepSocketChannel):
 
     # Emitted when any message is received.
     message_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     # Emitted when an input request is received.
     input_requested = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'RepSocketChannel' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def call_handlers(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented to emit signals instead of making callbacks.
         """
         # Emit the generic signal.
         self.message_received.emit(msg)
         
         # Emit signals for specialized message types.
         msg_type = msg['msg_type']
         if msg_type == 'input_request':
             self.input_requested.emit(msg)
 
 
 class QtHBSocketChannel(SocketChannelQObject, HBSocketChannel):
 
     # Emitted when the kernel has died.
     kernel_died = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'HBSocketChannel' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def call_handlers(self, since_last_heartbeat):
         """ Reimplemented to emit signals instead of making callbacks.
         """
         # Emit the generic signal.
         self.kernel_died.emit(since_last_heartbeat)
 
 
 class QtKernelManager(KernelManager, SuperQObject):
     """ A KernelManager that provides signals and slots.
     """
 
     __metaclass__ = MetaQObjectHasTraits
 
     # Emitted when the kernel manager has started listening.
     started_channels = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
 
     # Emitted when the kernel manager has stopped listening.
     stopped_channels = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
 
     # Use Qt-specific channel classes that emit signals.
     sub_channel_class = Type(QtSubSocketChannel)
     xreq_channel_class = Type(QtXReqSocketChannel)
     rep_channel_class = Type(QtRepSocketChannel)
     hb_channel_class = Type(QtHBSocketChannel)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'KernelManager' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     #------ Kernel process management ------------------------------------------
 
     def start_kernel(self, *args, **kw):
         """ Reimplemented for proper heartbeat management.
         """
         if self._xreq_channel is not None:
             self._xreq_channel.reset_first_reply()
         super(QtKernelManager, self).start_kernel(*args, **kw)
 
     #------ Channel management -------------------------------------------------
     
     def start_channels(self, *args, **kw):
         """ Reimplemented to emit signal.
         """
         super(QtKernelManager, self).start_channels(*args, **kw)
         self.started_channels.emit()
 
     def stop_channels(self):
         """ Reimplemented to emit signal.
         """ 
         super(QtKernelManager, self).stop_channels()
         self.stopped_channels.emit()
 
     @property
     def xreq_channel(self):
         """ Reimplemented for proper heartbeat management.
         """
         if self._xreq_channel is None:
             self._xreq_channel = super(QtKernelManager, self).xreq_channel
             self._xreq_channel.first_reply.connect(self._first_reply)
         return self._xreq_channel
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def _first_reply(self):
         """ Unpauses the heartbeat channel when the first reply is received on
             the execute channel. Note that this will *not* start the heartbeat
             channel if it is not already running!
         """
         if self._hb_channel is not None:
             self._hb_channel.unpause()

IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -1,629 +1,632 b''
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """A simple interactive kernel that talks to a frontend over 0MQ.
 
 Things to do:
 
 * Implement `set_parent` logic. Right before doing exec, the Kernel should
   call set_parent on all the PUB objects with the message about to be executed.
 * Implement random port and security key logic.
 * Implement control messages.
 * Implement event loop and poll version.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # Standard library imports.
 import __builtin__
 import atexit
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
 
 # System library imports.
 import zmq
 
 # Local imports.
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import json_clean
 from IPython.lib import pylabtools
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, Float
 from entry_point import (base_launch_kernel, make_argument_parser, make_kernel,
                          start_kernel)
 from iostream import OutStream
 from session import Session, Message
 from zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main kernel class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class Kernel(Configurable):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
     session = Instance(Session)
     reply_socket = Instance('zmq.Socket')
     pub_socket = Instance('zmq.Socket')
     req_socket = Instance('zmq.Socket')
 
     # Private interface
 
     # Time to sleep after flushing the stdout/err buffers in each execute
     # cycle.  While this introduces a hard limit on the minimal latency of the
     # execute cycle, it helps prevent output synchronization problems for
     # clients.
     # Units are in seconds.  The minimum zmq latency on local host is probably
     # ~150 microseconds, set this to 500us for now.  We may need to increase it
     # a little if it's not enough after more interactive testing.
     _execute_sleep = Float(0.0005, config=True)
 
     # Frequency of the kernel's event loop.
     # Units are in seconds, kernel subclasses for GUI toolkits may need to
     # adapt to milliseconds.
     _poll_interval = Float(0.05, config=True)
 
     # If the shutdown was requested over the network, we leave here the
     # necessary reply message so it can be sent by our registered atexit
     # handler.  This ensures that the reply is only sent to clients truly at
     # the end of our shutdown process (which happens after the underlying
     # IPython shell's own shutdown).
     _shutdown_message = None
 
     # This is a dict of port number that the kernel is listening on. It is set
     # by record_ports and used by connect_request.
     _recorded_ports = None
     
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(Kernel, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         # Before we even start up the shell, register *first* our exit handlers
         # so they come before the shell's
         atexit.register(self._at_shutdown)
 
         # Initialize the InteractiveShell subclass
         self.shell = ZMQInteractiveShell.instance()
         self.shell.displayhook.session = self.session
         self.shell.displayhook.pub_socket = self.pub_socket
+        self.shell.display_pub.session = self.session
+        self.shell.display_pub.pub_socket = self.pub_socket
 
         # TMP - hack while developing
         self.shell._reply_content = None
 
         # Build dict of handlers for message types
         msg_types = [ 'execute_request', 'complete_request', 
                       'object_info_request', 'history_request',
                       'connect_request', 'shutdown_request']
         self.handlers = {}
         for msg_type in msg_types:
             self.handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
 
     def do_one_iteration(self):
         """Do one iteration of the kernel's evaluation loop.
         """
         ident,msg = self.session.recv(self.reply_socket, zmq.NOBLOCK)
         if msg is None:
             return
         
         # This assert will raise in versions of zeromq 2.0.7 and lesser.
         # We now require 2.0.8 or above, so we can uncomment for safety.
         # print(ident,msg, file=sys.__stdout__)
         assert ident is not None, "Missing message part."
         
         # Print some info about this message and leave a '--->' marker, so it's
         # easier to trace visually the message chain when debugging.  Each
         # handler prints its message at the end.
         # Eventually we'll move these from stdout to a logger.
         io.raw_print('\n*** MESSAGE TYPE:', msg['msg_type'], '***')
         io.raw_print('   Content: ', msg['content'],
                      '\n   --->\n   ', sep='', end='')
 
         # Find and call actual handler for message
         handler = self.handlers.get(msg['msg_type'], None)
         if handler is None:
             io.raw_print_err("UNKNOWN MESSAGE TYPE:", msg)
         else:
             handler(ident, msg)
             
         # Check whether we should exit, in case the incoming message set the
         # exit flag on
         if self.shell.exit_now:
             io.raw_print('\nExiting IPython kernel...')
             # We do a normal, clean exit, which allows any actions registered
             # via atexit (such as history saving) to take place.
             sys.exit(0)
 
 
     def start(self):
         """ Start the kernel main loop.
         """
         while True:
             time.sleep(self._poll_interval)
             self.do_one_iteration()
 
     def record_ports(self, xrep_port, pub_port, req_port, hb_port):
         """Record the ports that this kernel is using.
 
         The creator of the Kernel instance must call this methods if they
         want the :meth:`connect_request` method to return the port numbers.
         """
         self._recorded_ports = {
             'xrep_port' : xrep_port,
             'pub_port' : pub_port,
             'req_port' : req_port,
             'hb_port' : hb_port
         }
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel request handlers
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _publish_pyin(self, code, parent):
         """Publish the code request on the pyin stream."""
 
         pyin_msg = self.session.send(self.pub_socket, u'pyin',{u'code':code}, parent=parent)
 
     def execute_request(self, ident, parent):
         
         status_msg = self.session.send(self.pub_socket,
             u'status',
             {u'execution_state':u'busy'},
             parent=parent
         )
         
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             code = content[u'code']
             silent = content[u'silent'] 
         except:
             io.raw_print_err("Got bad msg: ")
             io.raw_print_err(Message(parent))
             return
 
         shell = self.shell # we'll need this a lot here
 
         # Replace raw_input. Note that is not sufficient to replace 
         # raw_input in the user namespace.
         raw_input = lambda prompt='': self._raw_input(prompt, ident, parent)
         __builtin__.raw_input = raw_input
 
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         shell.displayhook.set_parent(parent)
+        shell.display_pub.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stdout.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stderr.set_parent(parent)
 
         # Re-broadcast our input for the benefit of listening clients, and
         # start computing output
         if not silent:
             self._publish_pyin(code, parent)
 
         reply_content = {}
         try:
             if silent:
                 # run_code uses 'exec' mode, so no displayhook will fire, and it
                 # doesn't call logging or history manipulations.  Print
                 # statements in that code will obviously still execute.
                 shell.run_code(code)
             else:
                 # FIXME: the shell calls the exception handler itself.
                 shell._reply_content = None
                 shell.run_cell(code)
         except:
             status = u'error'
             # FIXME: this code right now isn't being used yet by default,
             # because the runlines() call above directly fires off exception
             # reporting.  This code, therefore, is only active in the scenario
             # where runlines itself has an unhandled exception.  We need to
             # uniformize this, for all exception construction to come from a
             # single location in the codbase.
             etype, evalue, tb = sys.exc_info()
             tb_list = traceback.format_exception(etype, evalue, tb)
             reply_content.update(shell._showtraceback(etype, evalue, tb_list))
         else:
             status = u'ok'
 
         reply_content[u'status'] = status
         
         # Return the execution counter so clients can display prompts
         reply_content['execution_count'] = shell.execution_count -1
 
         # FIXME - fish exception info out of shell, possibly left there by
         # runlines.  We'll need to clean up this logic later.
         if shell._reply_content is not None:
             reply_content.update(shell._reply_content)
 
         # At this point, we can tell whether the main code execution succeeded
         # or not.  If it did, we proceed to evaluate user_variables/expressions
         if reply_content['status'] == 'ok':
             reply_content[u'user_variables'] = \
                          shell.user_variables(content[u'user_variables'])
             reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = \
                          shell.user_expressions(content[u'user_expressions'])
         else:
             # If there was an error, don't even try to compute variables or
             # expressions
             reply_content[u'user_variables'] = {}
             reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = {}
 
         # Payloads should be retrieved regardless of outcome, so we can both
         # recover partial output (that could have been generated early in a
         # block, before an error) and clear the payload system always.
         reply_content[u'payload'] = shell.payload_manager.read_payload()
         # Be agressive about clearing the payload because we don't want
         # it to sit in memory until the next execute_request comes in.
         shell.payload_manager.clear_payload()
 
         # Send the reply.
         reply_msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, u'execute_reply', reply_content, parent, ident=ident)
         io.raw_print(reply_msg)
 
         # Flush output before sending the reply.
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         # FIXME: on rare occasions, the flush doesn't seem to make it to the
         # clients... This seems to mitigate the problem, but we definitely need
         # to better understand what's going on.
         if self._execute_sleep:
             time.sleep(self._execute_sleep)
         
         if reply_msg['content']['status'] == u'error':
             self._abort_queue()
 
         status_msg = self.session.send(self.pub_socket,
             u'status',
             {u'execution_state':u'idle'},
             parent=parent
         )
 
     def complete_request(self, ident, parent):
         txt, matches = self._complete(parent)
         matches = {'matches' : matches,
                    'matched_text' : txt,
                    'status' : 'ok'}
         completion_msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'complete_reply',
                                            matches, parent, ident)
         io.raw_print(completion_msg)
 
     def object_info_request(self, ident, parent):
         object_info = self.shell.object_inspect(parent['content']['oname'])
         # Before we send this object over, we scrub it for JSON usage
         oinfo = json_clean(object_info)
         msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'object_info_reply',
                                 oinfo, parent, ident)
         io.raw_print(msg)
 
     def history_request(self, ident, parent):
         output = parent['content']['output']
         index = parent['content']['index']
         raw = parent['content']['raw']
         hist = self.shell.get_history(index=index, raw=raw, output=output)
         content = {'history' : hist}
         msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'history_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         io.raw_print(msg)
 
     def connect_request(self, ident, parent):
         if self._recorded_ports is not None:
             content = self._recorded_ports.copy()
         else:
             content = {}
         msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'connect_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         io.raw_print(msg)
 
     def shutdown_request(self, ident, parent):
         self.shell.exit_now = True
         self._shutdown_message = self.session.msg(u'shutdown_reply', parent['content'], parent)
         sys.exit(0)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _abort_queue(self):
         while True:
             ident,msg = self.session.recv(self.reply_socket, zmq.NOBLOCK)
             if msg is None:
                 break
             else:
                 assert ident is not None, \
                        "Unexpected missing message part."
             io.raw_print("Aborting:\n", Message(msg))
             msg_type = msg['msg_type']
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
             reply_msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, reply_type, 
                     {'status' : 'aborted'}, msg, ident=ident)
             io.raw_print(reply_msg)
             # We need to wait a bit for requests to come in. This can probably
             # be set shorter for true asynchronous clients.
             time.sleep(0.1)
 
     def _raw_input(self, prompt, ident, parent):
         # Flush output before making the request.
         sys.stderr.flush()
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
         # Send the input request.
         content = dict(prompt=prompt)
         msg = self.session.send(self.req_socket, u'input_request', content, parent)
 
         # Await a response.
         ident, reply = self.session.recv(self.req_socket, 0)
         try:
             value = reply['content']['value']
         except:
             io.raw_print_err("Got bad raw_input reply: ")
             io.raw_print_err(Message(parent))
             value = ''
         return value
     
     def _complete(self, msg):
         c = msg['content']
         try:
             cpos = int(c['cursor_pos'])
         except:
             # If we don't get something that we can convert to an integer, at
             # least attempt the completion guessing the cursor is at the end of
             # the text, if there's any, and otherwise of the line
             cpos = len(c['text'])
             if cpos==0:
                 cpos = len(c['line'])
         return self.shell.complete(c['text'], c['line'], cpos)
 
     def _object_info(self, context):
         symbol, leftover = self._symbol_from_context(context)
         if symbol is not None and not leftover:
             doc = getattr(symbol, '__doc__', '')
         else:
             doc = ''
         object_info = dict(docstring = doc)
         return object_info
 
     def _symbol_from_context(self, context):
         if not context:
             return None, context
 
         base_symbol_string = context[0]
         symbol = self.shell.user_ns.get(base_symbol_string, None)
         if symbol is None:
             symbol = __builtin__.__dict__.get(base_symbol_string, None)
         if symbol is None:
             return None, context
 
         context = context[1:]
         for i, name in enumerate(context):
             new_symbol = getattr(symbol, name, None)
             if new_symbol is None:
                 return symbol, context[i:]
             else:
                 symbol = new_symbol
 
         return symbol, []
 
     def _at_shutdown(self):
         """Actions taken at shutdown by the kernel, called by python's atexit.
         """
         # io.rprint("Kernel at_shutdown") # dbg
         if self._shutdown_message is not None:
             self.session.send(self.reply_socket, self._shutdown_message)
             self.session.send(self.pub_socket, self._shutdown_message)
             io.raw_print(self._shutdown_message)
             # A very short sleep to give zmq time to flush its message buffers
             # before Python truly shuts down.
             time.sleep(0.01)
 
 
 class QtKernel(Kernel):
     """A Kernel subclass with Qt support."""
 
     def start(self):
         """Start a kernel with QtPy4 event loop integration."""
 
         from PyQt4 import QtCore
         from IPython.lib.guisupport import get_app_qt4, start_event_loop_qt4
 
         self.app = get_app_qt4([" "])
         self.app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
         self.timer = QtCore.QTimer()
         self.timer.timeout.connect(self.do_one_iteration)
         # Units for the timer are in milliseconds
         self.timer.start(1000*self._poll_interval)
         start_event_loop_qt4(self.app)
 
 
 class WxKernel(Kernel):
     """A Kernel subclass with Wx support."""
 
     def start(self):
         """Start a kernel with wx event loop support."""
 
         import wx
         from IPython.lib.guisupport import start_event_loop_wx
 
         doi = self.do_one_iteration
          # Wx uses milliseconds
         poll_interval = int(1000*self._poll_interval)
 
         # We have to put the wx.Timer in a wx.Frame for it to fire properly.
         # We make the Frame hidden when we create it in the main app below.
         class TimerFrame(wx.Frame):
             def __init__(self, func):
                 wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, -1)
                 self.timer = wx.Timer(self)
                 # Units for the timer are in milliseconds
                 self.timer.Start(poll_interval)
                 self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.on_timer)
                 self.func = func
 
             def on_timer(self, event):
                 self.func()
 
         # We need a custom wx.App to create our Frame subclass that has the
         # wx.Timer to drive the ZMQ event loop.
         class IPWxApp(wx.App):
             def OnInit(self):
                 self.frame = TimerFrame(doi)
                 self.frame.Show(False)
                 return True
 
         # The redirect=False here makes sure that wx doesn't replace
         # sys.stdout/stderr with its own classes.
         self.app = IPWxApp(redirect=False)
         start_event_loop_wx(self.app)
 
 
 class TkKernel(Kernel):
     """A Kernel subclass with Tk support."""
 
     def start(self):
         """Start a Tk enabled event loop."""
 
         import Tkinter
         doi = self.do_one_iteration
         # Tk uses milliseconds
         poll_interval = int(1000*self._poll_interval)
         # For Tkinter, we create a Tk object and call its withdraw method.
         class Timer(object):
             def __init__(self, func):
                 self.app = Tkinter.Tk()
                 self.app.withdraw()
                 self.func = func
                 
             def on_timer(self):
                 self.func()
                 self.app.after(poll_interval, self.on_timer)
                 
             def start(self):
                 self.on_timer()  # Call it once to get things going.
                 self.app.mainloop()
 
         self.timer = Timer(doi)
         self.timer.start()
 
 
 class GTKKernel(Kernel):
     """A Kernel subclass with GTK support."""
     
     def start(self):
         """Start the kernel, coordinating with the GTK event loop"""
         from .gui.gtkembed import GTKEmbed
         
         gtk_kernel = GTKEmbed(self)
         gtk_kernel.start()
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Kernel main and launch functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def launch_kernel(ip=None, xrep_port=0, pub_port=0, req_port=0, hb_port=0,
                   independent=False, pylab=False, colors=None):
     """Launches a localhost kernel, binding to the specified ports.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     ip  : str, optional
         The ip address the kernel will bind to.
     
     xrep_port : int, optional
         The port to use for XREP channel.
 
     pub_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the SUB channel.
 
     req_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the REQ (raw input) channel.
 
     hb_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the hearbeat REP channel.
 
     independent : bool, optional (default False) 
         If set, the kernel process is guaranteed to survive if this process
         dies. If not set, an effort is made to ensure that the kernel is killed
         when this process dies. Note that in this case it is still good practice
         to kill kernels manually before exiting.
 
     pylab : bool or string, optional (default False)
         If not False, the kernel will be launched with pylab enabled. If a
         string is passed, matplotlib will use the specified backend. Otherwise,
         matplotlib's default backend will be used.
 
     colors : None or string, optional (default None)
         If not None, specify the color scheme. One of (NoColor, LightBG, Linux)
 
     Returns
     -------
     A tuple of form:
         (kernel_process, xrep_port, pub_port, req_port)
     where kernel_process is a Popen object and the ports are integers.
     """
     extra_arguments = []
     if pylab:
         extra_arguments.append('--pylab')
         if isinstance(pylab, basestring):
             extra_arguments.append(pylab)
     if ip is not None:
         extra_arguments.append('--ip')
         if isinstance(ip, basestring):
             extra_arguments.append(ip)
     if colors is not None:
         extra_arguments.append('--colors')
         extra_arguments.append(colors)
     return base_launch_kernel('from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import main; main()',
                               xrep_port, pub_port, req_port, hb_port, 
                               independent, extra_arguments)
 
 
 def main():
     """ The IPython kernel main entry point.
     """
     parser = make_argument_parser()
     parser.add_argument('--pylab', type=str, metavar='GUI', nargs='?', 
                         const='auto', help = \
 "Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use. If GUI is not \
 given, the GUI backend is matplotlib's, otherwise use one of: \
 ['tk', 'gtk', 'qt', 'wx', 'inline'].")
     parser.add_argument('--colors',
         type=str, dest='colors',
         help="Set the color scheme (NoColor, Linux, and LightBG).",
         metavar='ZMQInteractiveShell.colors')
     namespace = parser.parse_args()
 
     kernel_class = Kernel
 
     kernel_classes = {
         'qt' : QtKernel,
         'qt4': QtKernel,
         'inline': Kernel,
         'wx' : WxKernel,
         'tk' : TkKernel,
         'gtk': GTKKernel,
     }
     if namespace.pylab:
         if namespace.pylab == 'auto':
             gui, backend = pylabtools.find_gui_and_backend()
         else:
             gui, backend = pylabtools.find_gui_and_backend(namespace.pylab)
         kernel_class = kernel_classes.get(gui)
         if kernel_class is None:
             raise ValueError('GUI is not supported: %r' % gui)
         pylabtools.activate_matplotlib(backend)
     if namespace.colors:
         ZMQInteractiveShell.colors=namespace.colors
 
     kernel = make_kernel(namespace, kernel_class, OutStream)
 
     if namespace.pylab:
         pylabtools.import_pylab(kernel.shell.user_ns, backend,
                                 shell=kernel.shell)
 
     start_kernel(namespace, kernel)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

IPython/zmq/pylab/backend_inline.py

@@ -1,119 +1,123 b''
 """Produce SVG versions of active plots for display by the rich Qt frontend.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # Standard library imports
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 # System library imports.
 import matplotlib
 from matplotlib.backends.backend_svg import new_figure_manager
 from matplotlib._pylab_helpers import Gcf
 
 # Local imports.
-from backend_payload import add_plot_payload
+from IPython.core.displaypub import publish_display_data
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def show(close=True):
     """Show all figures as SVG payloads sent to the IPython clients.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     close : bool, optional
       If true, a ``plt.close('all')`` call is automatically issued after
       sending all the SVG figures.
     """
     for figure_manager in Gcf.get_all_fig_managers():
         send_svg_canvas(figure_manager.canvas)
     if close:
         matplotlib.pyplot.close('all')
 
 # This flag will be reset by draw_if_interactive when called
 show._draw_called = False
 
 
 def figsize(sizex, sizey):
     """Set the default figure size to be [sizex, sizey].
 
     This is just an easy to remember, convenience wrapper that sets::
 
       matplotlib.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = [sizex, sizey]
     """
     matplotlib.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = [sizex, sizey]
     
 
 def pastefig(*figs):
     """Paste one or more figures into the console workspace.
 
     If no arguments are given, all available figures are pasted.  If the
     argument list contains references to invalid figures, a warning is printed
     but the function continues pasting further figures.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     figs : tuple
       A tuple that can contain any mixture of integers and figure objects.
     """
     if not figs:
         show(close=False)
     else:
         fig_managers = Gcf.get_all_fig_managers()
         fig_index = dict( [(fm.canvas.figure, fm.canvas) for fm in fig_managers]
            + [ (fm.canvas.figure.number, fm.canvas) for fm in fig_managers] )
 
         for fig in figs:
             canvas = fig_index.get(fig)
             if canvas is None:
                 print('Warning: figure %s not available.' % fig)
             else:
                 send_svg_canvas(canvas)
 
 
 def send_svg_canvas(canvas):
     """Draw the current canvas and send it as an SVG payload.
     """
     # Set the background to white instead so it looks good on black.  We store
     # the current values to restore them at the end.
     fc = canvas.figure.get_facecolor()
     ec = canvas.figure.get_edgecolor()
     canvas.figure.set_facecolor('white')
     canvas.figure.set_edgecolor('white')
     try:
-        add_plot_payload('svg', svg_from_canvas(canvas))
+        publish_display_data(
+            'IPython.zmq.pylab.backend_inline.send_svg_canvas',
+            '<Matplotlib Plot>',
+            svg=svg_from_canvas(canvas)
+        )
     finally:
         canvas.figure.set_facecolor(fc)
         canvas.figure.set_edgecolor(ec)
 
 
 def svg_from_canvas(canvas):
     """ Return a string containing the SVG representation of a FigureCanvasSvg.
     """
     string_io = StringIO()
     canvas.print_figure(string_io, format='svg')
     return string_io.getvalue()
 
 
 def draw_if_interactive():
     """
     Is called after every pylab drawing command
     """
     # We simply flag we were called and otherwise do nothing.  At the end of
     # the code execution, a separate call to show_close() will act upon this.
     show._draw_called = True
 
 
 def flush_svg():
     """Call show, close all open figures, sending all SVG images.
 
     This is meant to be called automatically and will call show() if, during
     prior code execution, there had been any calls to draw_if_interactive.
     """
     if show._draw_called:
         show(close=True)
         show._draw_called = False

IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py

@@ -1,580 +1,605 b''
 """A ZMQ-based subclass of InteractiveShell.
 
 This code is meant to ease the refactoring of the base InteractiveShell into
 something with a cleaner architecture for 2-process use, without actually
 breaking InteractiveShell itself.  So we're doing something a bit ugly, where
 we subclass and override what we want to fix.  Once this is working well, we
 can go back to the base class and refactor the code for a cleaner inheritance
 implementation that doesn't rely on so much monkeypatching.
 
 But this lets us maintain a fully working IPython as we develop the new
 machinery.  This should thus be thought of as scaffolding.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # Stdlib
 import inspect
 import os
 import re
 
 # Our own
 from IPython.core.interactiveshell import (
     InteractiveShell, InteractiveShellABC
 )
 from IPython.core import page
 from IPython.core.displayhook import DisplayHook
+from IPython.core.displaypub import DisplayPublisher
 from IPython.core.macro import Macro
 from IPython.core.payloadpage import install_payload_page
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.path import get_py_filename
 from IPython.utils.text import StringTypes
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, Type, Dict
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn
 from IPython.zmq.session import extract_header
 from session import Session
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals and side-effects
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Install the payload version of page.
 install_payload_page()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Functions and classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class ZMQDisplayHook(DisplayHook):
 
     session = Instance(Session)
     pub_socket = Instance('zmq.Socket')
     parent_header = Dict({})
 
     def set_parent(self, parent):
         """Set the parent for outbound messages."""
         self.parent_header = extract_header(parent)
 
     def start_displayhook(self):
         self.msg = self.session.msg(u'pyout', {}, parent=self.parent_header)
 
     def write_output_prompt(self):
         """Write the output prompt."""
         if self.do_full_cache:
             self.msg['content']['execution_count'] = self.prompt_count
 
     def write_result_repr(self, result_repr, extra_formats):
         self.msg['content']['data'] = result_repr
         self.msg['content']['extra_formats'] = extra_formats
 
     def finish_displayhook(self):
         """Finish up all displayhook activities."""
         self.session.send(self.pub_socket, self.msg)
         self.msg = None
 
 
+class ZMQDisplayPublisher(DisplayPublisher):
+    """A ``DisplayPublisher`` that published data using a ZeroMQ PUB socket."""
+
+    session = Instance(Session)
+    pub_socket = Instance('zmq.Socket')
+    parent_header = Dict({})
+
+    def set_parent(self, parent):
+        """Set the parent for outbound messages."""
+        self.parent_header = extract_header(parent)
+
+    def publish(self, source, data, metadata=None):
+        if metadata is None:
+            metadata = {}
+        self._validate_data(source, data, metadata)
+        msg = self.session.msg(u'display_data', {}, parent=self.parent_header)
+        msg['content']['source'] = source
+        msg['content']['data'] = data
+        msg['content']['metadata'] = metadata
+        self.pub_socket.send_json(msg)
+
+
 class ZMQInteractiveShell(InteractiveShell):
     """A subclass of InteractiveShell for ZMQ."""
 
     displayhook_class = Type(ZMQDisplayHook)
+    display_pub_class = Type(ZMQDisplayPublisher)
+
     keepkernel_on_exit = None
 
     def init_environment(self):
         """Configure the user's environment.
 
         """
         env = os.environ
         # These two ensure 'ls' produces nice coloring on BSD-derived systems
         env['TERM'] = 'xterm-color'
         env['CLICOLOR'] = '1'
         # Since normal pagers don't work at all (over pexpect we don't have
         # single-key control of the subprocess), try to disable paging in
         # subprocesses as much as possible.
         env['PAGER'] = 'cat'
         env['GIT_PAGER'] = 'cat'
 
     def auto_rewrite_input(self, cmd):
         """Called to show the auto-rewritten input for autocall and friends.
 
         FIXME: this payload is currently not correctly processed by the
         frontend.
         """
         new = self.displayhook.prompt1.auto_rewrite() + cmd
         payload = dict(
             source='IPython.zmq.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell.auto_rewrite_input',
             transformed_input=new,
             )
         self.payload_manager.write_payload(payload)
         
     def ask_exit(self):
         """Engage the exit actions."""
         payload = dict(
             source='IPython.zmq.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell.ask_exit',
             exit=True,
             keepkernel=self.keepkernel_on_exit,
             )
         self.payload_manager.write_payload(payload)
 
     def _showtraceback(self, etype, evalue, stb):
 
         exc_content = {
             u'traceback' : stb,
             u'ename' : unicode(etype.__name__),
             u'evalue' : unicode(evalue)
         }
 
         dh = self.displayhook
         # Send exception info over pub socket for other clients than the caller
         # to pick up
         exc_msg = dh.session.send(dh.pub_socket, u'pyerr', exc_content, dh.parent_header)
 
         # FIXME - Hack: store exception info in shell object.  Right now, the
         # caller is reading this info after the fact, we need to fix this logic
         # to remove this hack.  Even uglier, we need to store the error status
         # here, because in the main loop, the logic that sets it is being
         # skipped because runlines swallows the exceptions.
         exc_content[u'status'] = u'error'
         self._reply_content = exc_content
         # /FIXME
         
         return exc_content
 
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Magic overrides
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Once the base class stops inheriting from magic, this code needs to be
     # moved into a separate machinery as well.  For now, at least isolate here
     # the magics which this class needs to implement differently from the base
     # class, or that are unique to it.
 
     def magic_doctest_mode(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Toggle doctest mode on and off.
 
         This mode is intended to make IPython behave as much as possible like a
         plain Python shell, from the perspective of how its prompts, exceptions
         and output look.  This makes it easy to copy and paste parts of a
         session into doctests.  It does so by:
 
         - Changing the prompts to the classic ``>>>`` ones.
         - Changing the exception reporting mode to 'Plain'.
         - Disabling pretty-printing of output.
 
         Note that IPython also supports the pasting of code snippets that have
         leading '>>>' and '...' prompts in them.  This means that you can paste
         doctests from files or docstrings (even if they have leading
         whitespace), and the code will execute correctly.  You can then use
         '%history -t' to see the translated history; this will give you the
         input after removal of all the leading prompts and whitespace, which
         can be pasted back into an editor.
 
         With these features, you can switch into this mode easily whenever you
         need to do testing and changes to doctests, without having to leave
         your existing IPython session.
         """
 
         from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
 
         # Shorthands
         shell = self.shell
         # dstore is a data store kept in the instance metadata bag to track any
         # changes we make, so we can undo them later.
         dstore = shell.meta.setdefault('doctest_mode', Struct())
         save_dstore = dstore.setdefault
 
         # save a few values we'll need to recover later
         mode = save_dstore('mode', False)
         save_dstore('rc_pprint', shell.pprint)
         save_dstore('xmode', shell.InteractiveTB.mode)
         
         if mode == False:
             # turn on
             shell.pprint = False
             shell.magic_xmode('Plain')
         else:
             # turn off
             shell.pprint = dstore.rc_pprint
             shell.magic_xmode(dstore.xmode)
 
         # Store new mode and inform on console
         dstore.mode = bool(1-int(mode))
         mode_label = ['OFF','ON'][dstore.mode]
         print('Doctest mode is:', mode_label)
         
         # Send the payload back so that clients can modify their prompt display
         payload = dict(
             source='IPython.zmq.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell.magic_doctest_mode',
             mode=dstore.mode)
         self.payload_manager.write_payload(payload)
 
     def magic_edit(self,parameter_s='',last_call=['','']):
         """Bring up an editor and execute the resulting code.
 
         Usage:
           %edit [options] [args]
 
         %edit runs IPython's editor hook.  The default version of this hook is
         set to call the __IPYTHON__.rc.editor command.  This is read from your
         environment variable $EDITOR.  If this isn't found, it will default to
         vi under Linux/Unix and to notepad under Windows.  See the end of this
         docstring for how to change the editor hook.
 
         You can also set the value of this editor via the command line option
         '-editor' or in your ipythonrc file. This is useful if you wish to use
         specifically for IPython an editor different from your typical default
         (and for Windows users who typically don't set environment variables).
 
         This command allows you to conveniently edit multi-line code right in
         your IPython session.
         
         If called without arguments, %edit opens up an empty editor with a
         temporary file and will execute the contents of this file when you
         close it (don't forget to save it!).
 
 
         Options:
 
         -n <number>: open the editor at a specified line number.  By default,
         the IPython editor hook uses the unix syntax 'editor +N filename', but
         you can configure this by providing your own modified hook if your
         favorite editor supports line-number specifications with a different
         syntax.
         
         -p: this will call the editor with the same data as the previous time
         it was used, regardless of how long ago (in your current session) it
         was.
 
         -r: use 'raw' input.  This option only applies to input taken from the
         user's history.  By default, the 'processed' history is used, so that
         magics are loaded in their transformed version to valid Python.  If
         this option is given, the raw input as typed as the command line is
         used instead.  When you exit the editor, it will be executed by
         IPython's own processor.
         
         -x: do not execute the edited code immediately upon exit. This is
         mainly useful if you are editing programs which need to be called with
         command line arguments, which you can then do using %run.
 
 
         Arguments:
 
         If arguments are given, the following possibilites exist:
 
         - The arguments are numbers or pairs of colon-separated numbers (like
         1 4:8 9). These are interpreted as lines of previous input to be
         loaded into the editor. The syntax is the same of the %macro command.
 
         - If the argument doesn't start with a number, it is evaluated as a
         variable and its contents loaded into the editor. You can thus edit
         any string which contains python code (including the result of
         previous edits).
 
         - If the argument is the name of an object (other than a string),
         IPython will try to locate the file where it was defined and open the
         editor at the point where it is defined. You can use `%edit function`
         to load an editor exactly at the point where 'function' is defined,
         edit it and have the file be executed automatically.
 
         If the object is a macro (see %macro for details), this opens up your
         specified editor with a temporary file containing the macro's data.
         Upon exit, the macro is reloaded with the contents of the file.
 
         Note: opening at an exact line is only supported under Unix, and some
         editors (like kedit and gedit up to Gnome 2.8) do not understand the
         '+NUMBER' parameter necessary for this feature. Good editors like
         (X)Emacs, vi, jed, pico and joe all do.
 
         - If the argument is not found as a variable, IPython will look for a
         file with that name (adding .py if necessary) and load it into the
         editor. It will execute its contents with execfile() when you exit,
         loading any code in the file into your interactive namespace.
 
         After executing your code, %edit will return as output the code you
         typed in the editor (except when it was an existing file). This way
         you can reload the code in further invocations of %edit as a variable,
         via _<NUMBER> or Out[<NUMBER>], where <NUMBER> is the prompt number of
         the output.
 
         Note that %edit is also available through the alias %ed.
 
         This is an example of creating a simple function inside the editor and
         then modifying it. First, start up the editor:
 
         In [1]: ed
         Editing... done. Executing edited code...
         Out[1]: 'def foo():n    print "foo() was defined in an editing session"n'
 
         We can then call the function foo():
         
         In [2]: foo()
         foo() was defined in an editing session
 
         Now we edit foo.  IPython automatically loads the editor with the
         (temporary) file where foo() was previously defined:
         
         In [3]: ed foo
         Editing... done. Executing edited code...
 
         And if we call foo() again we get the modified version:
         
         In [4]: foo()
         foo() has now been changed!
 
         Here is an example of how to edit a code snippet successive
         times. First we call the editor:
 
         In [5]: ed
         Editing... done. Executing edited code...
         hello
         Out[5]: "print 'hello'n"
 
         Now we call it again with the previous output (stored in _):
 
         In [6]: ed _
         Editing... done. Executing edited code...
         hello world
         Out[6]: "print 'hello world'n"
 
         Now we call it with the output #8 (stored in _8, also as Out[8]):
 
         In [7]: ed _8
         Editing... done. Executing edited code...
         hello again
         Out[7]: "print 'hello again'n"
 
 
         Changing the default editor hook:
 
         If you wish to write your own editor hook, you can put it in a
         configuration file which you load at startup time.  The default hook
         is defined in the IPython.core.hooks module, and you can use that as a
         starting example for further modifications.  That file also has
         general instructions on how to set a new hook for use once you've
         defined it."""
         
         # FIXME: This function has become a convoluted mess.  It needs a
         # ground-up rewrite with clean, simple logic.
 
         def make_filename(arg):
             "Make a filename from the given args"
             try:
                 filename = get_py_filename(arg)
             except IOError:
                 if args.endswith('.py'):
                     filename = arg
                 else:
                     filename = None
             return filename
 
         # custom exceptions
         class DataIsObject(Exception): pass
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'prn:')
         # Set a few locals from the options for convenience:
         opts_p = opts.has_key('p')
         opts_r = opts.has_key('r')
         
         # Default line number value
         lineno = opts.get('n',None)
         if lineno is not None:
             try:
                 lineno = int(lineno)
             except:
                 warn("The -n argument must be an integer.")
                 return
 
         if opts_p:
             args = '_%s' % last_call[0]
             if not self.shell.user_ns.has_key(args):
                 args = last_call[1]
             
         # use last_call to remember the state of the previous call, but don't
         # let it be clobbered by successive '-p' calls.
         try:
             last_call[0] = self.shell.displayhook.prompt_count
             if not opts_p:
                 last_call[1] = parameter_s
         except:
             pass
 
         # by default this is done with temp files, except when the given
         # arg is a filename
         use_temp = 1
 
         if re.match(r'\d',args):
             # Mode where user specifies ranges of lines, like in %macro.
             # This means that you can't edit files whose names begin with
             # numbers this way. Tough.
             ranges = args.split()
             data = ''.join(self.extract_input_slices(ranges,opts_r))
         elif args.endswith('.py'):
             filename = make_filename(args)
             data = ''
             use_temp = 0
         elif args:
             try:
                 # Load the parameter given as a variable. If not a string,
                 # process it as an object instead (below)
 
                 #print '*** args',args,'type',type(args)  # dbg
                 data = eval(args,self.shell.user_ns)
                 if not type(data) in StringTypes:
                     raise DataIsObject
 
             except (NameError,SyntaxError):
                 # given argument is not a variable, try as a filename
                 filename = make_filename(args)
                 if filename is None:
                     warn("Argument given (%s) can't be found as a variable "
                          "or as a filename." % args)
                     return
 
                 data = ''
                 use_temp = 0
             except DataIsObject:
 
                 # macros have a special edit function
                 if isinstance(data,Macro):
                     self._edit_macro(args,data)
                     return
                                 
                 # For objects, try to edit the file where they are defined
                 try:
                     filename = inspect.getabsfile(data)
                     if 'fakemodule' in filename.lower() and inspect.isclass(data):                     
                         # class created by %edit? Try to find source
                         # by looking for method definitions instead, the
                         # __module__ in those classes is FakeModule.
                         attrs = [getattr(data, aname) for aname in dir(data)]
                         for attr in attrs:
                             if not inspect.ismethod(attr):
                                 continue
                             filename = inspect.getabsfile(attr)
                             if filename and 'fakemodule' not in filename.lower():
                                 # change the attribute to be the edit target instead
                                 data = attr 
                                 break
                     
                     datafile = 1
                 except TypeError:
                     filename = make_filename(args)
                     datafile = 1
                     warn('Could not find file where `%s` is defined.\n'
                          'Opening a file named `%s`' % (args,filename))
                 # Now, make sure we can actually read the source (if it was in
                 # a temp file it's gone by now).
                 if datafile:
                     try:
                         if lineno is None:
                             lineno = inspect.getsourcelines(data)[1]
                     except IOError:
                         filename = make_filename(args)
                         if filename is None:
                             warn('The file `%s` where `%s` was defined cannot '
                                  'be read.' % (filename,data))
                             return
                 use_temp = 0
         else:
             data = ''
 
         if use_temp:
             filename = self.shell.mktempfile(data)
             print('IPython will make a temporary file named:', filename)
 
         # Make sure we send to the client an absolute path, in case the working
         # directory of client and kernel don't match
         filename = os.path.abspath(filename)
 
         payload = {
             'source' : 'IPython.zmq.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell.edit_magic',
             'filename' : filename,
             'line_number' : lineno
         }
         self.payload_manager.write_payload(payload)
 
     def magic_gui(self, *args, **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError(
             'GUI support must be enabled in command line options.')
 
     def magic_pylab(self, *args, **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError(
             'pylab support must be enabled in command line options.')
 
     # A few magics that are adapted to the specifics of using pexpect and a
     # remote terminal
 
     def magic_clear(self, arg_s):
         """Clear the terminal."""
         if os.name == 'posix':
             self.shell.system("clear")
         else:
             self.shell.system("cls")
 
     if os.name == 'nt':
         # This is the usual name in windows
         magic_cls = magic_clear
 
     # Terminal pagers won't work over pexpect, but we do have our own pager
     
     def magic_less(self, arg_s):
         """Show a file through the pager.
 
         Files ending in .py are syntax-highlighted."""
         cont = open(arg_s).read()
         if arg_s.endswith('.py'):
             cont = self.shell.pycolorize(cont)
         page.page(cont)
 
     magic_more = magic_less
 
     # Man calls a pager, so we also need to redefine it
     if os.name == 'posix':
         def magic_man(self, arg_s):
             """Find the man page for the given command and display in pager."""
             page.page(self.shell.getoutput('man %s | col -b' % arg_s,
                                            split=False))
 
     # FIXME: this is specific to the GUI, so we should let the gui app load
     # magics at startup that are only for the gui.  Once the gui app has proper
     # profile and configuration management, we can have it initialize a kernel
     # with a special config file that provides these.
     def magic_guiref(self, arg_s):
         """Show a basic reference about the GUI console."""
         from IPython.core.usage import gui_reference
         page.page(gui_reference, auto_html=True)
 
     def magic_loadpy(self, arg_s):
         """Load a .py python script into the GUI console.
 
         This magic command can either take a local filename or a url::
 
         %loadpy myscript.py
         %loadpy http://www.example.com/myscript.py
         """
         if not arg_s.endswith('.py'):
             raise ValueError('%%load only works with .py files: %s' % arg_s)
         if arg_s.startswith('http'):
             import urllib2
             response = urllib2.urlopen(arg_s)
             content = response.read()
         else:
             content = open(arg_s).read()
         payload = dict(
             source='IPython.zmq.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell.magic_loadpy', 
             text=content
         )
         self.payload_manager.write_payload(payload)
         
     def magic_Exit(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Exit IPython. If the -k option is provided, the kernel will be left
         running. Otherwise, it will shutdown without prompting.
         """
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'k')
         self.shell.keepkernel_on_exit = opts.has_key('k')
         self.shell.ask_exit()
 
     # Add aliases as magics so all common forms work: exit, quit, Exit, Quit.
     magic_exit = magic_quit = magic_Quit = magic_Exit
 
 InteractiveShellABC.register(ZMQInteractiveShell)

docs/source/development/messaging.txt

@@ -1,934 +1,936 b''
 .. _messaging:
 
 ======================
  Messaging in IPython
 ======================
 
 
 Introduction
 ============
 
 This document explains the basic communications design and messaging
 specification for how the various IPython objects interact over a network
 transport.  The current implementation uses the ZeroMQ_ library for messaging
 within and between hosts.
 
 .. Note::
 
    This document should be considered the authoritative description of the
    IPython messaging protocol, and all developers are strongly encouraged to
    keep it updated as the implementation evolves, so that we have a single
    common reference for all protocol details.
    
 The basic design is explained in the following diagram:
 
 .. image:: frontend-kernel.png
    :width: 450px
    :alt: IPython kernel/frontend messaging architecture.
    :align: center
    :target: ../_images/frontend-kernel.png
 
 A single kernel can be simultaneously connected to one or more frontends.  The
 kernel has three sockets that serve the following functions:
 
 1. REQ: this socket is connected to a *single* frontend at a time, and it allows
    the kernel to request input from a frontend when :func:`raw_input` is called.
    The frontend holding the matching REP socket acts as a 'virtual keyboard'
    for the kernel while this communication is happening (illustrated in the
    figure by the black outline around the central keyboard).  In practice,
    frontends may display such kernel requests using a special input widget or
    otherwise indicating that the user is to type input for the kernel instead
    of normal commands in the frontend.
 
 2. XREP: this single sockets allows multiple incoming connections from
    frontends, and this is the socket where requests for code execution, object
    information, prompts, etc. are made to the kernel by any frontend.  The
    communication on this socket is a sequence of request/reply actions from
    each frontend and the kernel.
 
 3. PUB: this socket is the 'broadcast channel' where the kernel publishes all
    side effects (stdout, stderr, etc.) as well as the requests coming from any
    client over the XREP socket and its own requests on the REP socket.  There
    are a number of actions in Python which generate side effects: :func:`print`
    writes to ``sys.stdout``, errors generate tracebacks, etc.  Additionally, in
    a multi-client scenario, we want all frontends to be able to know what each
    other has sent to the kernel (this can be useful in collaborative scenarios,
    for example).  This socket allows both side effects and the information
    about communications taking place with one client over the XREQ/XREP channel
    to be made available to all clients in a uniform manner.
 
    All messages are tagged with enough information (details below) for clients
    to know which messages come from their own interaction with the kernel and
    which ones are from other clients, so they can display each type
    appropriately.
 
 The actual format of the messages allowed on each of these channels is
 specified below.  Messages are dicts of dicts with string keys and values that
 are reasonably representable in JSON.  Our current implementation uses JSON
 explicitly as its message format, but this shouldn't be considered a permanent
 feature.  As we've discovered that JSON has non-trivial performance issues due
 to excessive copying, we may in the future move to a pure pickle-based raw
 message format.  However, it should be possible to easily convert from the raw
 objects to JSON, since we may have non-python clients (e.g. a web frontend).
 As long as it's easy to make a JSON version of the objects that is a faithful
 representation of all the data, we can communicate with such clients.
 
 .. Note::
 
    Not all of these have yet been fully fleshed out, but the key ones are, see
    kernel and frontend files for actual implementation details.
 
    
 Python functional API
 =====================
 
 As messages are dicts, they map naturally to a ``func(**kw)`` call form.  We
 should develop, at a few key points, functional forms of all the requests that
 take arguments in this manner and automatically construct the necessary dict
 for sending.
 
 
 General Message Format
 ======================
 
 All messages send or received by any IPython process should have the following
 generic structure::
     
     {
       # The message header contains a pair of unique identifiers for the
       # originating session and the actual message id, in addition to the
       # username for the process that generated the message.  This is useful in
       # collaborative settings where multiple users may be interacting with the
       # same kernel simultaneously, so that frontends can label the various
       # messages in a meaningful way.
       'header' : { 'msg_id' : uuid,
                    'username' : str,
            'session' : uuid
          },
 
       # In a chain of messages, the header from the parent is copied so that
       # clients can track where messages come from.
       'parent_header' : dict,
 
       # All recognized message type strings are listed below.
       'msg_type' : str,
 
       # The actual content of the message must be a dict, whose structure
       # depends on the message type.x
       'content' : dict,
     }
 
 For each message type, the actual content will differ and all existing message
 types are specified in what follows of this document.
 
 
 Messages on the XREP/XREQ socket
 ================================
 
 .. _execute:
 
 Execute
 -------
 
 This message type is used by frontends to ask the kernel to execute code on
 behalf of the user, in a namespace reserved to the user's variables (and thus
 separate from the kernel's own internal code and variables).
 
 Message type: ``execute_request``::
 
     content = {
         # Source code to be executed by the kernel, one or more lines.
     'code' : str,
 
     # A boolean flag which, if True, signals the kernel to execute this
     # code as quietly as possible.  This means that the kernel will compile
     # the code witIPython/core/tests/h 'exec' instead of 'single' (so
     # sys.displayhook will not fire), and will *not*:
     #   - broadcast exceptions on the PUB socket
     #   - do any logging
     #   - populate any history
     #
     # The default is False.
     'silent' : bool,
 
     # A list of variable names from the user's namespace to be retrieved.  What
     # returns is a JSON string of the variable's repr(), not a python object.
     'user_variables' : list,
 
     # Similarly, a dict mapping names to expressions to be evaluated in the
     # user's dict.
     'user_expressions' : dict,
     }
 
 The ``code`` field contains a single string (possibly multiline).  The kernel
 is responsible for splitting this into one or more independent execution blocks
 and deciding whether to compile these in 'single' or 'exec' mode (see below for
 detailed execution semantics).
 
 The ``user_`` fields deserve a detailed explanation.  In the past, IPython had
 the notion of a prompt string that allowed arbitrary code to be evaluated, and
 this was put to good use by many in creating prompts that displayed system
 status, path information, and even more esoteric uses like remote instrument
 status aqcuired over the network.  But now that IPython has a clean separation
 between the kernel and the clients, the kernel has no prompt knowledge; prompts
 are a frontend-side feature, and it should be even possible for different
 frontends to display different prompts while interacting with the same kernel.
 
 The kernel now provides the ability to retrieve data from the user's namespace
 after the execution of the main ``code``, thanks to two fields in the
 ``execute_request`` message:
 
 - ``user_variables``: If only variables from the user's namespace are needed, a
   list of variable names can be passed and a dict with these names as keys and
   their :func:`repr()` as values will be returned.
 
 - ``user_expressions``: For more complex expressions that require function
   evaluations, a dict can be provided with string keys and arbitrary python
   expressions as values.  The return message will contain also a dict with the
   same keys and the :func:`repr()` of the evaluated expressions as value.
 
 With this information, frontends can display any status information they wish
 in the form that best suits each frontend (a status line, a popup, inline for a
 terminal, etc).
 
 .. Note::
 
    In order to obtain the current execution counter for the purposes of
    displaying input prompts, frontends simply make an execution request with an
    empty code string and ``silent=True``.
 
 Execution semantics
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 When the silent flag is false, the execution of use code consists of the
 following phases (in silent mode, only the ``code`` field is executed):
 
 1. Run the ``pre_runcode_hook``.
 
 2. Execute the ``code`` field, see below for details.
 
 3. If #2 succeeds, compute ``user_variables`` and ``user_expressions`` are
    computed.  This ensures that any error in the latter don't harm the main
    code execution.
 
 4. Call any method registered with :meth:`register_post_execute`.
 
 .. warning::
 
    The API for running code before/after the main code block is likely to
    change soon.  Both the ``pre_runcode_hook`` and the
    :meth:`register_post_execute` are susceptible to modification, as we find a
    consistent model for both.
 
 To understand how the ``code`` field is executed, one must know that Python
 code can be compiled in one of three modes (controlled by the ``mode`` argument
 to the :func:`compile` builtin):
 
 *single*
   Valid for a single interactive statement (though the source can contain
   multiple lines, such as a for loop).  When compiled in this mode, the
   generated bytecode contains special instructions that trigger the calling of
   :func:`sys.displayhook` for any expression in the block that returns a value.
   This means that a single statement can actually produce multiple calls to
   :func:`sys.displayhook`, if for example it contains a loop where each
   iteration computes an unassigned expression would generate 10 calls::
 
       for i in range(10):
           i**2
 
 *exec*
   An arbitrary amount of source code, this is how modules are compiled.
   :func:`sys.displayhook` is *never* implicitly called.
 
 *eval*
   A single expression that returns a value.  :func:`sys.displayhook` is *never*
   implicitly called.
 
 
 The ``code`` field is split into individual blocks each of which is valid for
 execution in 'single' mode, and then:
 
 - If there is only a single block: it is executed in 'single' mode.
 
 - If there is more than one block:
 
   * if the last one is a single line long, run all but the last in 'exec' mode
     and the very last one in 'single' mode.  This makes it easy to type simple
     expressions at the end to see computed values.
 
   * if the last one is no more than two lines long, run all but the last in
     'exec' mode and the very last one in 'single' mode.  This makes it easy to
     type simple expressions at the end to see computed values.  - otherwise
     (last one is also multiline), run all in 'exec' mode
 
   * otherwise (last one is also multiline), run all in 'exec' mode as a single
     unit.
 
 Any error in retrieving the ``user_variables`` or evaluating the
 ``user_expressions`` will result in a simple error message in the return fields
 of the form::
 
    [ERROR] ExceptionType: Exception message
 
 The user can simply send the same variable name or expression for evaluation to
 see a regular traceback.
 
 Errors in any registered post_execute functions are also reported similarly,
 and the failing function is removed from the post_execution set so that it does
 not continue triggering failures.
 
 Upon completion of the execution request, the kernel *always* sends a reply,
 with a status code indicating what happened and additional data depending on
 the outcome.  See :ref:`below <execution_results>` for the possible return
 codes and associated data.
 
 
 Execution counter (old prompt number)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The kernel has a single, monotonically increasing counter of all execution
 requests that are made with ``silent=False``.  This counter is used to populate
 the ``In[n]``, ``Out[n]`` and ``_n`` variables, so clients will likely want to
 display it in some form to the user, which will typically (but not necessarily)
 be done in the prompts.  The value of this counter will be returned as the
 ``execution_count`` field of all ``execute_reply`` messages.
 
 .. _execution_results:
 
 Execution results
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     
 Message type: ``execute_reply``::
 
     content = {
       # One of: 'ok' OR 'error' OR 'abort'
       'status' : str,
 
       # The global kernel counter that increases by one with each non-silent
       # executed request.  This will typically be used by clients to display
       # prompt numbers to the user.  If the request was a silent one, this will
       # be the current value of the counter in the kernel.
       'execution_count' : int,
     }
 
 When status is 'ok', the following extra fields are present::
 
     {
       # The execution payload is a dict with string keys that may have been
       # produced by the code being executed.  It is retrieved by the kernel at
       # the end of the execution and sent back to the front end, which can take
       # action on it as needed.  See main text for further details.
       'payload' : dict,
 
       # Results for the user_variables and user_expressions.
       'user_variables' : dict,
       'user_expressions' : dict,
 
       # The kernel will often transform the input provided to it.  If the
       # '---->' transform had been applied, this is filled, otherwise it's the
       # empty string.  So transformations like magics don't appear here, only
       # autocall ones.
       'transformed_code' : str,
       }
 
 .. admonition:: Execution payloads
     
    The notion of an 'execution payload' is different from a return value of a
    given set of code, which normally is just displayed on the pyout stream
    through the PUB socket.  The idea of a payload is to allow special types of
    code, typically magics, to populate a data container in the IPython kernel
    that will be shipped back to the caller via this channel.  The kernel will
    have an API for this, probably something along the lines of::
 
        ip.exec_payload_add(key, value)
 
    though this API is still in the design stages.  The data returned in this
    payload will allow frontends to present special views of what just happened.
 
    
 When status is 'error', the following extra fields are present::
 
     {
       'exc_name' : str,   # Exception name, as a string
       'exc_value' : str,  # Exception value, as a string
 
       # The traceback will contain a list of frames, represented each as a
       # string.  For now we'll stick to the existing design of ultraTB, which
       # controls exception level of detail statefully.  But eventually we'll
       # want to grow into a model where more information is collected and
       # packed into the traceback object, with clients deciding how little or
       # how much of it to unpack.  But for now, let's start with a simple list
       # of strings, since that requires only minimal changes to ultratb as
       # written.
       'traceback' : list,
     }
 
 
 When status is 'abort', there are for now no additional data fields.  This
 happens when the kernel was interrupted by a signal.
 
 Kernel attribute access
 -----------------------
 
 .. warning::
 
    This part of the messaging spec is not actually implemented in the kernel
    yet.
  
 While this protocol does not specify full RPC access to arbitrary methods of
 the kernel object, the kernel does allow read (and in some cases write) access
 to certain attributes.
 
 The policy for which attributes can be read is: any attribute of the kernel, or
 its sub-objects, that belongs to a :class:`Configurable` object and has been
 declared at the class-level with Traits validation, is in principle accessible
 as long as its name does not begin with a leading underscore.  The attribute
 itself will have metadata indicating whether it allows remote read and/or write
 access.  The message spec follows for attribute read and write requests.
 
 Message type: ``getattr_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The (possibly dotted) name of the attribute
 	'name' : str,
     }
 
 When a ``getattr_request`` fails, there are two possible error types:
 
 - AttributeError: this type of error was raised when trying to access the
   given name by the kernel itself.  This means that the attribute likely
   doesn't exist.
 
 - AccessError: the attribute exists but its value is not readable remotely.
 
 
 Message type: ``getattr_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # One of ['ok', 'AttributeError', 'AccessError'].
         'status' : str,
 	# If status is 'ok', a JSON object.
 	'value' : object,
     }
 
 Message type: ``setattr_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The (possibly dotted) name of the attribute
 	'name' : str,
 	
 	# A JSON-encoded object, that will be validated by the Traits
 	# information in the kernel
 	'value' : object,
     }
 
 When a ``setattr_request`` fails, there are also two possible error types with
 similar meanings  as those of the ``getattr_request`` case, but for writing.
     
 Message type: ``setattr_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # One of ['ok', 'AttributeError', 'AccessError'].
         'status' : str,
     }
 
 
     
 Object information
 ------------------
 
 One of IPython's most used capabilities is the introspection of Python objects
 in the user's namespace, typically invoked via the ``?`` and ``??`` characters
 (which in reality are shorthands for the ``%pinfo`` magic).  This is used often
 enough that it warrants an explicit message type, especially because frontends
 may want to get object information in response to user keystrokes (like Tab or
 F1) besides from the user explicitly typing code like ``x??``.
 
 Message type: ``object_info_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The (possibly dotted) name of the object to be searched in all
 	# relevant namespaces
         'name' : str,
 
     	# The level of detail desired.  The default (0) is equivalent to typing
 	# 'x?' at the prompt, 1 is equivalent to 'x??'.
 	'detail_level' : int,
     }
 
 The returned information will be a dictionary with keys very similar to the
 field names that IPython prints at the terminal.
     
 Message type: ``object_info_reply``::
 
     content = {
     # The name the object was requested under
     'name' : str,
     
     # Boolean flag indicating whether the named object was found or not.  If
     # it's false, all other fields will be empty.
     'found' : bool,
     
     # Flags for magics and system aliases
     'ismagic' : bool,
     'isalias' : bool,
 
     # The name of the namespace where the object was found ('builtin',
     # 'magics', 'alias', 'interactive', etc.)
     'namespace' : str,
 
     # The type name will be type.__name__ for normal Python objects, but it
     # can also be a string like 'Magic function' or 'System alias'
     'type_name' : str,
 
     'string_form' : str,
 
     # For objects with a __class__ attribute this will be set
     'base_class' : str,
 
     # For objects with a __len__ attribute this will be set
     'length' : int,
 
     # If the object is a function, class or method whose file we can find,
     # we give its full path
     'file' : str,
 
     # For pure Python callable objects, we can reconstruct the object
     # definition line which provides its call signature.  For convenience this
     # is returned as a single 'definition' field, but below the raw parts that
     # compose it are also returned as the argspec field.
     'definition' : str,
 
     # The individual parts that together form the definition string.  Clients
     # with rich display capabilities may use this to provide a richer and more
     # precise representation of the definition line (e.g. by highlighting
     # arguments based on the user's cursor position).  For non-callable
     # objects, this field is empty.
     'argspec' : { # The names of all the arguments
                   args : list,
 		  # The name of the varargs (*args), if any
                   varargs : str,
 		  # The name of the varkw (**kw), if any
 		  varkw : str,
 		  # The values (as strings) of all default arguments.  Note
 		  # that these must be matched *in reverse* with the 'args'
 		  # list above, since the first positional args have no default
 		  # value at all.
 		  defaults : list,
 		  },
 
     # For instances, provide the constructor signature (the definition of
     # the __init__ method):
     'init_definition' : str,
     
     # Docstrings: for any object (function, method, module, package) with a
     # docstring, we show it.  But in addition, we may provide additional
     # docstrings.  For example, for instances we will show the constructor
     # and class docstrings as well, if available.
     'docstring' : str,
 
     # For instances, provide the constructor and class docstrings
     'init_docstring' : str,
     'class_docstring' : str,
     
     # If it's a callable object whose call method has a separate docstring and
     # definition line:
     'call_def' : str,
     'call_docstring' : str,
     
     # If detail_level was 1, we also try to find the source code that
     # defines the object, if possible.  The string 'None' will indicate
     # that no source was found.
     'source' : str,
     }
 '
     
 Complete
 --------
 
 Message type: ``complete_request``::
 
     content = {
         # The text to be completed, such as 'a.is'
     'text' : str,
 
     # The full line, such as 'print a.is'.  This allows completers to
     # make decisions that may require information about more than just the
     # current word.
     'line' : str,
 
     # The entire block of text where the line is.  This may be useful in the
     # case of multiline completions where more context may be needed.  Note: if
     # in practice this field proves unnecessary, remove it to lighten the
     # messages.
     
     'block' : str,
 
     # The position of the cursor where the user hit 'TAB' on the line.
     'cursor_pos' : int,
     }
 
 Message type: ``complete_reply``::
 
     content = {
         # The list of all matches to the completion request, such as
     # ['a.isalnum', 'a.isalpha'] for the above example.
     'matches' : list
     }
 
     
 History
 -------
 
 For clients to explicitly request history from a kernel.  The kernel has all
 the actual execution history stored in a single location, so clients can
 request it from the kernel when needed.
 
 Message type: ``history_request``::
 
     content = {
     
       # If True, also return output history in the resulting dict.
       'output' : bool,
 
       # If True, return the raw input history, else the transformed input.
       'raw' : bool,
 
       # This parameter can be one of: A number,  a pair of numbers, None
       # If not given, last 40 are returned.
       #  - number n: return the last n entries.
       #  - pair n1, n2: return entries in the range(n1, n2).
       #  - None: return all history
       'index' : n or (n1, n2) or None,
     }
 
 Message type: ``history_reply``::
 
     content = {
       # A dict with prompt numbers as keys and either (input, output) or input
       # as the value depending on whether output was True or False,
       # respectively.
       'history' : dict,
     }
 
 
 Connect
 -------
 
 When a client connects to the request/reply socket of the kernel, it can issue
 a connect request to get basic information about the kernel, such as the ports
 the other ZeroMQ sockets are listening on. This allows clients to only have
 to know about a single port (the XREQ/XREP channel) to connect to a kernel.
 
 Message type: ``connect_request``::
 
     content = {
     }
 
 Message type: ``connect_reply``::
 
     content = {
         'xrep_port' : int  # The port the XREP socket is listening on.
         'pub_port' : int   # The port the PUB socket is listening on.
         'req_port' : int   # The port the REQ socket is listening on.
         'hb_port' : int    # The port the heartbeat socket is listening on.
     }
 
 
 
 Kernel shutdown
 ---------------
 
 The clients can request the kernel to shut itself down; this is used in
 multiple cases:
 
 - when the user chooses to close the client application via a menu or window
   control.
 - when the user types 'exit' or 'quit' (or their uppercase magic equivalents).
 - when the user chooses a GUI method (like the 'Ctrl-C' shortcut in the
   IPythonQt client) to force a kernel restart to get a clean kernel without
   losing client-side state like history or inlined figures.
 
 The client sends a shutdown request to the kernel, and once it receives the
 reply message (which is otherwise empty), it can assume that the kernel has
 completed shutdown safely.
 
 Upon their own shutdown, client applications will typically execute a last
 minute sanity check and forcefully terminate any kernel that is still alive, to
 avoid leaving stray processes in the user's machine.
 
 For both shutdown request and reply, there is no actual content that needs to
 be sent, so the content dict is empty.
 
 Message type: ``shutdown_request``::
 
     content = {
         'restart' : bool # whether the shutdown is final, or precedes a restart
     }
 
 Message type: ``shutdown_reply``::
 
     content = {
         'restart' : bool # whether the shutdown is final, or precedes a restart
     }
 
 .. Note::
 
    When the clients detect a dead kernel thanks to inactivity on the heartbeat
    socket, they simply send a forceful process termination signal, since a dead
    process is unlikely to respond in any useful way to messages.
     
 
 Messages on the PUB/SUB socket
 ==============================
 
 Streams (stdout,  stderr, etc)
 ------------------------------
 
 Message type: ``stream``::
 
     content = {
         # The name of the stream is one of 'stdin', 'stdout', 'stderr'
     'name' : str,
     
     # The data is an arbitrary string to be written to that stream
     'data' : str,
     }
 
 When a kernel receives a raw_input call, it should also broadcast it on the pub
 socket with the names 'stdin' and 'stdin_reply'.  This will allow other clients
 to monitor/display kernel interactions and possibly replay them to their user
 or otherwise expose them.
 
-Representation Data
--------------------
+Display Data
+------------
 
-This type of message is used to bring back representations (text, html, svg,
-etc.) of Python objects to the frontend. Each message can have multiple
-representations of the object; it is up to the frontend to decide which to use
-and how. A single message should contain the different representations of a
-single Python object. Each representation should be a JSON'able data structure,
-and should be a valid MIME type.
+This type of message is used to bring back data that should be diplayed (text,
+html, svg, etc.) in the frontends. This data is published to all frontends.
+Each message can have multiple representations of the data; it is up to the
+frontend to decide which to use and how. A single message should contain all
+possible representations of the same information. Each representation should
+be a JSON'able data structure, and should be a valid MIME type.
 
 Some questions remain about this design:
 
-* Do we use this message type for pyout/displayhook?
-* What is the best way to organize the content dict of the message?
+* Do we use this message type for pyout/displayhook? Probably not, because
+  the displayhook also has to handle the Out prompt display. On the other hand
+  we could put that information into the metadata secion.
 
-Message type: ``repr_data``::
+Message type: ``display_data``::
 
-    # Option 1: if we only allow a single source.
     content = {
         'source' : str  # Who create the data
         'data' : dict  # {'mimetype1' : data1, 'mimetype2' : data2}
         'metadata' : dict  # Any metadata that describes the data
     }
 
+Other options for ``display_data`` content::
+
     # Option 2: allowing for a different source for each representation,
     but not keyed by anything.
     content = {
         'data' = [(source, type, data), (source, type, data)]
         'metadata' = dict
     }
 
     # Option 3: like option 2, but keyed by the MIME types.
     content = {
         'data' = {'mimetype1' : (source, data), 'mimetype2' : (source, data)}
         'metadata' = dict
     }
 
     # Option 4: like option 2, but keyed by the source.
     content = {
         'data' = {'source' : (mimetype, data), 'source' : (mimetype, data)}
         'metadata' = dict
     }
 
 Python inputs
 -------------
 
 These messages are the re-broadcast of the ``execute_request``.
 
 Message type: ``pyin``::
 
     content = {
         'code' : str  # Source code to be executed, one or more lines
     }
 
 Python outputs
 --------------
 
 When Python produces output from code that has been compiled in with the
 'single' flag to :func:`compile`, any expression that produces a value (such as
 ``1+1``) is passed to ``sys.displayhook``, which is a callable that can do with
 this value whatever it wants.  The default behavior of ``sys.displayhook`` in
 the Python interactive prompt is to print to ``sys.stdout`` the :func:`repr` of
 the value as long as it is not ``None`` (which isn't printed at all).  In our
 case, the kernel instantiates as ``sys.displayhook`` an object which has
 similar behavior, but which instead of printing to stdout, broadcasts these
 values as ``pyout`` messages for clients to display appropriately.
 
 IPython's displayhook can handle multiple simultaneous formats depending on its
 configuration. The default pretty-printed repr text is always given with the
 ``data`` entry in this message. Any other formats are provided in the
 ``extra_formats`` list. Frontends are free to display any or all of these
 according to its capabilities. ``extra_formats`` list contains 3-tuples of an ID
 string, a type string, and the data. The ID is unique to the formatter
 implementation that created the data. Frontends will typically ignore the ID
 unless if it has requested a particular formatter. The type string tells the
 frontend how to interpret the data. It is often, but not always a MIME type.
 Frontends should ignore types that it does not understand. The data itself is
 any JSON object and depends on the format. It is often, but not always a string.
 
 Message type: ``pyout``::
 
     content = {
         # The data is typically the repr() of the object. It should be displayed
         # as monospaced text.
         'data' : str,
     
         # The counter for this execution is also provided so that clients can
         # display it, since IPython automatically creates variables called _N
         # (for prompt N).
         'execution_count' : int,
 
         # Any extra formats.
         # The tuples are of the form (ID, type, data).
         'extra_formats' : [
            [str, str, object]
         ]
     }
     
 Python errors
 -------------
 
 When an error occurs during code execution
 
 Message type: ``pyerr``::
 
     content = {
        # Similar content to the execute_reply messages for the 'error' case,
        # except the 'status' field is omitted.
     }
 
 Kernel status
 -------------
 
 This message type is used by frontends to monitor the status of the kernel.
 
 Message type: ``status``::
 
     content = {
         # When the kernel starts to execute code, it will enter the 'busy'
         # state and when it finishes, it will enter the 'idle' state.
         execution_state : ('busy', 'idle')
     }
 
 Kernel crashes
 --------------
 
 When the kernel has an unexpected exception, caught by the last-resort
 sys.excepthook, we should broadcast the crash handler's output before exiting.
 This will allow clients to notice that a kernel died, inform the user and
 propose further actions.
 
 Message type: ``crash``::
 
     content = {
        # Similarly to the 'error' case for execute_reply messages, this will
        # contain exc_name, exc_type and traceback fields.
 
        # An additional field with supplementary information such as where to
        # send the crash message
        'info' : str,
     }
 
 
 Future ideas
 ------------
     
 Other potential message types, currently unimplemented, listed below as ideas.
     
 Message type: ``file``::
 
     content = {
     'path' : 'cool.jpg',
     'mimetype' : str,
     'data' : str,
     }
 
     
 Messages on the REQ/REP socket
 ==============================
 
 This is a socket that goes in the opposite direction: from the kernel to a
 *single* frontend, and its purpose is to allow ``raw_input`` and similar
 operations that read from ``sys.stdin`` on the kernel to be fulfilled by the
 client.  For now we will keep these messages as simple as possible, since they
 basically only mean to convey the ``raw_input(prompt)`` call.
 
 Message type: ``input_request``::
 
     content = { 'prompt' : str }
 
 Message type: ``input_reply``::
 
     content = { 'value' : str }
     
 .. Note::
 
    We do not explicitly try to forward the raw ``sys.stdin`` object, because in
    practice the kernel should behave like an interactive program.  When a
    program is opened on the console, the keyboard effectively takes over the
    ``stdin`` file descriptor, and it can't be used for raw reading anymore.
    Since the IPython kernel effectively behaves like a console program (albeit
    one whose "keyboard" is actually living in a separate process and
    transported over the zmq connection), raw ``stdin`` isn't expected to be
    available.
 
    
 Heartbeat for kernels
 =====================
 
 Initially we had considered using messages like those above over ZMQ for a
 kernel 'heartbeat' (a way to detect quickly and reliably whether a kernel is
 alive at all, even if it may be busy executing user code).  But this has the
 problem that if the kernel is locked inside extension code, it wouldn't execute
 the python heartbeat code.  But it turns out that we can implement a basic
 heartbeat with pure ZMQ, without using any Python messaging at all.
 
 The monitor sends out a single zmq message (right now, it is a str of the
 monitor's lifetime in seconds), and gets the same message right back, prefixed
 with the zmq identity of the XREQ socket in the heartbeat process. This can be
 a uuid, or even a full message, but there doesn't seem to be a need for packing
 up a message when the sender and receiver are the exact same Python object.
 
 The model is this::
 
     monitor.send(str(self.lifetime)) # '1.2345678910'
 
 and the monitor receives some number of messages of the form::
 
     ['uuid-abcd-dead-beef', '1.2345678910']
 
 where the first part is the zmq.IDENTITY of the heart's XREQ on the engine, and
 the rest is the message sent by the monitor.  No Python code ever has any
 access to the message between the monitor's send, and the monitor's recv.
 
 
 ToDo
 ====
 
 Missing things include:
 
 * Important: finish thinking through the payload concept and API.
 
 * Important: ensure that we have a good solution for magics like %edit.  It's
   likely that with the payload concept we can build a full solution, but not
   100% clear yet.
 
 * Finishing the details of the heartbeat protocol.
 
 * Signal handling: specify what kind of information kernel should broadcast (or
   not) when it receives signals.
 
 .. include:: ../links.rst