Fix bugs in x=!cmd; we can't use pexpect at all.

pexpect makes the subprocesses format their output for a terminal,
with a mix of spaces, tabs and newlines.  This makes it virtually
impossible to then capture their output and do anything useful with it.

Fixed a few other small bugs and inconsistencies in process handling.

IPython/core/inputsplitter.py

@@ -1,960 +1,956 b''
 """Analysis of text input into executable blocks.
 
 The main class in this module, :class:`InputSplitter`, is designed to break
 input from either interactive, line-by-line environments or block-based ones,
 into standalone blocks that can be executed by Python as 'single' statements
 (thus triggering sys.displayhook).
 
 A companion, :class:`IPythonInputSplitter`, provides the same functionality but
 with full support for the extended IPython syntax (magics, system calls, etc).
 
 For more details, see the class docstring below.
 
 Syntax Transformations
 ----------------------
 
 One of the main jobs of the code in this file is to apply all syntax
 transformations that make up 'the IPython language', i.e. magics, shell
 escapes, etc.  All transformations should be implemented as *fully stateless*
 entities, that simply take one line as their input and return a line.
 Internally for implementation purposes they may be a normal function or a
 callable object, but the only input they receive will be a single line and they
 should only return a line, without holding any data-dependent state between
 calls.
 
 As an example, the EscapedTransformer is a class so we can more clearly group
 together the functionality of dispatching to individual functions based on the
 starting escape character, but the only method for public use is its call
 method.
 
 
 ToDo
 ----
 
 - Should we make push() actually raise an exception once push_accepts_more()
   returns False?
 
 - Naming cleanups.  The tr_* names aren't the most elegant, though now they are
   at least just attributes of a class so not really very exposed.
 
 - Think about the best way to support dynamic things: automagic, autocall,
   macros, etc.
 
 - Think of a better heuristic for the application of the transforms in
   IPythonInputSplitter.push() than looking at the buffer ending in ':'.  Idea:
   track indentation change events (indent, dedent, nothing) and apply them only
   if the indentation went up, but not otherwise.
 
 - Think of the cleanest way for supporting user-specified transformations (the
   user prefilters we had before).
 
 Authors
 -------
 
 * Fernando Perez
 * Brian Granger
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 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
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # stdlib
 import codeop
 import re
 import sys
 
 # IPython modules
 from IPython.utils.text import make_quoted_expr
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # The escape sequences that define the syntax transformations IPython will
 # apply to user input.  These can NOT be just changed here: many regular
 # expressions and other parts of the code may use their hardcoded values, and
 # for all intents and purposes they constitute the 'IPython syntax', so they
 # should be considered fixed.
 
 ESC_SHELL  = '!'
 ESC_SH_CAP = '!!'
 ESC_HELP   = '?'
 ESC_HELP2  = '??'
 ESC_MAGIC  = '%'
 ESC_QUOTE  = ','
 ESC_QUOTE2 = ';'
 ESC_PAREN  = '/'
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utilities
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # FIXME: These are general-purpose utilities that later can be moved to the
 # general ward.  Kept here for now because we're being very strict about test
 # coverage with this code, and this lets us ensure that we keep 100% coverage
 # while developing.
 
 # compiled regexps for autoindent management
 dedent_re = re.compile(r'^\s+raise|^\s+return|^\s+pass')
 ini_spaces_re = re.compile(r'^([ \t\r\f\v]+)')
 
 # regexp to match pure comment lines so we don't accidentally insert 'if 1:'
 # before pure comments
 comment_line_re = re.compile('^\s*\#')
 
 
 def num_ini_spaces(s):
     """Return the number of initial spaces in a string.
 
     Note that tabs are counted as a single space.  For now, we do *not* support
     mixing of tabs and spaces in the user's input.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     s : string
 
     Returns
     -------
     n : int
     """
 
     ini_spaces = ini_spaces_re.match(s)
     if ini_spaces:
         return ini_spaces.end()
     else:
         return 0
 
 
 def remove_comments(src):
     """Remove all comments from input source.
 
     Note: comments are NOT recognized inside of strings!
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     src : string
       A single or multiline input string.
 
     Returns
     -------
     String with all Python comments removed.
     """
 
     return re.sub('#.*', '', src)
 
 
 def get_input_encoding():
     """Return the default standard input encoding.
 
     If sys.stdin has no encoding, 'ascii' is returned."""
     # There are strange environments for which sys.stdin.encoding is None. We
     # ensure that a valid encoding is returned.
     encoding = getattr(sys.stdin, 'encoding', None)
     if encoding is None:
         encoding = 'ascii'
     return encoding
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes and functions for normal Python syntax handling
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # HACK!  This implementation, written by Robert K a while ago using the
 # compiler module, is more robust than the other one below, but it expects its
 # input to be pure python (no ipython syntax).  For now we're using it as a
 # second-pass splitter after the first pass transforms the input to pure
 # python.
 
 def split_blocks(python):
     """ Split multiple lines of code into discrete commands that can be
     executed singly.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     python : str
         Pure, exec'able Python code.
 
     Returns
     -------
     commands : list of str
         Separate commands that can be exec'ed independently.
     """
 
     import compiler
     
     # compiler.parse treats trailing spaces after a newline as a
     # SyntaxError.  This is different than codeop.CommandCompiler, which
     # will compile the trailng spaces just fine.  We simply strip any
     # trailing whitespace off.  Passing a string with trailing whitespace
     # to exec will fail however.  There seems to be some inconsistency in
     # how trailing whitespace is handled, but this seems to work.
     python_ori = python # save original in case we bail on error
     python = python.strip()
 
     # The compiler module does not like unicode. We need to convert
     # it encode it:
     if isinstance(python, unicode):
         # Use the utf-8-sig BOM so the compiler detects this a UTF-8
         # encode string.
         python = '\xef\xbb\xbf' + python.encode('utf-8')
 
     # The compiler module will parse the code into an abstract syntax tree.
     # This has a bug with str("a\nb"), but not str("""a\nb""")!!!
     try:
         ast = compiler.parse(python)
     except:
         return [python_ori]
 
     # Uncomment to help debug the ast tree
     # for n in ast.node:
     #     print n.lineno,'->',n
 
     # Each separate command is available by iterating over ast.node. The
     # lineno attribute is the line number (1-indexed) beginning the commands
     # suite.
     # lines ending with ";" yield a Discard Node that doesn't have a lineno
     # attribute.  These nodes can and should be discarded.  But there are
     # other situations that cause Discard nodes that shouldn't be discarded.
     # We might eventually discover other cases where lineno is None and have
     # to put in a more sophisticated test.
     linenos = [x.lineno-1 for x in ast.node if x.lineno is not None]
 
     # When we finally get the slices, we will need to slice all the way to
     # the end even though we don't have a line number for it. Fortunately,
     # None does the job nicely.
     linenos.append(None)
 
     # Same problem at the other end: sometimes the ast tree has its
     # first complete statement not starting on line 0. In this case
     # we might miss part of it.  This fixes ticket 266993.  Thanks Gael!
     linenos[0] = 0
 
     lines = python.splitlines()
 
     # Create a list of atomic commands.
     cmds = []
     for i, j in zip(linenos[:-1], linenos[1:]):
         cmd = lines[i:j]
         if cmd:
             cmds.append('\n'.join(cmd)+'\n')
 
     return cmds
 
 
 class InputSplitter(object):
     """An object that can split Python source input in executable blocks.
 
     This object is designed to be used in one of two basic modes:
 
     1. By feeding it python source line-by-line, using :meth:`push`.  In this
        mode, it will return on each push whether the currently pushed code
        could be executed already.  In addition, it provides a method called
        :meth:`push_accepts_more` that can be used to query whether more input
        can be pushed into a single interactive block.
 
     2. By calling :meth:`split_blocks` with a single, multiline Python string,
        that is then split into blocks each of which can be executed
        interactively as a single statement.
 
     This is a simple example of how an interactive terminal-based client can use
     this tool::
 
         isp = InputSplitter()
         while isp.push_accepts_more():
             indent = ' '*isp.indent_spaces
             prompt = '>>> ' + indent
             line = indent + raw_input(prompt)
             isp.push(line)
         print 'Input source was:\n', isp.source_reset(),
     """
     # Number of spaces of indentation computed from input that has been pushed
     # so far.  This is the attributes callers should query to get the current
     # indentation level, in order to provide auto-indent facilities.
     indent_spaces = 0
     # String, indicating the default input encoding.  It is computed by default
     # at initialization time via get_input_encoding(), but it can be reset by a
     # client with specific knowledge of the encoding.
     encoding = ''
     # String where the current full source input is stored, properly encoded.
     # Reading this attribute is the normal way of querying the currently pushed
     # source code, that has been properly encoded.
     source = ''
     # Code object corresponding to the current source.  It is automatically
     # synced to the source, so it can be queried at any time to obtain the code
     # object; it will be None if the source doesn't compile to valid Python.
     code = None
     # Input mode
     input_mode = 'line'
     
     # Private attributes
     
     # List with lines of input accumulated so far
     _buffer = None
     # Command compiler
     _compile = None
     # Mark when input has changed indentation all the way back to flush-left
     _full_dedent = False
     # Boolean indicating whether the current block is complete
     _is_complete = None
     
     def __init__(self, input_mode=None):
         """Create a new InputSplitter instance.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         input_mode : str
 
           One of ['line', 'block']; default is 'line'.
 
        The input_mode parameter controls how new inputs are used when fed via
        the :meth:`push` method:
 
        - 'line': meant for line-oriented clients, inputs are appended one at a
          time to the internal buffer and the whole buffer is compiled.
 
        - 'block': meant for clients that can edit multi-line blocks of text at
           a time.  Each new input new input completely replaces all prior
           inputs.  Block mode is thus equivalent to prepending a full reset()
           to every push() call.
         """
         self._buffer = []
         self._compile = codeop.CommandCompiler()
         self.encoding = get_input_encoding()
         self.input_mode = InputSplitter.input_mode if input_mode is None \
                           else input_mode
 
     def reset(self):
         """Reset the input buffer and associated state."""
         self.indent_spaces = 0
         self._buffer[:] = []
         self.source = ''
         self.code = None
         self._is_complete = False
         self._full_dedent = False
 
     def source_reset(self):
         """Return the input source and perform a full reset.
         """
         out = self.source
         self.reset()
         return out
 
     def push(self, lines):
         """Push one ore more lines of input.
 
         This stores the given lines and returns a status code indicating
         whether the code forms a complete Python block or not.
 
         Any exceptions generated in compilation are swallowed, but if an
         exception was produced, the method returns True.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         lines : string
           One or more lines of Python input.
         
         Returns
         -------
         is_complete : boolean
           True if the current input source (the result of the current input
         plus prior inputs) forms a complete Python execution block.  Note that
         this value is also stored as a private attribute (_is_complete), so it
         can be queried at any time.
         """
         if self.input_mode == 'block':
             self.reset()
         
         # If the source code has leading blanks, add 'if 1:\n' to it
         # this allows execution of indented pasted code. It is tempting
         # to add '\n' at the end of source to run commands like ' a=1'
         # directly, but this fails for more complicated scenarios
 
         if not self._buffer and lines[:1] in [' ', '\t'] and \
            not comment_line_re.match(lines):
             lines = 'if 1:\n%s' % lines
         
         self._store(lines)
         source = self.source
 
         # Before calling _compile(), reset the code object to None so that if an
         # exception is raised in compilation, we don't mislead by having
         # inconsistent code/source attributes.
         self.code, self._is_complete = None, None
 
         self._update_indent(lines)
         try:
             self.code = self._compile(source)
         # Invalid syntax can produce any of a number of different errors from
         # inside the compiler, so we have to catch them all.  Syntax errors
         # immediately produce a 'ready' block, so the invalid Python can be
         # sent to the kernel for evaluation with possible ipython
         # special-syntax conversion.
         except (SyntaxError, OverflowError, ValueError, TypeError,
                 MemoryError):
             self._is_complete = True
         else:
             # Compilation didn't produce any exceptions (though it may not have
             # given a complete code object)
             self._is_complete = self.code is not None
 
         return self._is_complete
 
     def push_accepts_more(self):
         """Return whether a block of interactive input can accept more input.
 
         This method is meant to be used by line-oriented frontends, who need to
         guess whether a block is complete or not based solely on prior and
         current input lines.  The InputSplitter considers it has a complete
         interactive block and will not accept more input only when either a
         SyntaxError is raised, or *all* of the following are true:
 
         1. The input compiles to a complete statement.
         
         2. The indentation level is flush-left (because if we are indented,
            like inside a function definition or for loop, we need to keep
            reading new input).
           
         3. There is one extra line consisting only of whitespace.
 
         Because of condition #3, this method should be used only by
         *line-oriented* frontends, since it means that intermediate blank lines
         are not allowed in function definitions (or any other indented block).
 
         Block-oriented frontends that have a separate keyboard event to
         indicate execution should use the :meth:`split_blocks` method instead.
 
         If the current input produces a syntax error, this method immediately
         returns False but does *not* raise the syntax error exception, as
         typically clients will want to send invalid syntax to an execution
         backend which might convert the invalid syntax into valid Python via
         one of the dynamic IPython mechanisms.
         """
             
         if not self._is_complete:
             return True
 
         if self.indent_spaces==0:
             return False
         
         last_line = self.source.splitlines()[-1]
         return bool(last_line and not last_line.isspace())
         
     def split_blocks(self, lines):
         """Split a multiline string into multiple input blocks.
 
         Note: this method starts by performing a full reset().
         
         Parameters
         ----------
         lines : str
           A possibly multiline string.
 
         Returns
         -------
         blocks : list
           A list of strings, each possibly multiline.  Each string corresponds
           to a single block that can be compiled in 'single' mode (unless it
           has a syntax error)."""
 
         # This code is fairly delicate.  If you make any changes here, make
         # absolutely sure that you do run the full test suite and ALL tests
         # pass.
 
         self.reset()
         blocks = []
         
         # Reversed copy so we can use pop() efficiently and consume the input
         # as a stack
         lines = lines.splitlines()[::-1]
         # Outer loop over all input
         while lines:
             #print 'Current lines:', lines  # dbg
             # Inner loop to build each block
             while True:
                 # Safety exit from inner loop
                 if not lines:
                     break
                 # Grab next line but don't push it yet
                 next_line = lines.pop()
                 # Blank/empty lines are pushed as-is
                 if not next_line or next_line.isspace():
                     self.push(next_line)
                     continue
 
                 # Check indentation changes caused by the *next* line
                 indent_spaces, _full_dedent = self._find_indent(next_line)
 
                 # If the next line causes a dedent, it can be for two differnt
                 # reasons: either an explicit de-dent by the user or a
                 # return/raise/pass statement.  These MUST be handled
                 # separately:
                 #
                 # 1. the first case is only detected when the actual explicit
                 # dedent happens, and that would be the *first* line of a *new*
                 # block.  Thus, we must put the line back into the input buffer
                 # so that it starts a new block on the next pass.
                 #
                 # 2. the second case is detected in the line before the actual
                 # dedent happens, so , we consume the line and we can break out
                 # to start a new block.
 
                 # Case 1, explicit dedent causes a break.
                 # Note: check that we weren't on the very last line, else we'll
                 # enter an infinite loop adding/removing the last line.
                 if  _full_dedent and lines and not next_line.startswith(' '):
                     lines.append(next_line)
                     break
                 
                 # Otherwise any line is pushed
                 self.push(next_line)
 
                 # Case 2, full dedent with full block ready:
                 if _full_dedent or \
                        self.indent_spaces==0 and not self.push_accepts_more():
                     break
             # Form the new block with the current source input
             blocks.append(self.source_reset())
             
         #return blocks
         # HACK!!! Now that our input is in blocks but guaranteed to be pure
         # python syntax, feed it back a second time through the AST-based
         # splitter, which is more accurate than ours.
         return split_blocks(''.join(blocks))
 
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Private interface
     #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _find_indent(self, line):
         """Compute the new indentation level for a single line.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         line : str
           A single new line of non-whitespace, non-comment Python input.
           
         Returns
         -------
         indent_spaces : int
           New value for the indent level (it may be equal to self.indent_spaces
         if indentation doesn't change.
 
         full_dedent : boolean
           Whether the new line causes a full flush-left dedent.
         """
         indent_spaces = self.indent_spaces
         full_dedent = self._full_dedent
         
         inisp = num_ini_spaces(line)
         if inisp < indent_spaces:
             indent_spaces = inisp
             if indent_spaces <= 0:
                 #print 'Full dedent in text',self.source # dbg
                 full_dedent = True
 
         if line[-1] == ':':
             indent_spaces += 4
         elif dedent_re.match(line):
             indent_spaces -= 4
             if indent_spaces <= 0:
                 full_dedent = True
 
         # Safety
         if indent_spaces < 0:
             indent_spaces = 0
             #print 'safety' # dbg
             
         return indent_spaces, full_dedent
         
     def _update_indent(self, lines):
         for line in remove_comments(lines).splitlines():
             if line and not line.isspace():
                 self.indent_spaces, self._full_dedent = self._find_indent(line)
 
     def _store(self, lines):
         """Store one or more lines of input.
 
         If input lines are not newline-terminated, a newline is automatically
         appended."""
 
         if lines.endswith('\n'):
             self._buffer.append(lines)
         else:
             self._buffer.append(lines+'\n')
         self._set_source()
 
     def _set_source(self):
         self.source = ''.join(self._buffer).encode(self.encoding)
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Functions and classes for IPython-specific syntactic support
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # RegExp for splitting line contents into pre-char//first word-method//rest.
 # For clarity, each group in on one line.
 
 line_split = re.compile("""
              ^(\s*)              # any leading space
              ([,;/%]|!!?|\?\??)  # escape character or characters
              \s*(%?[\w\.]*)      # function/method, possibly with leading %
                                  # to correctly treat things like '?%magic'
              (\s+.*$|$)          # rest of line
              """, re.VERBOSE)
 
 
 def split_user_input(line):
     """Split user input into early whitespace, esc-char, function part and rest.
 
     This is currently handles lines with '=' in them in a very inconsistent
     manner.
 
     Examples
     ========
     >>> split_user_input('x=1')
     ('', '', 'x=1', '')
     >>> split_user_input('?')
     ('', '?', '', '')
     >>> split_user_input('??')
     ('', '??', '', '')
     >>> split_user_input(' ?')
     (' ', '?', '', '')
     >>> split_user_input(' ??')
     (' ', '??', '', '')
     >>> split_user_input('??x')
     ('', '??', 'x', '')
     >>> split_user_input('?x=1')
     ('', '', '?x=1', '')
     >>> split_user_input('!ls')
     ('', '!', 'ls', '')
     >>> split_user_input('  !ls')
     ('  ', '!', 'ls', '')
     >>> split_user_input('!!ls')
     ('', '!!', 'ls', '')
     >>> split_user_input('  !!ls')
     ('  ', '!!', 'ls', '')
     >>> split_user_input(',ls')
     ('', ',', 'ls', '')
     >>> split_user_input(';ls')
     ('', ';', 'ls', '')
     >>> split_user_input('  ;ls')
     ('  ', ';', 'ls', '')
     >>> split_user_input('f.g(x)')
     ('', '', 'f.g(x)', '')
     >>> split_user_input('f.g (x)')
     ('', '', 'f.g', '(x)')
     >>> split_user_input('?%hist')
     ('', '?', '%hist', '')
     """
     match = line_split.match(line)
     if match:
         lspace, esc, fpart, rest = match.groups()
     else:
         # print "match failed for line '%s'" % line
         try:
             fpart, rest = line.split(None, 1)
         except ValueError:
             # print "split failed for line '%s'" % line
             fpart, rest = line,''
         lspace = re.match('^(\s*)(.*)', line).groups()[0]
         esc = ''
 
     # fpart has to be a valid python identifier, so it better be only pure
     # ascii, no unicode:
     try:
         fpart = fpart.encode('ascii')
     except UnicodeEncodeError:
         lspace = unicode(lspace)
         rest = fpart + u' ' + rest
         fpart = u''
 
     #print 'line:<%s>' % line # dbg
     #print 'esc <%s> fpart <%s> rest <%s>' % (esc,fpart.strip(),rest) # dbg
     return lspace, esc, fpart.strip(), rest.lstrip()
 
 
 # The escaped translators ALL receive a line where their own escape has been
 # stripped.  Only '?' is valid at the end of the line, all others can only be
 # placed at the start.
 
 class LineInfo(object):
     """A single line of input and associated info.
 
     This is a utility class that mostly wraps the output of
     :func:`split_user_input` into a convenient object to be passed around
     during input transformations.
 
     Includes the following as properties: 
 
     line
       The original, raw line
 
     lspace
       Any early whitespace before actual text starts.
 
     esc
       The initial esc character (or characters, for double-char escapes like
       '??' or '!!').
     
     fpart
       The 'function part', which is basically the maximal initial sequence
       of valid python identifiers and the '.' character.  This is what is
       checked for alias and magic transformations, used for auto-calling,
       etc.
     
     rest
       Everything else on the line.
     """
     def __init__(self, line):
         self.line = line
         self.lspace, self.esc, self.fpart, self.rest = \
                              split_user_input(line)
 
     def __str__(self):                                                         
         return "LineInfo [%s|%s|%s|%s]" % (self.lspace, self.esc,
                                            self.fpart, self.rest)
 
 
 # Transformations of the special syntaxes that don't rely on an explicit escape
 # character but instead on patterns on the input line
 
 # The core transformations are implemented as standalone functions that can be
 # tested and validated in isolation.  Each of these uses a regexp, we
 # pre-compile these and keep them close to each function definition for clarity
 
 _assign_system_re = re.compile(r'(?P<lhs>(\s*)([\w\.]+)((\s*,\s*[\w\.]+)*))'
                                r'\s*=\s*!\s*(?P<cmd>.*)')
 
 def transform_assign_system(line):
     """Handle the `files = !ls` syntax."""
-    # FIXME: This transforms the line to use %sc, but we've listed that magic
-    # as deprecated.  We should then implement this functionality in a
-    # standalone api that we can transform to, without going through a
-    # deprecated magic.
     m = _assign_system_re.match(line)
     if m is not None:
         cmd = m.group('cmd')
         lhs = m.group('lhs')
-        expr = make_quoted_expr("sc -l = %s" % cmd)
-        new_line = '%s = get_ipython().magic(%s)' % (lhs, expr)
+        expr = make_quoted_expr(cmd)
+        new_line = '%s = get_ipython().getoutput(%s)' % (lhs, expr)
         return new_line
     return line
 
 
 _assign_magic_re = re.compile(r'(?P<lhs>(\s*)([\w\.]+)((\s*,\s*[\w\.]+)*))'
                                r'\s*=\s*%\s*(?P<cmd>.*)')
 
 def transform_assign_magic(line):
     """Handle the `a = %who` syntax."""
     m = _assign_magic_re.match(line)
     if m is not None:
         cmd = m.group('cmd')
         lhs = m.group('lhs')
         expr = make_quoted_expr(cmd)
         new_line = '%s = get_ipython().magic(%s)' % (lhs, expr)
         return new_line
     return line
 
 
 _classic_prompt_re = re.compile(r'^([ \t]*>>> |^[ \t]*\.\.\. )')
 
 def transform_classic_prompt(line):
     """Handle inputs that start with '>>> ' syntax."""
 
     if not line or line.isspace():
         return line
     m = _classic_prompt_re.match(line)
     if m:
         return line[len(m.group(0)):]
     else:
         return line
 
 
 _ipy_prompt_re = re.compile(r'^([ \t]*In \[\d+\]: |^[ \t]*\ \ \ \.\.\.+: )')
 
 def transform_ipy_prompt(line):
     """Handle inputs that start classic IPython prompt syntax."""
 
     if not line or line.isspace():
         return line
     #print 'LINE:  %r' % line # dbg
     m = _ipy_prompt_re.match(line)
     if m:
         #print 'MATCH! %r -> %r' % (line, line[len(m.group(0)):]) # dbg
         return line[len(m.group(0)):]
     else:
         return line
 
 
 class EscapedTransformer(object):
     """Class to transform lines that are explicitly escaped out."""
 
     def __init__(self):
         tr = { ESC_SHELL  : self._tr_system,
                ESC_SH_CAP : self._tr_system2,
                ESC_HELP   : self._tr_help,
                ESC_HELP2  : self._tr_help,
                ESC_MAGIC  : self._tr_magic,
                ESC_QUOTE  : self._tr_quote,
                ESC_QUOTE2 : self._tr_quote2,
                ESC_PAREN  : self._tr_paren }
         self.tr = tr
         
     # Support for syntax transformations that use explicit escapes typed by the
     # user at the beginning of a line
     @staticmethod
     def _tr_system(line_info):
         "Translate lines escaped with: !"
         cmd = line_info.line.lstrip().lstrip(ESC_SHELL)
         return '%sget_ipython().system(%s)' % (line_info.lspace,
                                                make_quoted_expr(cmd))
 
     @staticmethod
     def _tr_system2(line_info):
         "Translate lines escaped with: !!"
         cmd = line_info.line.lstrip()[2:]
         return '%sget_ipython().getoutput(%s)' % (line_info.lspace,
                                                   make_quoted_expr(cmd))
 
     @staticmethod
     def _tr_help(line_info):
         "Translate lines escaped with: ?/??"
         # A naked help line should just fire the intro help screen
         if not line_info.line[1:]:
             return 'get_ipython().show_usage()'
 
         # There may be one or two '?' at the end, move them to the front so that
         # the rest of the logic can assume escapes are at the start
         line = line_info.line
         if line.endswith('?'):
             line = line[-1] + line[:-1]
         if line.endswith('?'):
             line = line[-1] + line[:-1]
         line_info = LineInfo(line)
 
         # From here on, simply choose which level of detail to get.
         if line_info.esc == '?':
             pinfo = 'pinfo'
         elif line_info.esc == '??':
             pinfo = 'pinfo2'
 
         tpl = '%sget_ipython().magic("%s %s")'
         return tpl % (line_info.lspace, pinfo,
                       ' '.join([line_info.fpart, line_info.rest]).strip())
 
     @staticmethod
     def _tr_magic(line_info):
         "Translate lines escaped with: %"
         tpl = '%sget_ipython().magic(%s)'
         cmd = make_quoted_expr(' '.join([line_info.fpart,
                                          line_info.rest]).strip())
         return tpl % (line_info.lspace, cmd)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _tr_quote(line_info):
         "Translate lines escaped with: ,"
         return '%s%s("%s")' % (line_info.lspace, line_info.fpart,
                              '", "'.join(line_info.rest.split()) )
 
     @staticmethod
     def _tr_quote2(line_info):
         "Translate lines escaped with: ;"
         return '%s%s("%s")' % (line_info.lspace, line_info.fpart,
                                line_info.rest)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _tr_paren(line_info):
         "Translate lines escaped with: /"
         return '%s%s(%s)' % (line_info.lspace, line_info.fpart,
                              ", ".join(line_info.rest.split()))
 
     def __call__(self, line):
         """Class to transform lines that are explicitly escaped out.
 
         This calls the above _tr_* static methods for the actual line
         translations."""
 
         # Empty lines just get returned unmodified
         if not line or line.isspace():
             return line
 
         # Get line endpoints, where the escapes can be
         line_info = LineInfo(line)
 
         # If the escape is not at the start, only '?' needs to be special-cased.
         # All other escapes are only valid at the start
         if not line_info.esc in self.tr:
             if line.endswith(ESC_HELP):
                 return self._tr_help(line_info)
             else:
                 # If we don't recognize the escape, don't modify the line
                 return line
 
         return self.tr[line_info.esc](line_info)
 
 
 # A function-looking object to be used by the rest of the code.  The purpose of
 # the class in this case is to organize related functionality, more than to
 # manage state.
 transform_escaped = EscapedTransformer()
 
 
 class IPythonInputSplitter(InputSplitter):
     """An input splitter that recognizes all of IPython's special syntax."""
 
     def push(self, lines):
         """Push one or more lines of IPython input.
         """
         if not lines:
             return super(IPythonInputSplitter, self).push(lines)
 
         lines_list = lines.splitlines()
 
         transforms = [transform_escaped, transform_assign_system,
                       transform_assign_magic, transform_ipy_prompt,
                       transform_classic_prompt]
 
         # Transform logic
         #
         # We only apply the line transformers to the input if we have either no
         # input yet, or complete input, or if the last line of the buffer ends
         # with ':' (opening an indented block).  This prevents the accidental
         # transformation of escapes inside multiline expressions like
         # triple-quoted strings or parenthesized expressions.
         #
         # The last heuristic, while ugly, ensures that the first line of an
         # indented block is correctly transformed.
         #
         # FIXME: try to find a cleaner approach for this last bit.
 
         # If we were in 'block' mode, since we're going to pump the parent
         # class by hand line by line, we need to temporarily switch out to
         # 'line' mode, do a single manual reset and then feed the lines one
         # by one.  Note that this only matters if the input has more than one
         # line.
         changed_input_mode = False
         
         if len(lines_list)>1 and self.input_mode == 'block':
             self.reset()
             changed_input_mode = True
             saved_input_mode = 'block'
             self.input_mode = 'line'
 
         try:
             push = super(IPythonInputSplitter, self).push
             for line in lines_list:
                 if self._is_complete or not self._buffer or \
                    (self._buffer and self._buffer[-1].rstrip().endswith(':')):
                     for f in transforms:
                         line = f(line)
 
                 out = push(line)
         finally:
             if changed_input_mode:
                 self.input_mode = saved_input_mode
         
         return out

IPython/core/interactiveshell.py

@@ -1,2497 +1,2523 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 exceptions
 import new
 import os
 import re
 import string
 import sys
 import tempfile
 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.display_trap import DisplayTrap
 from IPython.core.displayhook import DisplayHook
 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.inputlist import InputList
 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
+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(exceptions.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)
     exit_now = CBool(False)
     filename = Str("<ipython console>")
     ipython_dir= Unicode('', config=True) # Set to get_ipython_dir() in __init__
     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)
 
     # 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=0, 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')
 
     # 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()
 
         # 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
         self.init_shadow_hist()
 
         # 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_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)
 
     @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 = codeop.CommandCompiler()
 
         # User input buffer
         self.buffer = []
 
         # 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
 
         # Input splitter, to split entire cells of input into either individual
         # interactive statements or whole blocks.
         self.input_splitter = IPythonInputSplitter()
 
     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, logfname='ipython_log.py', logmode='rotate')
         # local shortcut, this is used a LOT
         self.log = self.logger.log
 
     def init_logstart(self):
         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_displayhook(self):
         # Initialize displayhook, set in/out prompts and printing system
         self.displayhook = self.displayhook_class(
             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.items():
                 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 = new.instancemethod(hook,self,self.__class__)
 
         # 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.
         self.ns_refs_table = [ user_ns, user_global_ns, 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.input_hist
         ns['_oh'] = self.output_hist
         ns['_dh'] = self.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.input_hist
         ns['Out'] = self.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.
         """
         for ns in self.ns_refs_table:
             ns.clear()
 
         self.alias_manager.clear_aliases()
 
         # Clear input and output histories
         self.input_hist[:] = []
         self.input_hist_raw[:] = []
         self.output_hist.clear()
 
         # Restore the user namespaces to minimal usability
         self.init_user_ns()
 
         # Restore the default and user 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, info=info)
         else:
             return oinspect.mk_object_info({'found' : False})
         
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Things related to history management
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_history(self):
         # List of input with multi-line handling.
         self.input_hist = InputList()
         # This one will hold the 'raw' input history, without any
         # pre-processing.  This will allow users to retrieve the input just as
         # it was exactly typed in by the user, with %hist -r.
         self.input_hist_raw = InputList()
 
         # list of visited directories
         try:
             self.dir_hist = [os.getcwd()]
         except OSError:
             self.dir_hist = []
 
         # dict of output history
         self.output_hist = {}
 
         # Now the history file
         if self.profile:
             histfname = 'history-%s' % self.profile
         else:
             histfname = 'history'
         self.histfile = os.path.join(self.ipython_dir, histfname)
 
         # Fill the history zero entry, user counter starts at 1
         self.input_hist.append('\n')
         self.input_hist_raw.append('\n')
 
     def init_shadow_hist(self):
         try:
             self.db = pickleshare.PickleShareDB(self.ipython_dir + "/db")
         except exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError:
             print "Your ipython_dir can't be decoded to unicode!"
             print "Please set HOME environment variable to something that"
             print r"only has ASCII characters, e.g. c:\home"
             print "Now it is", self.ipython_dir
             sys.exit()
         self.shadowhist = ipcorehist.ShadowHist(self.db)
 
     def savehist(self):
         """Save input history to a file (via readline library)."""
 
         try:
             self.readline.write_history_file(self.histfile)
         except:
             print 'Unable to save IPython command history to file: ' + \
                   `self.histfile`
 
     def reloadhist(self):
         """Reload the input history from disk file."""
 
         try:
             self.readline.clear_history()
             self.readline.read_history_file(self.shell.histfile)
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
     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.savehist()
             try:
                 func()
             finally:
                 readline.read_history_file(self.histfile)
         return wrapper
 
     def get_history(self, index=None, raw=False, output=True):
         """Get the history list.
 
         Get the input and output history.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         index : n or (n1, n2) or None
             If n, then the last entries. If a tuple, then all in
             range(n1, n2). If None, then all entries. Raises IndexError if
             the format of index is incorrect.
         raw : bool
             If True, return the raw input.
         output : bool
             If True, then return the output as well.
 
         Returns
         -------
         If output is True, then return a dict of tuples, keyed by the prompt
         numbers and with values of (input, output). If output is False, then
         a dict, keyed by the prompt number with the values of input. Raises
         IndexError if no history is found.
         """
         if raw:
             input_hist = self.input_hist_raw
         else:
             input_hist = self.input_hist
         if output:
             output_hist = self.user_ns['Out']
         n = len(input_hist)
         if index is None:
             start=0; stop=n
         elif isinstance(index, int):
             start=n-index; stop=n
         elif isinstance(index, tuple) and len(index) == 2:
             start=index[0]; stop=index[1]
         else:
             raise IndexError('Not a valid index for the input history: %r'
                              % index)
         hist = {}
         for i in range(start, stop):
             if output:
                 hist[i] = (input_hist[i], output_hist.get(i))
             else:
                 hist[i] = input_hist[i]
         if len(hist)==0:
             raise IndexError('No history for range of indices: %r' % index)
         return hist
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 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)
 
         # 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
         runcode() 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 new.instancemethod)
           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 = new.instancemethod(handler,self,self.__class__)
         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.savehist = no_op
             self.reloadhist = 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(string._idmap,
                                       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(1000)
             try:
                 #print '*** Reading readline history'  # dbg
                 readline.read_history_file(self.histfile)
             except IOError:
                 pass  # It doesn't exist yet.
 
             # If we have readline, we want our history saved upon ipython
             # exiting. 
             atexit.register(self.savehist)
 
         # 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.indent_current_nsp * ' '
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 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 = new.instancemethod(completer,self.Completer,
                                      self.Completer.__class__)
         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 = new.instancemethod(func,self, self.__class__)
         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."""
+        """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):
-        """Get output (possibly including stderr) from a subprocess."""
+    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 bacground 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.")
-        return getoutput(self.var_expand(cmd, depth=2))
+        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 get_user_variables(self, names):
         """Get a list of variable names from the user's namespace.
 
         The return value is a dict 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 eval_expressions(self, expressions):
         """Evaluate a dict of expressions in the user's namespace.
 
         The return value is a 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:
                     script = thefile.read()
                     # self.runlines currently captures all exceptions
                     # raise in user code.  It would be nice if there were
                     # versions of runlines, execfile that did raise, so
                     # we could catch the errors.
                     self.runlines(script, clean=True)
             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 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.
         - 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
         
         # Single-block input should behave like an interactive prompt
         if len(blocks) == 1:
             self.runlines(blocks[0])
             return
 
         # 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 runcode.
         # This seems like a reasonable usability design.
         last = blocks[-1]
         
         # Note: below, whenever we call runcode, we must sync history
         # ourselves, because runcode is NOT meant to manage history at all.
         if len(last.splitlines()) < 2:
             # Get the main body to run as a cell
             body = ''.join(blocks[:-1])
             self.input_hist.append(body)
             self.input_hist_raw.append(body)
             self.runcode(body, post_execute=False)
             # And the last expression via runlines so it produces output
             self.runlines(last)
         else:
             # Run the whole cell as one entity
             self.input_hist.append(cell)
             self.input_hist_raw.append(cell)
             self.runcode(cell)
 
     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.resetbuffer()
         lines = lines.splitlines()
         more = 0
         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:
                     # push to raw history, so hist line numbers stay in sync
                     self.input_hist_raw.append(line + '\n')
                     prefiltered = self.prefilter_manager.prefilter_lines(line,
                                                                          more)
                     more = self.push_line(prefiltered)
                     # IPython's runsource 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
                 else:
                     self.input_hist_raw.append("\n")
             # 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 runsource(self, source, filename='<input>', symbol='single'):
         """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.runcode() (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."""
 
         # if the source code has leading blanks, add 'if 1:\n' to it
         # this allows execution of indented pasted code. It is tempting
         # to add '\n' at the end of source to run commands like ' a=1'
         # directly, but this fails for more complicated scenarios
         source=source.encode(self.stdin_encoding)
         if source[:1] in [' ', '\t']:
             source = 'if 1:\n%s' % source
 
         try:
             code = self.compile(source,filename,symbol)
         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.runcode(code) == 0:
             return False
         else:
             return None
 
     def runcode(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_runcode_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.resetbuffer()
             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
         
     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 runsource() 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 runsource()).
         """
 
         # 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
         for subline in line.splitlines():
             self._autoindent_update(subline)
         self.buffer.append(line)
         more = self.runsource('\n'.join(self.buffer), self.filename)
         if not more:
             self.resetbuffer()
         return more
 
     def resetbuffer(self):
         """Reset the input buffer."""
         self.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'
 
     def _autoindent_update(self,line):
         """Keep track of the indent level."""
 
         #debugx('line')
         #debugx('self.indent_current_nsp')
         if self.autoindent:
             if line:
                 inisp = num_ini_spaces(line)
                 if inisp < self.indent_current_nsp:
                     self.indent_current_nsp = inisp
 
                 if line[-1] == ':':
                     self.indent_current_nsp += 4
                 elif dedent_re.match(line):
                     self.indent_current_nsp -= 4
             else:
                 self.indent_current_nsp = 0
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 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):
         """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','ipython_edit_')
         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
 
         # 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/core/magic.py

@@ -1,3377 +1,3377 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <[e-mail]> and
 #  Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2009  The IPython Development Team
 
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import __builtin__
 import __future__
 import bdb
 import inspect
 import os
 import sys
 import shutil
 import re
 import time
 import textwrap
 import types
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 from getopt import getopt,GetoptError
 from pprint import pformat
 
 # cProfile was added in Python2.5
 try:
     import cProfile as profile
     import pstats
 except ImportError:
     # profile isn't bundled by default in Debian for license reasons
     try:
         import profile,pstats
     except ImportError:
         profile = pstats = None
 
 # print_function was added to __future__ in Python2.6, remove this when we drop
 # 2.5 compatibility
 if not hasattr(__future__,'CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION'):
     __future__.CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION = 65536
 
 import IPython
 from IPython.core import debugger, oinspect
 from IPython.core.error import TryNext
 from IPython.core.error import UsageError
 from IPython.core.fakemodule import FakeModule
 from IPython.core.macro import Macro
 from IPython.core import page
 from IPython.core.prefilter import ESC_MAGIC
 from IPython.lib.pylabtools import mpl_runner
 from IPython.external.Itpl import itpl, printpl
 from IPython.testing import decorators as testdec
 from IPython.utils.io import file_read, nlprint
 import IPython.utils.io
 from IPython.utils.path import get_py_filename
 from IPython.utils.process import arg_split, abbrev_cwd
 from IPython.utils.terminal import set_term_title
 from IPython.utils.text import LSString, SList, StringTypes, format_screen
 from IPython.utils.timing import clock, clock2
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn, error
 from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
 import IPython.utils.generics
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utility functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def on_off(tag):
     """Return an ON/OFF string for a 1/0 input. Simple utility function."""
     return ['OFF','ON'][tag]
 
 class Bunch: pass
 
 def compress_dhist(dh):
     head, tail = dh[:-10], dh[-10:]
 
     newhead = []
     done = set()
     for h in head:
         if h in done:
             continue
         newhead.append(h)
         done.add(h)
 
     return newhead + tail        
 
 
 #***************************************************************************
 # Main class implementing Magic functionality
 
 # XXX - for some odd reason, if Magic is made a new-style class, we get errors
 # on construction of the main InteractiveShell object.  Something odd is going
 # on with super() calls, Configurable and the MRO... For now leave it as-is, but
 # eventually this needs to be clarified.
 # BG: This is because InteractiveShell inherits from this, but is itself a 
 # Configurable. This messes up the MRO in some way. The fix is that we need to
 # make Magic a configurable that InteractiveShell does not subclass.
 
 class Magic:
     """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 
     Shell functions which can be reached as %function_name. All magic
     functions should accept a string, which they can parse for their own
     needs. This can make some functions easier to type, eg `%cd ../`
     vs. `%cd("../")`
 
     ALL definitions MUST begin with the prefix magic_. The user won't need it
     at the command line, but it is is needed in the definition. """
 
     # class globals
     auto_status = ['Automagic is OFF, % prefix IS needed for magic functions.',
                    'Automagic is ON, % prefix NOT needed for magic functions.']
 
     #......................................................................
     # some utility functions
 
     def __init__(self,shell):
         
         self.options_table = {}
         if profile is None:
             self.magic_prun = self.profile_missing_notice
         self.shell = shell
 
         # namespace for holding state we may need
         self._magic_state = Bunch()
 
     def profile_missing_notice(self, *args, **kwargs):
         error("""\
 The profile module could not be found. It has been removed from the standard
 python packages because of its non-free license. To use profiling, install the
 python-profiler package from non-free.""")
 
     def default_option(self,fn,optstr):
         """Make an entry in the options_table for fn, with value optstr"""
 
         if fn not in self.lsmagic():
             error("%s is not a magic function" % fn)
         self.options_table[fn] = optstr
 
     def lsmagic(self):
         """Return a list of currently available magic functions.
 
         Gives a list of the bare names after mangling (['ls','cd', ...], not
         ['magic_ls','magic_cd',...]"""
 
         # FIXME. This needs a cleanup, in the way the magics list is built.
         
         # magics in class definition
         class_magic = lambda fn: fn.startswith('magic_') and \
                       callable(Magic.__dict__[fn])
         # in instance namespace (run-time user additions)
         inst_magic =  lambda fn: fn.startswith('magic_') and \
                      callable(self.__dict__[fn])
         # and bound magics by user (so they can access self):
         inst_bound_magic =  lambda fn: fn.startswith('magic_') and \
                            callable(self.__class__.__dict__[fn])
         magics = filter(class_magic,Magic.__dict__.keys()) + \
                  filter(inst_magic,self.__dict__.keys()) + \
                  filter(inst_bound_magic,self.__class__.__dict__.keys())
         out = []
         for fn in set(magics):
             out.append(fn.replace('magic_','',1))
         out.sort()
         return out
     
     def extract_input_slices(self,slices,raw=False):
         """Return as a string a set of input history slices.
 
         Inputs:
 
           - slices: the set of slices is given as a list of strings (like
           ['1','4:8','9'], since this function is for use by magic functions
           which get their arguments as strings.
 
         Optional inputs:
 
           - raw(False): by default, the processed input is used.  If this is
           true, the raw input history is used instead.
 
         Note that slices can be called with two notations:
 
         N:M -> standard python form, means including items N...(M-1).
 
         N-M -> include items N..M (closed endpoint)."""
 
         if raw:
             hist = self.shell.input_hist_raw
         else:
             hist = self.shell.input_hist
 
         cmds = []
         for chunk in slices:
             if ':' in chunk:
                 ini,fin = map(int,chunk.split(':'))
             elif '-' in chunk:
                 ini,fin = map(int,chunk.split('-'))
                 fin += 1
             else:
                 ini = int(chunk)
                 fin = ini+1
             cmds.append(hist[ini:fin])
         return cmds
             
     def arg_err(self,func):
         """Print docstring if incorrect arguments were passed"""
         print 'Error in arguments:'
         print oinspect.getdoc(func)
 
     def format_latex(self,strng):
         """Format a string for latex inclusion."""
 
         # Characters that need to be escaped for latex:
         escape_re = re.compile(r'(%|_|\$|#|&)',re.MULTILINE)
         # Magic command names as headers:
         cmd_name_re = re.compile(r'^(%s.*?):' % ESC_MAGIC,
                                  re.MULTILINE)
         # Magic commands 
         cmd_re = re.compile(r'(?P<cmd>%s.+?\b)(?!\}\}:)' % ESC_MAGIC,
                             re.MULTILINE)
         # Paragraph continue
         par_re = re.compile(r'\\$',re.MULTILINE)
 
         # The "\n" symbol
         newline_re = re.compile(r'\\n')
 
         # Now build the string for output:
         #strng = cmd_name_re.sub(r'\n\\texttt{\\textsl{\\large \1}}:',strng)
         strng = cmd_name_re.sub(r'\n\\bigskip\n\\texttt{\\textbf{ \1}}:',
                                 strng)
         strng = cmd_re.sub(r'\\texttt{\g<cmd>}',strng)
         strng = par_re.sub(r'\\\\',strng)
         strng = escape_re.sub(r'\\\1',strng)
         strng = newline_re.sub(r'\\textbackslash{}n',strng)
         return strng
 
     def parse_options(self,arg_str,opt_str,*long_opts,**kw):
         """Parse options passed to an argument string.
 
         The interface is similar to that of getopt(), but it returns back a
         Struct with the options as keys and the stripped argument string still
         as a string.
 
         arg_str is quoted as a true sys.argv vector by using shlex.split.
         This allows us to easily expand variables, glob files, quote
         arguments, etc.
 
         Options:
           -mode: default 'string'. If given as 'list', the argument string is
           returned as a list (split on whitespace) instead of a string.
 
           -list_all: put all option values in lists. Normally only options
           appearing more than once are put in a list.
 
           -posix (True): whether to split the input line in POSIX mode or not,
           as per the conventions outlined in the shlex module from the
           standard library."""
  
         # inject default options at the beginning of the input line
         caller = sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name.replace('magic_','')
         arg_str = '%s %s' % (self.options_table.get(caller,''),arg_str)
         
         mode = kw.get('mode','string')
         if mode not in ['string','list']:
             raise ValueError,'incorrect mode given: %s' % mode
         # Get options
         list_all = kw.get('list_all',0)
         posix = kw.get('posix', os.name == 'posix')
 
         # Check if we have more than one argument to warrant extra processing:
         odict = {}  # Dictionary with options
         args = arg_str.split()
         if len(args) >= 1:
             # If the list of inputs only has 0 or 1 thing in it, there's no
             # need to look for options
             argv = arg_split(arg_str,posix)
             # Do regular option processing
             try:
                 opts,args = getopt(argv,opt_str,*long_opts)
             except GetoptError,e:
                 raise UsageError('%s ( allowed: "%s" %s)' % (e.msg,opt_str, 
                                         " ".join(long_opts)))
             for o,a in opts:
                 if o.startswith('--'):
                     o = o[2:]
                 else:
                     o = o[1:]
                 try:
                     odict[o].append(a)
                 except AttributeError:
                     odict[o] = [odict[o],a]
                 except KeyError:
                     if list_all:
                         odict[o] = [a]
                     else:
                         odict[o] = a
 
         # Prepare opts,args for return
         opts = Struct(odict)
         if mode == 'string':
             args = ' '.join(args)
 
         return opts,args
     
     #......................................................................
     # And now the actual magic functions
 
     # Functions for IPython shell work (vars,funcs, config, etc)
     def magic_lsmagic(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """List currently available magic functions."""
         mesc = ESC_MAGIC
         print 'Available magic functions:\n'+mesc+\
               ('  '+mesc).join(self.lsmagic())
         print '\n' + Magic.auto_status[self.shell.automagic]
         return None
         
     def magic_magic(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Print information about the magic function system.
         
         Supported formats: -latex, -brief, -rest        
         """
 
         mode = ''
         try:
             if parameter_s.split()[0] == '-latex':
                 mode = 'latex'
             if parameter_s.split()[0] == '-brief':
                 mode = 'brief'
             if parameter_s.split()[0] == '-rest':
                 mode = 'rest'
                 rest_docs = []
         except:
             pass
 
         magic_docs = []
         for fname in self.lsmagic():
             mname = 'magic_' + fname
             for space in (Magic,self,self.__class__):
                 try:
                     fn = space.__dict__[mname]
                 except KeyError:
                     pass
                 else:
                     break
             if mode == 'brief':
                 # only first line
                 if fn.__doc__:                    
                     fndoc = fn.__doc__.split('\n',1)[0]
                 else:
                     fndoc = 'No documentation'
             else:
                 if fn.__doc__:
                     fndoc = fn.__doc__.rstrip()       
                 else:
                     fndoc = 'No documentation'
                 
                 
             if mode == 'rest':
                 rest_docs.append('**%s%s**::\n\n\t%s\n\n' %(ESC_MAGIC,
                                                     fname,fndoc))
                 
             else:
                 magic_docs.append('%s%s:\n\t%s\n' %(ESC_MAGIC,
                                                     fname,fndoc))
                 
         magic_docs = ''.join(magic_docs)
 
         if mode == 'rest':
             return "".join(rest_docs)
         
         if mode == 'latex':
             print self.format_latex(magic_docs)
             return
         else:
             magic_docs = format_screen(magic_docs)
         if mode == 'brief':
             return magic_docs
         
         outmsg = """
 IPython's 'magic' functions
 ===========================
 
 The magic function system provides a series of functions which allow you to
 control the behavior of IPython itself, plus a lot of system-type
 features. All these functions are prefixed with a % character, but parameters
 are given without parentheses or quotes.
 
 NOTE: If you have 'automagic' enabled (via the command line option or with the
 %automagic function), you don't need to type in the % explicitly.  By default,
 IPython ships with automagic on, so you should only rarely need the % escape.
 
 Example: typing '%cd mydir' (without the quotes) changes you working directory
 to 'mydir', if it exists.
 
 You can define your own magic functions to extend the system. See the supplied
 ipythonrc and example-magic.py files for details (in your ipython
 configuration directory, typically $HOME/.ipython/).
 
 You can also define your own aliased names for magic functions. In your
 ipythonrc file, placing a line like:
 
   execute __IPYTHON__.magic_pf = __IPYTHON__.magic_profile
 
 will define %pf as a new name for %profile.
 
 You can also call magics in code using the magic() function, which IPython
 automatically adds to the builtin namespace.  Type 'magic?' for details.
 
 For a list of the available magic functions, use %lsmagic. For a description
 of any of them, type %magic_name?, e.g. '%cd?'.
 
 Currently the magic system has the following functions:\n"""
 
         mesc = ESC_MAGIC
         outmsg = ("%s\n%s\n\nSummary of magic functions (from %slsmagic):"
                   "\n\n%s%s\n\n%s" % (outmsg,
                                      magic_docs,mesc,mesc,
                                      ('  '+mesc).join(self.lsmagic()),
                                      Magic.auto_status[self.shell.automagic] ) )
         page.page(outmsg)
 
     def magic_automagic(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Make magic functions callable without having to type the initial %.
 
         Without argumentsl toggles on/off (when off, you must call it as
         %automagic, of course).  With arguments it sets the value, and you can
         use any of (case insensitive):
 
          - on,1,True: to activate
 
          - off,0,False: to deactivate.
 
         Note that magic functions have lowest priority, so if there's a
         variable whose name collides with that of a magic fn, automagic won't
         work for that function (you get the variable instead). However, if you
         delete the variable (del var), the previously shadowed magic function
         becomes visible to automagic again."""
 
         arg = parameter_s.lower()
         if parameter_s in ('on','1','true'):
             self.shell.automagic = True
         elif parameter_s in ('off','0','false'):
             self.shell.automagic = False
         else:
             self.shell.automagic = not self.shell.automagic
         print '\n' + Magic.auto_status[self.shell.automagic]
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_autocall(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Make functions callable without having to type parentheses.
 
         Usage:
 
            %autocall [mode]
 
         The mode can be one of: 0->Off, 1->Smart, 2->Full.  If not given, the
         value is toggled on and off (remembering the previous state).
 
         In more detail, these values mean:
 
         0 -> fully disabled
 
         1 -> active, but do not apply if there are no arguments on the line.
 
         In this mode, you get:
 
         In [1]: callable
         Out[1]: <built-in function callable>
 
         In [2]: callable 'hello'
         ------> callable('hello')
         Out[2]: False
 
         2 -> Active always.  Even if no arguments are present, the callable
         object is called:
 
         In [2]: float
         ------> float()
         Out[2]: 0.0
 
         Note that even with autocall off, you can still use '/' at the start of
         a line to treat the first argument on the command line as a function
         and add parentheses to it:
 
         In [8]: /str 43
         ------> str(43)
         Out[8]: '43'
 
         # all-random (note for auto-testing)
         """
 
         if parameter_s:
             arg = int(parameter_s)
         else:
             arg = 'toggle'
 
         if not arg in (0,1,2,'toggle'):
             error('Valid modes: (0->Off, 1->Smart, 2->Full')
             return
 
         if arg in (0,1,2):
             self.shell.autocall = arg
         else: # toggle
             if self.shell.autocall:
                 self._magic_state.autocall_save = self.shell.autocall
                 self.shell.autocall = 0
             else:
                 try:
                     self.shell.autocall = self._magic_state.autocall_save
                 except AttributeError:
                     self.shell.autocall = self._magic_state.autocall_save = 1
 
         print "Automatic calling is:",['OFF','Smart','Full'][self.shell.autocall]
 
 
     def magic_page(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Pretty print the object and display it through a pager.
         
         %page [options] OBJECT
 
         If no object is given, use _ (last output).
         
         Options:
 
           -r: page str(object), don't pretty-print it."""
 
         # After a function contributed by Olivier Aubert, slightly modified.
 
         # Process options/args
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'r')
         raw = 'r' in opts
 
         oname = args and args or '_'
         info = self._ofind(oname)
         if info['found']:
             txt = (raw and str or pformat)( info['obj'] )
             page.page(txt)
         else:
             print 'Object `%s` not found' % oname
 
     def magic_profile(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print your currently active IPython profile."""
         if self.shell.profile:
             printpl('Current IPython profile: $self.shell.profile.')
         else:
             print 'No profile active.'
 
     def magic_pinfo(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Provide detailed information about an object.
     
         '%pinfo object' is just a synonym for object? or ?object."""
     
         #print 'pinfo par: <%s>' % parameter_s  # dbg
     
         
         # detail_level: 0 -> obj? , 1 -> obj??
         detail_level = 0
         # We need to detect if we got called as 'pinfo pinfo foo', which can
         # happen if the user types 'pinfo foo?' at the cmd line.
         pinfo,qmark1,oname,qmark2 = \
                re.match('(pinfo )?(\?*)(.*?)(\??$)',parameter_s).groups()
         if pinfo or qmark1 or qmark2:
             detail_level = 1
         if "*" in oname:
             self.magic_psearch(oname)
         else:
             self.shell._inspect('pinfo', oname, detail_level=detail_level,
                                 namespaces=namespaces)
 
     def magic_pinfo2(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Provide extra detailed information about an object.
     
         '%pinfo2 object' is just a synonym for object?? or ??object."""
         print 'pinfo2 par: <%s>' % parameter_s  # dbg
         self.shell._inspect('pinfo', parameter_s, detail_level=1,
                             namespaces=namespaces)
 
     def magic_pdef(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Print the definition header for any callable object.
 
         If the object is a class, print the constructor information."""
         self._inspect('pdef',parameter_s, namespaces)
 
     def magic_pdoc(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Print the docstring for an object.
 
         If the given object is a class, it will print both the class and the
         constructor docstrings."""
         self._inspect('pdoc',parameter_s, namespaces)
 
     def magic_psource(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Print (or run through pager) the source code for an object."""
         self._inspect('psource',parameter_s, namespaces)
 
     def magic_pfile(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print (or run through pager) the file where an object is defined.
 
         The file opens at the line where the object definition begins. IPython
         will honor the environment variable PAGER if set, and otherwise will
         do its best to print the file in a convenient form.
 
         If the given argument is not an object currently defined, IPython will
         try to interpret it as a filename (automatically adding a .py extension
         if needed). You can thus use %pfile as a syntax highlighting code
         viewer."""
 
         # first interpret argument as an object name
         out = self._inspect('pfile',parameter_s)
         # if not, try the input as a filename
         if out == 'not found':
             try:
                 filename = get_py_filename(parameter_s)
             except IOError,msg:
                 print msg
                 return
             page.page(self.shell.inspector.format(file(filename).read()))
 
     def magic_psearch(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Search for object in namespaces by wildcard.
 
         %psearch [options] PATTERN [OBJECT TYPE]
 
         Note: ? can be used as a synonym for %psearch, at the beginning or at
         the end: both a*? and ?a* are equivalent to '%psearch a*'.  Still, the
         rest of the command line must be unchanged (options come first), so
         for example the following forms are equivalent
 
         %psearch -i a* function
         -i a* function?
         ?-i a* function
 
         Arguments:
         
           PATTERN
 
           where PATTERN is a string containing * as a wildcard similar to its
           use in a shell.  The pattern is matched in all namespaces on the
           search path. By default objects starting with a single _ are not
           matched, many IPython generated objects have a single
           underscore. The default is case insensitive matching. Matching is
           also done on the attributes of objects and not only on the objects
           in a module.
 
           [OBJECT TYPE]
 
           Is the name of a python type from the types module. The name is
           given in lowercase without the ending type, ex. StringType is
           written string. By adding a type here only objects matching the
           given type are matched. Using all here makes the pattern match all
           types (this is the default).
 
         Options:
 
           -a: makes the pattern match even objects whose names start with a
           single underscore.  These names are normally ommitted from the
           search.
 
           -i/-c: make the pattern case insensitive/sensitive.  If neither of
           these options is given, the default is read from your ipythonrc
           file.  The option name which sets this value is
           'wildcards_case_sensitive'.  If this option is not specified in your
           ipythonrc file, IPython's internal default is to do a case sensitive
           search.
 
           -e/-s NAMESPACE: exclude/search a given namespace.  The pattern you
           specifiy can be searched in any of the following namespaces:
           'builtin', 'user', 'user_global','internal', 'alias', where
           'builtin' and 'user' are the search defaults.  Note that you should
           not use quotes when specifying namespaces.
 
           'Builtin' contains the python module builtin, 'user' contains all
           user data, 'alias' only contain the shell aliases and no python
           objects, 'internal' contains objects used by IPython.  The
           'user_global' namespace is only used by embedded IPython instances,
           and it contains module-level globals.  You can add namespaces to the
           search with -s or exclude them with -e (these options can be given
           more than once).
     
         Examples:
        
         %psearch a*            -> objects beginning with an a
         %psearch -e builtin a* -> objects NOT in the builtin space starting in a
         %psearch a* function   -> all functions beginning with an a
         %psearch re.e*         -> objects beginning with an e in module re
         %psearch r*.e*         -> objects that start with e in modules starting in r
         %psearch r*.* string   -> all strings in modules beginning with r
 
         Case sensitve search:
        
         %psearch -c a*         list all object beginning with lower case a
 
         Show objects beginning with a single _:
        
         %psearch -a _*         list objects beginning with a single underscore"""
         try:
             parameter_s = parameter_s.encode('ascii')
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             print 'Python identifiers can only contain ascii characters.'
             return
 
         # default namespaces to be searched
         def_search = ['user','builtin']
 
         # Process options/args
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'cias:e:',list_all=True)
         opt = opts.get
         shell = self.shell
         psearch = shell.inspector.psearch
 
         # select case options
         if opts.has_key('i'):
             ignore_case = True
         elif opts.has_key('c'):
             ignore_case = False
         else:
             ignore_case = not shell.wildcards_case_sensitive
 
         # Build list of namespaces to search from user options
         def_search.extend(opt('s',[]))
         ns_exclude = ns_exclude=opt('e',[])
         ns_search = [nm for nm in def_search if nm not in ns_exclude]
         
         # Call the actual search
         try:
             psearch(args,shell.ns_table,ns_search,
                     show_all=opt('a'),ignore_case=ignore_case)
         except:
             shell.showtraceback()
         
     def magic_who_ls(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Return a sorted list of all interactive variables.
 
         If arguments are given, only variables of types matching these
         arguments are returned."""
 
         user_ns = self.shell.user_ns
         internal_ns = self.shell.internal_ns
         user_ns_hidden = self.shell.user_ns_hidden
         out = [ i for i in user_ns
                 if not i.startswith('_') \
                 and not (i in internal_ns or i in user_ns_hidden) ]
 
         typelist = parameter_s.split()
         if typelist:
             typeset = set(typelist)
             out = [i for i in out if type(i).__name__ in typeset]
 
         out.sort()
         return out
         
     def magic_who(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print all interactive variables, with some minimal formatting.
 
         If any arguments are given, only variables whose type matches one of
         these are printed.  For example:
 
           %who function str
 
         will only list functions and strings, excluding all other types of
         variables.  To find the proper type names, simply use type(var) at a
         command line to see how python prints type names.  For example:
 
           In [1]: type('hello')\\
           Out[1]: <type 'str'>
 
         indicates that the type name for strings is 'str'.
 
         %who always excludes executed names loaded through your configuration
         file and things which are internal to IPython.
 
         This is deliberate, as typically you may load many modules and the
         purpose of %who is to show you only what you've manually defined."""
 
         varlist = self.magic_who_ls(parameter_s)
         if not varlist:
             if parameter_s:
                 print 'No variables match your requested type.'
             else:
                 print 'Interactive namespace is empty.'
             return
 
         # if we have variables, move on...
         count = 0
         for i in varlist:
             print i+'\t',
             count += 1
             if count > 8:
                 count = 0
                 print
         print
 
     def magic_whos(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Like %who, but gives some extra information about each variable.
 
         The same type filtering of %who can be applied here.
 
         For all variables, the type is printed. Additionally it prints:
         
           - For {},[],(): their length.
 
           - For numpy and Numeric arrays, a summary with shape, number of
           elements, typecode and size in memory.
 
           - Everything else: a string representation, snipping their middle if
           too long."""
         
         varnames = self.magic_who_ls(parameter_s)
         if not varnames:
             if parameter_s:
                 print 'No variables match your requested type.'
             else:
                 print 'Interactive namespace is empty.'
             return
 
         # if we have variables, move on...
 
         # for these types, show len() instead of data:
         seq_types = [types.DictType,types.ListType,types.TupleType]
 
         # for numpy/Numeric arrays, display summary info
         try:
             import numpy
         except ImportError:
             ndarray_type = None
         else:
             ndarray_type = numpy.ndarray.__name__
         try:
             import Numeric
         except ImportError:
             array_type = None
         else:
             array_type = Numeric.ArrayType.__name__
 
         # Find all variable names and types so we can figure out column sizes
         def get_vars(i):
             return self.shell.user_ns[i]
         
         # some types are well known and can be shorter
         abbrevs = {'IPython.core.macro.Macro' : 'Macro'}
         def type_name(v):
             tn = type(v).__name__
             return abbrevs.get(tn,tn)
             
         varlist = map(get_vars,varnames)
 
         typelist = []
         for vv in varlist:
             tt = type_name(vv)
 
             if tt=='instance':
                 typelist.append( abbrevs.get(str(vv.__class__),
                                              str(vv.__class__)))
             else:
                 typelist.append(tt)
 
         # column labels and # of spaces as separator
         varlabel = 'Variable'
         typelabel = 'Type'
         datalabel = 'Data/Info'
         colsep = 3
         # variable format strings
         vformat    = "$vname.ljust(varwidth)$vtype.ljust(typewidth)"
         vfmt_short = '$vstr[:25]<...>$vstr[-25:]'
         aformat    = "%s: %s elems, type `%s`, %s bytes"
         # find the size of the columns to format the output nicely
         varwidth = max(max(map(len,varnames)), len(varlabel)) + colsep
         typewidth = max(max(map(len,typelist)), len(typelabel)) + colsep
         # table header
         print varlabel.ljust(varwidth) + typelabel.ljust(typewidth) + \
               ' '+datalabel+'\n' + '-'*(varwidth+typewidth+len(datalabel)+1)
         # and the table itself
         kb = 1024
         Mb = 1048576  # kb**2
         for vname,var,vtype in zip(varnames,varlist,typelist):
             print itpl(vformat),
             if vtype in seq_types:
                 print len(var)
             elif vtype in [array_type,ndarray_type]:
                 vshape = str(var.shape).replace(',','').replace(' ','x')[1:-1]
                 if vtype==ndarray_type:
                     # numpy
                     vsize  = var.size
                     vbytes = vsize*var.itemsize
                     vdtype = var.dtype
                 else:
                     # Numeric
                     vsize  = Numeric.size(var)
                     vbytes = vsize*var.itemsize()
                     vdtype = var.typecode()
                     
                 if vbytes < 100000:
                     print aformat % (vshape,vsize,vdtype,vbytes)
                 else:
                     print aformat % (vshape,vsize,vdtype,vbytes),
                     if vbytes < Mb:
                         print '(%s kb)' % (vbytes/kb,)
                     else:
                         print '(%s Mb)' % (vbytes/Mb,)
             else:
                 try:
                     vstr = str(var)
                 except UnicodeEncodeError:
                     vstr = unicode(var).encode(sys.getdefaultencoding(),
                                                'backslashreplace')
                 vstr = vstr.replace('\n','\\n')
                 if len(vstr) < 50:
                     print vstr
                 else:
                     printpl(vfmt_short)
                 
     def magic_reset(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Resets the namespace by removing all names defined by the user.
 
         Input/Output history are left around in case you need them.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
           -y : force reset without asking for confirmation.
 
         Examples
         --------
         In [6]: a = 1
 
         In [7]: a
         Out[7]: 1
 
         In [8]: 'a' in _ip.user_ns
         Out[8]: True
 
         In [9]: %reset -f
 
         In [10]: 'a' in _ip.user_ns
         Out[10]: False
         """
 
         if parameter_s == '-f':
             ans = True
         else:
             ans = self.shell.ask_yes_no(
                 "Once deleted, variables cannot be recovered. Proceed (y/[n])? ")
         if not ans:
             print 'Nothing done.'
             return
         user_ns = self.shell.user_ns
         for i in self.magic_who_ls():
             del(user_ns[i])
             
         # Also flush the private list of module references kept for script
         # execution protection
         self.shell.clear_main_mod_cache()
 
     def magic_reset_selective(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Resets the namespace by removing names defined by the user.
 
         Input/Output history are left around in case you need them.
 
         %reset_selective [-f] regex
 
         No action is taken if regex is not included
         
         Options
           -f : force reset without asking for confirmation.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         We first fully reset the namespace so your output looks identical to
         this example for pedagogical reasons; in practice you do not need a
         full reset.
         
         In [1]: %reset -f
 
         Now, with a clean namespace we can make a few variables and use
         %reset_selective to only delete names that match our regexp:
 
         In [2]: a=1; b=2; c=3; b1m=4; b2m=5; b3m=6; b4m=7; b2s=8
 
         In [3]: who_ls
         Out[3]: ['a', 'b', 'b1m', 'b2m', 'b2s', 'b3m', 'b4m', 'c']
 
         In [4]: %reset_selective -f b[2-3]m
 
         In [5]: who_ls
         Out[5]: ['a', 'b', 'b1m', 'b2s', 'b4m', 'c']
 
         In [6]: %reset_selective -f d
 
         In [7]: who_ls
         Out[7]: ['a', 'b', 'b1m', 'b2s', 'b4m', 'c']
 
         In [8]: %reset_selective -f c
 
         In [9]: who_ls
         Out[9]: ['a', 'b', 'b1m', 'b2s', 'b4m']
 
         In [10]: %reset_selective -f b
 
         In [11]: who_ls
         Out[11]: ['a']
         """
         
         opts, regex = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'f')
         
         if opts.has_key('f'):
             ans = True
         else:
             ans = self.shell.ask_yes_no(
                 "Once deleted, variables cannot be recovered. Proceed (y/[n])? ")
         if not ans:
             print 'Nothing done.'
             return
         user_ns = self.shell.user_ns
         if not regex:
             print 'No regex pattern specified. Nothing done.'
             return
         else:
             try:
                 m = re.compile(regex)
             except TypeError:
                 raise TypeError('regex must be a string or compiled pattern')
             for i in self.magic_who_ls():
                 if m.search(i): 
                     del(user_ns[i])        
         
     def magic_logstart(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Start logging anywhere in a session.
 
         %logstart [-o|-r|-t] [log_name [log_mode]]
 
         If no name is given, it defaults to a file named 'ipython_log.py' in your
         current directory, in 'rotate' mode (see below).
 
         '%logstart name' saves to file 'name' in 'backup' mode.  It saves your
         history up to that point and then continues logging.
 
         %logstart takes a second optional parameter: logging mode. This can be one
         of (note that the modes are given unquoted):\\
           append: well, that says it.\\
           backup: rename (if exists) to name~ and start name.\\
           global: single logfile in your home dir, appended to.\\
           over  : overwrite existing log.\\
           rotate: create rotating logs name.1~, name.2~, etc.
 
         Options:
 
           -o: log also IPython's output.  In this mode, all commands which
           generate an Out[NN] prompt are recorded to the logfile, right after
           their corresponding input line.  The output lines are always
           prepended with a '#[Out]# ' marker, so that the log remains valid
           Python code.
 
           Since this marker is always the same, filtering only the output from
           a log is very easy, using for example a simple awk call:
 
             awk -F'#\\[Out\\]# ' '{if($2) {print $2}}' ipython_log.py
 
           -r: log 'raw' input.  Normally, IPython's logs contain the processed
           input, so that user lines are logged in their final form, converted
           into valid Python.  For example, %Exit is logged as
           '_ip.magic("Exit").  If the -r flag is given, all input is logged
           exactly as typed, with no transformations applied.
 
           -t: put timestamps before each input line logged (these are put in
           comments)."""
         
         opts,par = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'ort')
         log_output = 'o' in opts
         log_raw_input = 'r' in opts
         timestamp = 't' in opts
 
         logger = self.shell.logger
 
         # if no args are given, the defaults set in the logger constructor by
         # ipytohn remain valid
         if par:
             try:
                 logfname,logmode = par.split()
             except:
                 logfname = par
                 logmode = 'backup'
         else:
             logfname = logger.logfname
             logmode = logger.logmode
         # put logfname into rc struct as if it had been called on the command
         # line, so it ends up saved in the log header Save it in case we need
         # to restore it...
         old_logfile = self.shell.logfile
         if logfname:
             logfname = os.path.expanduser(logfname)
         self.shell.logfile = logfname
 
         loghead = '# IPython log file\n\n'
         try:
             started  = logger.logstart(logfname,loghead,logmode,
                                        log_output,timestamp,log_raw_input)
         except:
             self.shell.logfile = old_logfile
             warn("Couldn't start log: %s" % sys.exc_info()[1])
         else:
             # log input history up to this point, optionally interleaving
             # output if requested
 
             if timestamp:
                 # disable timestamping for the previous history, since we've
                 # lost those already (no time machine here).
                 logger.timestamp = False
 
             if log_raw_input:
                 input_hist = self.shell.input_hist_raw
             else:
                 input_hist = self.shell.input_hist
                 
             if log_output:
                 log_write = logger.log_write
                 output_hist = self.shell.output_hist
                 for n in range(1,len(input_hist)-1):
                     log_write(input_hist[n].rstrip())
                     if n in output_hist:
                         log_write(repr(output_hist[n]),'output')
             else:
                 logger.log_write(input_hist[1:])
             if timestamp:
                 # re-enable timestamping
                 logger.timestamp = True
                 
             print ('Activating auto-logging. '
                    'Current session state plus future input saved.')
             logger.logstate()
 
     def magic_logstop(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Fully stop logging and close log file.
 
         In order to start logging again, a new %logstart call needs to be made,
         possibly (though not necessarily) with a new filename, mode and other
         options."""
         self.logger.logstop()
 
     def magic_logoff(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Temporarily stop logging.
 
         You must have previously started logging."""
         self.shell.logger.switch_log(0)
         
     def magic_logon(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Restart logging.
 
         This function is for restarting logging which you've temporarily
         stopped with %logoff. For starting logging for the first time, you
         must use the %logstart function, which allows you to specify an
         optional log filename."""
         
         self.shell.logger.switch_log(1)
     
     def magic_logstate(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Print the status of the logging system."""
 
         self.shell.logger.logstate()
         
     def magic_pdb(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Control the automatic calling of the pdb interactive debugger.
 
         Call as '%pdb on', '%pdb 1', '%pdb off' or '%pdb 0'. If called without
         argument it works as a toggle.
 
         When an exception is triggered, IPython can optionally call the
         interactive pdb debugger after the traceback printout. %pdb toggles
         this feature on and off.
 
         The initial state of this feature is set in your ipythonrc
         configuration file (the variable is called 'pdb').
 
         If you want to just activate the debugger AFTER an exception has fired,
         without having to type '%pdb on' and rerunning your code, you can use
         the %debug magic."""
 
         par = parameter_s.strip().lower()
 
         if par:
             try:
                 new_pdb = {'off':0,'0':0,'on':1,'1':1}[par]
             except KeyError:
                 print ('Incorrect argument. Use on/1, off/0, '
                        'or nothing for a toggle.')
                 return
         else:
             # toggle
             new_pdb = not self.shell.call_pdb
 
         # set on the shell
         self.shell.call_pdb = new_pdb
         print 'Automatic pdb calling has been turned',on_off(new_pdb)
 
     def magic_debug(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Activate the interactive debugger in post-mortem mode.
 
         If an exception has just occurred, this lets you inspect its stack
         frames interactively.  Note that this will always work only on the last
         traceback that occurred, so you must call this quickly after an
         exception that you wish to inspect has fired, because if another one
         occurs, it clobbers the previous one.
 
         If you want IPython to automatically do this on every exception, see
         the %pdb magic for more details.
         """
         self.shell.debugger(force=True)
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_prun(self, parameter_s ='',user_mode=1,
                    opts=None,arg_lst=None,prog_ns=None):
 
         """Run a statement through the python code profiler.
 
         Usage:
           %prun [options] statement
 
         The given statement (which doesn't require quote marks) is run via the
         python profiler in a manner similar to the profile.run() function.
         Namespaces are internally managed to work correctly; profile.run
         cannot be used in IPython because it makes certain assumptions about
         namespaces which do not hold under IPython.
 
         Options:
 
         -l <limit>: you can place restrictions on what or how much of the
         profile gets printed. The limit value can be:
 
           * A string: only information for function names containing this string
           is printed.
 
           * An integer: only these many lines are printed.
 
           * A float (between 0 and 1): this fraction of the report is printed
           (for example, use a limit of 0.4 to see the topmost 40% only).
 
         You can combine several limits with repeated use of the option. For
         example, '-l __init__ -l 5' will print only the topmost 5 lines of
         information about class constructors.
 
         -r: return the pstats.Stats object generated by the profiling. This
         object has all the information about the profile in it, and you can
         later use it for further analysis or in other functions.
 
        -s <key>: sort profile by given key. You can provide more than one key
         by using the option several times: '-s key1 -s key2 -s key3...'. The
         default sorting key is 'time'.
 
         The following is copied verbatim from the profile documentation
         referenced below:
 
         When more than one key is provided, additional keys are used as
         secondary criteria when the there is equality in all keys selected
         before them.
         
         Abbreviations can be used for any key names, as long as the
         abbreviation is unambiguous.  The following are the keys currently
         defined:
 
                 Valid Arg       Meaning
                   "calls"      call count
                   "cumulative" cumulative time
                   "file"       file name
                   "module"     file name
                   "pcalls"     primitive call count
                   "line"       line number
                   "name"       function name
                   "nfl"        name/file/line
                   "stdname"    standard name
                   "time"       internal time
 
         Note that all sorts on statistics are in descending order (placing
         most time consuming items first), where as name, file, and line number
         searches are in ascending order (i.e., alphabetical). The subtle
         distinction between "nfl" and "stdname" is that the standard name is a
         sort of the name as printed, which means that the embedded line
         numbers get compared in an odd way.  For example, lines 3, 20, and 40
         would (if the file names were the same) appear in the string order
         "20" "3" and "40".  In contrast, "nfl" does a numeric compare of the
         line numbers.  In fact, sort_stats("nfl") is the same as
         sort_stats("name", "file", "line").
 
         -T <filename>: save profile results as shown on screen to a text
         file. The profile is still shown on screen.
 
         -D <filename>: save (via dump_stats) profile statistics to given
         filename. This data is in a format understod by the pstats module, and
         is generated by a call to the dump_stats() method of profile
         objects. The profile is still shown on screen.
 
         If you want to run complete programs under the profiler's control, use
         '%run -p [prof_opts] filename.py [args to program]' where prof_opts
         contains profiler specific options as described here.
         
         You can read the complete documentation for the profile module with::
         
           In [1]: import profile; profile.help()
         """
 
         opts_def = Struct(D=[''],l=[],s=['time'],T=[''])
         # protect user quote marks
         parameter_s = parameter_s.replace('"',r'\"').replace("'",r"\'")
         
         if user_mode:  # regular user call
             opts,arg_str = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'D:l:rs:T:',
                                               list_all=1)
             namespace = self.shell.user_ns
         else:  # called to run a program by %run -p
             try:
                 filename = get_py_filename(arg_lst[0])
             except IOError,msg:
                 error(msg)
                 return
 
             arg_str = 'execfile(filename,prog_ns)'
             namespace = locals()
 
         opts.merge(opts_def)
         
         prof = profile.Profile()
         try:
             prof = prof.runctx(arg_str,namespace,namespace)
             sys_exit = ''
         except SystemExit:
             sys_exit = """*** SystemExit exception caught in code being profiled."""
 
         stats = pstats.Stats(prof).strip_dirs().sort_stats(*opts.s)
 
         lims = opts.l
         if lims:
             lims = []  # rebuild lims with ints/floats/strings
             for lim in opts.l:
                 try:
                     lims.append(int(lim))
                 except ValueError:
                     try:
                         lims.append(float(lim))
                     except ValueError:
                         lims.append(lim)
                     
         # Trap output.
         stdout_trap = StringIO()
 
         if hasattr(stats,'stream'):
             # In newer versions of python, the stats object has a 'stream'
             # attribute to write into.
             stats.stream = stdout_trap
             stats.print_stats(*lims)
         else:
             # For older versions, we manually redirect stdout during printing
             sys_stdout = sys.stdout
             try:
                 sys.stdout = stdout_trap
                 stats.print_stats(*lims)
             finally:
                 sys.stdout = sys_stdout
                 
         output = stdout_trap.getvalue()
         output = output.rstrip()
 
         page.page(output)
         print sys_exit,
 
         dump_file = opts.D[0]
         text_file = opts.T[0]
         if dump_file:
             prof.dump_stats(dump_file)
             print '\n*** Profile stats marshalled to file',\
                   `dump_file`+'.',sys_exit
         if text_file:
             pfile = file(text_file,'w')
             pfile.write(output)
             pfile.close()
             print '\n*** Profile printout saved to text file',\
                   `text_file`+'.',sys_exit
 
         if opts.has_key('r'):
             return stats
         else:
             return None
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_run(self, parameter_s ='',runner=None,
                   file_finder=get_py_filename):
         """Run the named file inside IPython as a program.
 
         Usage:\\
           %run [-n -i -t [-N<N>] -d [-b<N>] -p [profile options]] file [args]
         
         Parameters after the filename are passed as command-line arguments to
         the program (put in sys.argv). Then, control returns to IPython's
         prompt.
 
         This is similar to running at a system prompt:\\
           $ python file args\\
         but with the advantage of giving you IPython's tracebacks, and of
         loading all variables into your interactive namespace for further use
         (unless -p is used, see below).
 
         The file is executed in a namespace initially consisting only of
         __name__=='__main__' and sys.argv constructed as indicated. It thus
         sees its environment as if it were being run as a stand-alone program
         (except for sharing global objects such as previously imported
         modules). But after execution, the IPython interactive namespace gets
         updated with all variables defined in the program (except for __name__
         and sys.argv). This allows for very convenient loading of code for
         interactive work, while giving each program a 'clean sheet' to run in.
 
         Options:
         
         -n: __name__ is NOT set to '__main__', but to the running file's name
         without extension (as python does under import).  This allows running
         scripts and reloading the definitions in them without calling code
         protected by an ' if __name__ == "__main__" ' clause.
 
         -i: run the file in IPython's namespace instead of an empty one. This
         is useful if you are experimenting with code written in a text editor
         which depends on variables defined interactively.
 
         -e: ignore sys.exit() calls or SystemExit exceptions in the script
         being run.  This is particularly useful if IPython is being used to
         run unittests, which always exit with a sys.exit() call.  In such
         cases you are interested in the output of the test results, not in
         seeing a traceback of the unittest module.
 
         -t: print timing information at the end of the run.  IPython will give
         you an estimated CPU time consumption for your script, which under
         Unix uses the resource module to avoid the wraparound problems of
         time.clock().  Under Unix, an estimate of time spent on system tasks
         is also given (for Windows platforms this is reported as 0.0).
 
         If -t is given, an additional -N<N> option can be given, where <N>
         must be an integer indicating how many times you want the script to
         run.  The final timing report will include total and per run results.
 
         For example (testing the script uniq_stable.py):
 
             In [1]: run -t uniq_stable
 
             IPython CPU timings (estimated):\\
               User  :    0.19597 s.\\
               System:        0.0 s.\\
 
             In [2]: run -t -N5 uniq_stable
 
             IPython CPU timings (estimated):\\
             Total runs performed: 5\\
               Times :      Total       Per run\\
               User  :   0.910862 s,  0.1821724 s.\\
               System:        0.0 s,        0.0 s.
 
         -d: run your program under the control of pdb, the Python debugger.
         This allows you to execute your program step by step, watch variables,
         etc.  Internally, what IPython does is similar to calling:
         
           pdb.run('execfile("YOURFILENAME")')
 
         with a breakpoint set on line 1 of your file.  You can change the line
         number for this automatic breakpoint to be <N> by using the -bN option
         (where N must be an integer).  For example:
 
           %run -d -b40 myscript
 
         will set the first breakpoint at line 40 in myscript.py.  Note that
         the first breakpoint must be set on a line which actually does
         something (not a comment or docstring) for it to stop execution.
 
         When the pdb debugger starts, you will see a (Pdb) prompt.  You must
         first enter 'c' (without qoutes) to start execution up to the first
         breakpoint.
 
         Entering 'help' gives information about the use of the debugger.  You
         can easily see pdb's full documentation with "import pdb;pdb.help()"
         at a prompt.
 
         -p: run program under the control of the Python profiler module (which
         prints a detailed report of execution times, function calls, etc).
 
         You can pass other options after -p which affect the behavior of the
         profiler itself. See the docs for %prun for details.
 
         In this mode, the program's variables do NOT propagate back to the
         IPython interactive namespace (because they remain in the namespace
         where the profiler executes them).
 
         Internally this triggers a call to %prun, see its documentation for
         details on the options available specifically for profiling.
 
         There is one special usage for which the text above doesn't apply:
         if the filename ends with .ipy, the file is run as ipython script,
         just as if the commands were written on IPython prompt.
         """
 
         # get arguments and set sys.argv for program to be run.
         opts,arg_lst = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'nidtN:b:pD:l:rs:T:e',
                                           mode='list',list_all=1)
 
         try:
             filename = file_finder(arg_lst[0])
         except IndexError:
             warn('you must provide at least a filename.')
             print '\n%run:\n',oinspect.getdoc(self.magic_run)
             return
         except IOError,msg:
             error(msg)
             return
 
         if filename.lower().endswith('.ipy'):
             self.shell.safe_execfile_ipy(filename)
             return
         
         # Control the response to exit() calls made by the script being run
         exit_ignore = opts.has_key('e')
         
         # Make sure that the running script gets a proper sys.argv as if it
         # were run from a system shell.
         save_argv = sys.argv # save it for later restoring
         sys.argv = [filename]+ arg_lst[1:]  # put in the proper filename
 
         if opts.has_key('i'):
             # Run in user's interactive namespace
             prog_ns = self.shell.user_ns
             __name__save = self.shell.user_ns['__name__']
             prog_ns['__name__'] = '__main__'
             main_mod = self.shell.new_main_mod(prog_ns)
         else:
             # Run in a fresh, empty namespace
             if opts.has_key('n'):
                 name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]
             else:
                 name = '__main__'
 
             main_mod = self.shell.new_main_mod()
             prog_ns = main_mod.__dict__
             prog_ns['__name__'] = name
 
         # Since '%run foo' emulates 'python foo.py' at the cmd line, we must
         # set the __file__ global in the script's namespace
         prog_ns['__file__'] = filename
 
         # pickle fix.  See interactiveshell for an explanation.  But we need to make sure
         # that, if we overwrite __main__, we replace it at the end
         main_mod_name = prog_ns['__name__']
 
         if main_mod_name == '__main__':
             restore_main = sys.modules['__main__']
         else:
             restore_main = False
 
         # This needs to be undone at the end to prevent holding references to
         # every single object ever created.
         sys.modules[main_mod_name] = main_mod
         
         stats = None
         try:
             self.shell.savehist()
 
             if opts.has_key('p'):
                 stats = self.magic_prun('',0,opts,arg_lst,prog_ns)
             else:
                 if opts.has_key('d'):
                     deb = debugger.Pdb(self.shell.colors)
                     # reset Breakpoint state, which is moronically kept
                     # in a class
                     bdb.Breakpoint.next = 1
                     bdb.Breakpoint.bplist = {}
                     bdb.Breakpoint.bpbynumber = [None]
                     # Set an initial breakpoint to stop execution
                     maxtries = 10
                     bp = int(opts.get('b',[1])[0])
                     checkline = deb.checkline(filename,bp)
                     if not checkline:
                         for bp in range(bp+1,bp+maxtries+1):
                             if deb.checkline(filename,bp):
                                 break
                         else:
                             msg = ("\nI failed to find a valid line to set "
                                    "a breakpoint\n"
                                    "after trying up to line: %s.\n"
                                    "Please set a valid breakpoint manually "
                                    "with the -b option." % bp)
                             error(msg)
                             return
                     # if we find a good linenumber, set the breakpoint
                     deb.do_break('%s:%s' % (filename,bp))
                     # Start file run
                     print "NOTE: Enter 'c' at the",
                     print "%s prompt to start your script." % deb.prompt
                     try:
                         deb.run('execfile("%s")' % filename,prog_ns)
                         
                     except:
                         etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
                         # Skip three frames in the traceback: the %run one,
                         # one inside bdb.py, and the command-line typed by the
                         # user (run by exec in pdb itself).
                         self.shell.InteractiveTB(etype,value,tb,tb_offset=3)
                 else:
                     if runner is None:
                         runner = self.shell.safe_execfile
                     if opts.has_key('t'):
                         # timed execution
                         try:
                             nruns = int(opts['N'][0])
                             if nruns < 1:
                                 error('Number of runs must be >=1')
                                 return
                         except (KeyError):
                             nruns = 1
                         if nruns == 1:
                             t0 = clock2()
                             runner(filename,prog_ns,prog_ns,
                                    exit_ignore=exit_ignore)
                             t1 = clock2()
                             t_usr = t1[0]-t0[0]
                             t_sys = t1[1]-t0[1]
                             print "\nIPython CPU timings (estimated):"
                             print "  User  : %10s s." % t_usr
                             print "  System: %10s s." % t_sys
                         else:
                             runs = range(nruns)
                             t0 = clock2()
                             for nr in runs:
                                 runner(filename,prog_ns,prog_ns,
                                        exit_ignore=exit_ignore)
                             t1 = clock2()
                             t_usr = t1[0]-t0[0]
                             t_sys = t1[1]-t0[1]
                             print "\nIPython CPU timings (estimated):"
                             print "Total runs performed:",nruns
                             print "  Times : %10s    %10s" % ('Total','Per run')
                             print "  User  : %10s s, %10s s." % (t_usr,t_usr/nruns)
                             print "  System: %10s s, %10s s." % (t_sys,t_sys/nruns)
                             
                     else:
                         # regular execution
                         runner(filename,prog_ns,prog_ns,exit_ignore=exit_ignore)
 
                 if opts.has_key('i'):
                     self.shell.user_ns['__name__'] = __name__save
                 else:
                     # The shell MUST hold a reference to prog_ns so after %run
                     # exits, the python deletion mechanism doesn't zero it out
                     # (leaving dangling references).
                     self.shell.cache_main_mod(prog_ns,filename)
                     # update IPython interactive namespace
 
                     # Some forms of read errors on the file may mean the
                     # __name__ key was never set; using pop we don't have to
                     # worry about a possible KeyError.
                     prog_ns.pop('__name__', None)
 
                     self.shell.user_ns.update(prog_ns)
         finally:
             # It's a bit of a mystery why, but __builtins__ can change from
             # being a module to becoming a dict missing some key data after
             # %run.  As best I can see, this is NOT something IPython is doing
             # at all, and similar problems have been reported before:
             # http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Python/comp.lang.python/2004-10/0188.html
             # Since this seems to be done by the interpreter itself, the best
             # we can do is to at least restore __builtins__ for the user on
             # exit.
             self.shell.user_ns['__builtins__'] = __builtin__
             
             # Ensure key global structures are restored
             sys.argv = save_argv
             if restore_main:
                 sys.modules['__main__'] = restore_main
             else:
                 # Remove from sys.modules the reference to main_mod we'd
                 # added.  Otherwise it will trap references to objects
                 # contained therein.
                 del sys.modules[main_mod_name]
 
             self.shell.reloadhist()
                 
         return stats
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_timeit(self, parameter_s =''):
         """Time execution of a Python statement or expression
 
         Usage:\\
           %timeit [-n<N> -r<R> [-t|-c]] statement
 
         Time execution of a Python statement or expression using the timeit
         module.
 
         Options:
         -n<N>: execute the given statement <N> times in a loop. If this value
         is not given, a fitting value is chosen. 
         
         -r<R>: repeat the loop iteration <R> times and take the best result.
         Default: 3
         
         -t: use time.time to measure the time, which is the default on Unix.
         This function measures wall time.
         
         -c: use time.clock to measure the time, which is the default on
         Windows and measures wall time. On Unix, resource.getrusage is used
         instead and returns the CPU user time.
 
         -p<P>: use a precision of <P> digits to display the timing result.
         Default: 3
 
         
         Examples:
 
           In [1]: %timeit pass
           10000000 loops, best of 3: 53.3 ns per loop
 
           In [2]: u = None
 
           In [3]: %timeit u is None
           10000000 loops, best of 3: 184 ns per loop
 
           In [4]: %timeit -r 4 u == None
           1000000 loops, best of 4: 242 ns per loop
 
           In [5]: import time
 
           In [6]: %timeit -n1 time.sleep(2)
           1 loops, best of 3: 2 s per loop
           
 
         The times reported by %timeit will be slightly higher than those
         reported by the timeit.py script when variables are accessed. This is
         due to the fact that %timeit executes the statement in the namespace
         of the shell, compared with timeit.py, which uses a single setup
         statement to import function or create variables. Generally, the bias
         does not matter as long as results from timeit.py are not mixed with
         those from %timeit."""
 
         import timeit
         import math
 
         # XXX: Unfortunately the unicode 'micro' symbol can cause problems in
         # certain terminals.  Until we figure out a robust way of
         # auto-detecting if the terminal can deal with it, use plain 'us' for
         # microseconds.  I am really NOT happy about disabling the proper
         # 'micro' prefix, but crashing is worse... If anyone knows what the
         # right solution for this is, I'm all ears...
         #
         # Note: using
         #
         # s = u'\xb5'
         # s.encode(sys.getdefaultencoding())
         #
         # is not sufficient, as I've seen terminals where that fails but
         # print s
         #
         # succeeds
         #
         # See bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipython/+bug/348466
         
         #units = [u"s", u"ms",u'\xb5',"ns"]
         units = [u"s", u"ms",u'us',"ns"]
         
         scaling = [1, 1e3, 1e6, 1e9]
 
         opts, stmt = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'n:r:tcp:',
                                         posix=False)
         if stmt == "":
             return
         timefunc = timeit.default_timer
         number = int(getattr(opts, "n", 0))
         repeat = int(getattr(opts, "r", timeit.default_repeat))
         precision = int(getattr(opts, "p", 3))
         if hasattr(opts, "t"):
             timefunc = time.time
         if hasattr(opts, "c"):
             timefunc = clock
 
         timer = timeit.Timer(timer=timefunc)
         # this code has tight coupling to the inner workings of timeit.Timer,
         # but is there a better way to achieve that the code stmt has access
         # to the shell namespace?
 
         src = timeit.template % {'stmt': timeit.reindent(stmt, 8),
                                  'setup': "pass"}
         # Track compilation time so it can be reported if too long
         # Minimum time above which compilation time will be reported
         tc_min = 0.1
         
         t0 = clock()
         code = compile(src, "<magic-timeit>", "exec")
         tc = clock()-t0
         
         ns = {}
         exec code in self.shell.user_ns, ns
         timer.inner = ns["inner"]
         
         if number == 0:
             # determine number so that 0.2 <= total time < 2.0
             number = 1
             for i in range(1, 10):
                 if timer.timeit(number) >= 0.2:
                     break
                 number *= 10
         
         best = min(timer.repeat(repeat, number)) / number
 
         if best > 0.0 and best < 1000.0:
             order = min(-int(math.floor(math.log10(best)) // 3), 3)
         elif best >= 1000.0:
             order = 0
         else:
             order = 3
         print u"%d loops, best of %d: %.*g %s per loop" % (number, repeat,
                                                           precision,
                                                           best * scaling[order],
                                                           units[order])
         if tc > tc_min:
             print "Compiler time: %.2f s" % tc
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_time(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Time execution of a Python statement or expression.
 
         The CPU and wall clock times are printed, and the value of the
         expression (if any) is returned.  Note that under Win32, system time
         is always reported as 0, since it can not be measured.
 
         This function provides very basic timing functionality.  In Python
         2.3, the timeit module offers more control and sophistication, so this
         could be rewritten to use it (patches welcome).
         
         Some examples:
 
           In [1]: time 2**128
           CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s
           Wall time: 0.00
           Out[1]: 340282366920938463463374607431768211456L
 
           In [2]: n = 1000000
 
           In [3]: time sum(range(n))
           CPU times: user 1.20 s, sys: 0.05 s, total: 1.25 s
           Wall time: 1.37
           Out[3]: 499999500000L
 
           In [4]: time print 'hello world'
           hello world
           CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s
           Wall time: 0.00
 
           Note that the time needed by Python to compile the given expression
           will be reported if it is more than 0.1s.  In this example, the
           actual exponentiation is done by Python at compilation time, so while
           the expression can take a noticeable amount of time to compute, that
           time is purely due to the compilation:
 
           In [5]: time 3**9999;
           CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s
           Wall time: 0.00 s
 
           In [6]: time 3**999999;
           CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s
           Wall time: 0.00 s
           Compiler : 0.78 s
           """
         
         # fail immediately if the given expression can't be compiled
         
         expr = self.shell.prefilter(parameter_s,False)
 
         # Minimum time above which compilation time will be reported
         tc_min = 0.1
         
         try:
             mode = 'eval'
             t0 = clock()
             code = compile(expr,'<timed eval>',mode)
             tc = clock()-t0
         except SyntaxError:
             mode = 'exec'
             t0 = clock()
             code = compile(expr,'<timed exec>',mode)
             tc = clock()-t0
         # skew measurement as little as possible
         glob = self.shell.user_ns
         clk = clock2
         wtime = time.time
         # time execution
         wall_st = wtime()
         if mode=='eval':
             st = clk()
             out = eval(code,glob)
             end = clk()
         else:
             st = clk()
             exec code in glob
             end = clk()
             out = None
         wall_end = wtime()
         # Compute actual times and report
         wall_time = wall_end-wall_st
         cpu_user = end[0]-st[0]
         cpu_sys = end[1]-st[1]
         cpu_tot = cpu_user+cpu_sys
         print "CPU times: user %.2f s, sys: %.2f s, total: %.2f s" % \
               (cpu_user,cpu_sys,cpu_tot)
         print "Wall time: %.2f s" % wall_time
         if tc > tc_min:
             print "Compiler : %.2f s" % tc
         return out
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_macro(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Define a set of input lines as a macro for future re-execution.
 
         Usage:\\
           %macro [options] name n1-n2 n3-n4 ... n5 .. n6 ...
 
         Options:
         
           -r: use 'raw' input.  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.
 
         This will define a global variable called `name` which is a string
         made of joining the slices and lines you specify (n1,n2,... numbers
         above) from your input history into a single string. This variable
         acts like an automatic function which re-executes those lines as if
         you had typed them. You just type 'name' at the prompt and the code
         executes.
 
         The notation for indicating number ranges is: n1-n2 means 'use line
         numbers n1,...n2' (the endpoint is included).  That is, '5-7' means
         using the lines numbered 5,6 and 7.
 
         Note: as a 'hidden' feature, you can also use traditional python slice
         notation, where N:M means numbers N through M-1.
 
         For example, if your history contains (%hist prints it):
         
           44: x=1
           45: y=3
           46: z=x+y
           47: print x
           48: a=5
           49: print 'x',x,'y',y
 
         you can create a macro with lines 44 through 47 (included) and line 49
         called my_macro with:
 
           In [55]: %macro my_macro 44-47 49
 
         Now, typing `my_macro` (without quotes) will re-execute all this code
         in one pass.
 
         You don't need to give the line-numbers in order, and any given line
         number can appear multiple times. You can assemble macros with any
         lines from your input history in any order.
 
         The macro is a simple object which holds its value in an attribute,
         but IPython's display system checks for macros and executes them as
         code instead of printing them when you type their name.
 
         You can view a macro's contents by explicitly printing it with:
         
           'print macro_name'.
 
         For one-off cases which DON'T contain magic function calls in them you
         can obtain similar results by explicitly executing slices from your
         input history with:
 
           In [60]: exec In[44:48]+In[49]"""
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'r',mode='list')
         if not args:
             macs = [k for k,v in self.shell.user_ns.items() if isinstance(v, Macro)]
             macs.sort()
             return macs
         if len(args) == 1:
             raise UsageError(
                 "%macro insufficient args; usage '%macro name n1-n2 n3-4...")
         name,ranges = args[0], args[1:]
         
         #print 'rng',ranges  # dbg
         lines = self.extract_input_slices(ranges,opts.has_key('r'))
         macro = Macro(lines)
         self.shell.define_macro(name, macro)
         print 'Macro `%s` created. To execute, type its name (without quotes).' % name
         print 'Macro contents:'
         print macro,
 
     def magic_save(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Save a set of lines to a given filename.
 
         Usage:\\
           %save [options] filename n1-n2 n3-n4 ... n5 .. n6 ...
 
         Options:
         
           -r: use 'raw' input.  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.
 
         This function uses the same syntax as %macro for line extraction, but
         instead of creating a macro it saves the resulting string to the
         filename you specify.
 
         It adds a '.py' extension to the file if you don't do so yourself, and
         it asks for confirmation before overwriting existing files."""
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'r',mode='list')
         fname,ranges = args[0], args[1:]
         if not fname.endswith('.py'):
             fname += '.py'
         if os.path.isfile(fname):
             ans = raw_input('File `%s` exists. Overwrite (y/[N])? ' % fname)
             if ans.lower() not in ['y','yes']:
                 print 'Operation cancelled.'
                 return
         cmds = ''.join(self.extract_input_slices(ranges,opts.has_key('r')))
         f = file(fname,'w')
         f.write(cmds)
         f.close()
         print 'The following commands were written to file `%s`:' % fname
         print cmds
 
     def _edit_macro(self,mname,macro):
         """open an editor with the macro data in a file"""
         filename = self.shell.mktempfile(macro.value)
         self.shell.hooks.editor(filename)
 
         # and make a new macro object, to replace the old one
         mfile = open(filename)
         mvalue = mfile.read()
         mfile.close()
         self.shell.user_ns[mname] = Macro(mvalue)
 
     def magic_ed(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Alias to %edit."""
         return self.magic_edit(parameter_s)
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     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,'prxn:')
         # 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 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
 
         # do actual editing here
         print 'Editing...',
         sys.stdout.flush()
         try:
             # Quote filenames that may have spaces in them
             if ' ' in filename:
                 filename = "%s" % filename
             self.shell.hooks.editor(filename,lineno)
         except TryNext:
             warn('Could not open editor')
             return
         
         # XXX TODO: should this be generalized for all string vars?
         # For now, this is special-cased to blocks created by cpaste
         if args.strip() == 'pasted_block':
             self.shell.user_ns['pasted_block'] = file_read(filename)
         
         if opts.has_key('x'):  # -x prevents actual execution
             print
         else:
             print 'done. Executing edited code...'
             if opts_r:
                 self.shell.runlines(file_read(filename))
             else:
                 self.shell.safe_execfile(filename,self.shell.user_ns,
                                          self.shell.user_ns)
         
                                                      
         if use_temp:
             try:
                 return open(filename).read()
             except IOError,msg:
                 if msg.filename == filename:
                     warn('File not found. Did you forget to save?')
                     return
                 else:
                     self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def magic_xmode(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Switch modes for the exception handlers.
 
         Valid modes: Plain, Context and Verbose.
 
         If called without arguments, acts as a toggle."""
 
         def xmode_switch_err(name):
             warn('Error changing %s exception modes.\n%s' %
                  (name,sys.exc_info()[1]))
 
         shell = self.shell
         new_mode = parameter_s.strip().capitalize()
         try:
             shell.InteractiveTB.set_mode(mode=new_mode)
             print 'Exception reporting mode:',shell.InteractiveTB.mode
         except:
             xmode_switch_err('user')
 
     def magic_colors(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Switch color scheme for prompts, info system and exception handlers.
 
         Currently implemented schemes: NoColor, Linux, LightBG.
 
         Color scheme names are not case-sensitive."""
 
         def color_switch_err(name):
             warn('Error changing %s color schemes.\n%s' %
                  (name,sys.exc_info()[1]))
             
         
         new_scheme = parameter_s.strip()
         if not new_scheme:
             raise UsageError(
                 "%colors: you must specify a color scheme. See '%colors?'")
             return
         # local shortcut
         shell = self.shell
 
         import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
 
         if not readline.have_readline and sys.platform == "win32":
             msg = """\
 Proper color support under MS Windows requires the pyreadline library.
 You can find it at:
 http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/PyReadline/Intro
 Gary's readline needs the ctypes module, from:
 http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes
 (Note that ctypes is already part of Python versions 2.5 and newer).
 
 Defaulting color scheme to 'NoColor'"""
             new_scheme = 'NoColor'
             warn(msg)
         
         # readline option is 0
         if not shell.has_readline:
             new_scheme = 'NoColor'
             
         # Set prompt colors
         try:
             shell.displayhook.set_colors(new_scheme)
         except:
             color_switch_err('prompt')
         else:
             shell.colors = \
                        shell.displayhook.color_table.active_scheme_name
         # Set exception colors
         try:
             shell.InteractiveTB.set_colors(scheme = new_scheme)
             shell.SyntaxTB.set_colors(scheme = new_scheme)
         except:
             color_switch_err('exception')
 
         # Set info (for 'object?') colors
         if shell.color_info:
             try:
                 shell.inspector.set_active_scheme(new_scheme)
             except:
                 color_switch_err('object inspector')
         else:
             shell.inspector.set_active_scheme('NoColor')
                 
     def magic_Pprint(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Toggle pretty printing on/off."""
         
         self.shell.pprint = 1 - self.shell.pprint
         print 'Pretty printing has been turned', \
               ['OFF','ON'][self.shell.pprint]
                 
     def magic_Exit(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Exit IPython."""
 
         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
 
     #......................................................................
     # Functions to implement unix shell-type things
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_alias(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Define an alias for a system command.
 
         '%alias alias_name cmd' defines 'alias_name' as an alias for 'cmd'
 
         Then, typing 'alias_name params' will execute the system command 'cmd
         params' (from your underlying operating system).
 
         Aliases have lower precedence than magic functions and Python normal
         variables, so if 'foo' is both a Python variable and an alias, the
         alias can not be executed until 'del foo' removes the Python variable.
 
         You can use the %l specifier in an alias definition to represent the
         whole line when the alias is called.  For example:
 
           In [2]: alias bracket echo "Input in brackets: <%l>"
           In [3]: bracket hello world
           Input in brackets: <hello world>
 
         You can also define aliases with parameters using %s specifiers (one
         per parameter):
         
           In [1]: alias parts echo first %s second %s
           In [2]: %parts A B
           first A second B
           In [3]: %parts A
           Incorrect number of arguments: 2 expected.
           parts is an alias to: 'echo first %s second %s'
 
         Note that %l and %s are mutually exclusive.  You can only use one or
         the other in your aliases.
 
         Aliases expand Python variables just like system calls using ! or !! 
         do: all expressions prefixed with '$' get expanded.  For details of
         the semantic rules, see PEP-215:
         http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0215.html.  This is the library used by
         IPython for variable expansion.  If you want to access a true shell
         variable, an extra $ is necessary to prevent its expansion by IPython:
 
         In [6]: alias show echo
         In [7]: PATH='A Python string'
         In [8]: show $PATH
         A Python string
         In [9]: show $$PATH
         /usr/local/lf9560/bin:/usr/local/intel/compiler70/ia32/bin:...
 
         You can use the alias facility to acess all of $PATH.  See the %rehash
         and %rehashx functions, which automatically create aliases for the
         contents of your $PATH.
 
         If called with no parameters, %alias prints the current alias table."""
 
         par = parameter_s.strip()
         if not par:
             stored = self.db.get('stored_aliases', {} )
             aliases = sorted(self.shell.alias_manager.aliases)
             # for k, v in stored:
             #     atab.append(k, v[0])
 
             print "Total number of aliases:", len(aliases)
             return aliases
         
         # Now try to define a new one
         try:
             alias,cmd = par.split(None, 1)
         except:
             print oinspect.getdoc(self.magic_alias)
         else:
             self.shell.alias_manager.soft_define_alias(alias, cmd)
     # end magic_alias
 
     def magic_unalias(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Remove an alias"""
 
         aname = parameter_s.strip()
         self.shell.alias_manager.undefine_alias(aname)
         stored = self.db.get('stored_aliases', {} )
         if aname in stored:
             print "Removing %stored alias",aname
             del stored[aname]
             self.db['stored_aliases'] = stored
 
     def magic_rehashx(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Update the alias table with all executable files in $PATH.
 
         This version explicitly checks that every entry in $PATH is a file
         with execute access (os.X_OK), so it is much slower than %rehash.
 
         Under Windows, it checks executability as a match agains a
         '|'-separated string of extensions, stored in the IPython config
         variable win_exec_ext.  This defaults to 'exe|com|bat'.
         
         This function also resets the root module cache of module completer,
         used on slow filesystems.
         """
         from IPython.core.alias import InvalidAliasError
 
         # for the benefit of module completer in ipy_completers.py
         del self.db['rootmodules']
         
         path = [os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(p)) for p in 
             os.environ.get('PATH','').split(os.pathsep)]
         path = filter(os.path.isdir,path)
 
         syscmdlist = []
         # Now define isexec in a cross platform manner.
         if os.name == 'posix':
             isexec = lambda fname:os.path.isfile(fname) and \
                      os.access(fname,os.X_OK)
         else:
             try:
                 winext = os.environ['pathext'].replace(';','|').replace('.','')
             except KeyError:
                 winext = 'exe|com|bat|py'
             if 'py' not in winext:
                 winext += '|py'
             execre = re.compile(r'(.*)\.(%s)$' % winext,re.IGNORECASE)
             isexec = lambda fname:os.path.isfile(fname) and execre.match(fname)
         savedir = os.getcwd()
 
         # Now walk the paths looking for executables to alias.
         try:
             # write the whole loop for posix/Windows so we don't have an if in
             # the innermost part
             if os.name == 'posix':
                 for pdir in path:
                     os.chdir(pdir)
                     for ff in os.listdir(pdir):
                         if isexec(ff):
                             try:
                                 # Removes dots from the name since ipython
                                 # will assume names with dots to be python.
                                 self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
                                     ff.replace('.',''), ff)
                             except InvalidAliasError:
                                 pass
                             else:
                                 syscmdlist.append(ff)
             else:
                 no_alias = self.shell.alias_manager.no_alias
                 for pdir in path:
                     os.chdir(pdir)
                     for ff in os.listdir(pdir):
                         base, ext = os.path.splitext(ff)
                         if isexec(ff) and base.lower() not in no_alias:
                             if ext.lower() == '.exe':
                                 ff = base
                                 try:
                                     # Removes dots from the name since ipython
                                     # will assume names with dots to be python.
                                     self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
                                         base.lower().replace('.',''), ff)
                                 except InvalidAliasError:
                                     pass
                                 syscmdlist.append(ff)
             db = self.db
             db['syscmdlist'] = syscmdlist
         finally:
             os.chdir(savedir)
         
     def magic_pwd(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Return the current working directory path."""
         return os.getcwd()
 
     def magic_cd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Change the current working directory.
 
         This command automatically maintains an internal list of directories
         you visit during your IPython session, in the variable _dh. The
         command %dhist shows this history nicely formatted. You can also
         do 'cd -<tab>' to see directory history conveniently.
 
         Usage:
 
           cd 'dir': changes to directory 'dir'.
 
           cd -: changes to the last visited directory.
 
           cd -<n>: changes to the n-th directory in the directory history.
 
           cd --foo: change to directory that matches 'foo' in history
             
           cd -b <bookmark_name>: jump to a bookmark set by %bookmark
              (note: cd <bookmark_name> is enough if there is no
               directory <bookmark_name>, but a bookmark with the name exists.)
               'cd -b <tab>' allows you to tab-complete bookmark names. 
 
         Options:
 
         -q: quiet.  Do not print the working directory after the cd command is
         executed.  By default IPython's cd command does print this directory,
         since the default prompts do not display path information.
         
         Note that !cd doesn't work for this purpose because the shell where
         !command runs is immediately discarded after executing 'command'."""
 
         parameter_s = parameter_s.strip()
         #bkms = self.shell.persist.get("bookmarks",{})
 
         oldcwd = os.getcwd()
         numcd = re.match(r'(-)(\d+)$',parameter_s)
         # jump in directory history by number
         if numcd:
             nn = int(numcd.group(2))
             try:
                 ps = self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][nn]
             except IndexError:
                 print 'The requested directory does not exist in history.'
                 return
             else:
                 opts = {}
         elif parameter_s.startswith('--'):
             ps = None
             fallback = None
             pat = parameter_s[2:]
             dh = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
             # first search only by basename (last component)
             for ent in reversed(dh):
                 if pat in os.path.basename(ent) and os.path.isdir(ent):
                     ps = ent
                     break
             
                 if fallback is None and pat in ent and os.path.isdir(ent):
                     fallback = ent
                 
             # if we have no last part match, pick the first full path match
             if ps is None:
                 ps = fallback
             
             if ps is None:
                 print "No matching entry in directory history"
                 return
             else:
                 opts = {}
                 
             
         else:
             #turn all non-space-escaping backslashes to slashes, 
             # for c:\windows\directory\names\
             parameter_s = re.sub(r'\\(?! )','/', parameter_s)            
             opts,ps = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'qb',mode='string')
         # jump to previous
         if ps == '-':
             try:
                 ps = self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][-2]
             except IndexError:
                 raise UsageError('%cd -: No previous directory to change to.')
         # jump to bookmark if needed
         else:
             if not os.path.isdir(ps) or opts.has_key('b'):
                 bkms = self.db.get('bookmarks', {})
             
                 if bkms.has_key(ps):
                     target = bkms[ps]
                     print '(bookmark:%s) -> %s' % (ps,target)
                     ps = target
                 else:
                     if opts.has_key('b'):
                         raise UsageError("Bookmark '%s' not found.  "
                               "Use '%%bookmark -l' to see your bookmarks." % ps)
             
         # at this point ps should point to the target dir
         if ps:
             try:                
                 os.chdir(os.path.expanduser(ps))
                 if hasattr(self.shell, 'term_title') and self.shell.term_title:
                     set_term_title('IPython: ' + abbrev_cwd())
             except OSError:
                 print sys.exc_info()[1]
             else:
                 cwd = os.getcwd()
                 dhist = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
                 if oldcwd != cwd:
                     dhist.append(cwd)
                     self.db['dhist'] = compress_dhist(dhist)[-100:]
                 
         else:
             os.chdir(self.shell.home_dir)
             if hasattr(self.shell, 'term_title') and self.shell.term_title:
                 set_term_title('IPython: ' + '~')
             cwd = os.getcwd()
             dhist = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
             
             if oldcwd != cwd:
                 dhist.append(cwd)
                 self.db['dhist'] = compress_dhist(dhist)[-100:]
         if not 'q' in opts and self.shell.user_ns['_dh']:
             print self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][-1]
 
 
     def magic_env(self, parameter_s=''):
         """List environment variables."""
         
         return os.environ.data
 
     def magic_pushd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Place the current dir on stack and change directory.
         
         Usage:\\
           %pushd ['dirname']
         """
         
         dir_s = self.shell.dir_stack
         tgt = os.path.expanduser(parameter_s)
         cwd = os.getcwd().replace(self.home_dir,'~')
         if tgt:
             self.magic_cd(parameter_s)
         dir_s.insert(0,cwd)
         return self.magic_dirs()
 
     def magic_popd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Change to directory popped off the top of the stack.
         """
         if not self.shell.dir_stack:
             raise UsageError("%popd on empty stack")
         top = self.shell.dir_stack.pop(0)
         self.magic_cd(top)
         print "popd ->",top
 
     def magic_dirs(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Return the current directory stack."""
 
         return self.shell.dir_stack
 
     def magic_dhist(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print your history of visited directories.
 
         %dhist       -> print full history\\
         %dhist n     -> print last n entries only\\
         %dhist n1 n2 -> print entries between n1 and n2 (n1 not included)\\
 
         This history is automatically maintained by the %cd command, and
         always available as the global list variable _dh. You can use %cd -<n>
         to go to directory number <n>.
         
         Note that most of time, you should view directory history by entering
         cd -<TAB>.
         
         """
 
         dh = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
         if parameter_s:
             try:
                 args = map(int,parameter_s.split())
             except:
                 self.arg_err(Magic.magic_dhist)
                 return
             if len(args) == 1:
                 ini,fin = max(len(dh)-(args[0]),0),len(dh)
             elif len(args) == 2:
                 ini,fin = args
             else:
                 self.arg_err(Magic.magic_dhist)
                 return
         else:
             ini,fin = 0,len(dh)
         nlprint(dh,
                 header = 'Directory history (kept in _dh)',
                 start=ini,stop=fin)
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_sc(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Shell capture - execute a shell command and capture its output.
 
         DEPRECATED. Suboptimal, retained for backwards compatibility.
         
         You should use the form 'var = !command' instead. Example:
          
          "%sc -l myfiles = ls ~" should now be written as
             
          "myfiles = !ls ~"
          
         myfiles.s, myfiles.l and myfiles.n still apply as documented
         below.
 
         --
         %sc [options] varname=command
 
         IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and
         will then update the user's interactive namespace with a variable
         called varname, containing the value of the call.  Your command can
         contain shell wildcards, pipes, etc.
 
         The '=' sign in the syntax is mandatory, and the variable name you
         supply must follow Python's standard conventions for valid names.
         
         (A special format without variable name exists for internal use)
 
         Options:
 
           -l: list output.  Split the output on newlines into a list before
           assigning it to the given variable.  By default the output is stored
           as a single string.
 
           -v: verbose.  Print the contents of the variable.
 
         In most cases you should not need to split as a list, because the
         returned value is a special type of string which can automatically
         provide its contents either as a list (split on newlines) or as a
         space-separated string.  These are convenient, respectively, either
         for sequential processing or to be passed to a shell command.
 
         For example:
 
         # all-random
         
             # Capture into variable a
             In [1]: sc a=ls *py
 
             # a is a string with embedded newlines
             In [2]: a
             Out[2]: 'setup.py\\nwin32_manual_post_install.py'
 
             # which can be seen as a list:
             In [3]: a.l
             Out[3]: ['setup.py', 'win32_manual_post_install.py']
 
             # or as a whitespace-separated string:
             In [4]: a.s
             Out[4]: 'setup.py win32_manual_post_install.py'
 
             # a.s is useful to pass as a single command line:
             In [5]: !wc -l $a.s
               146 setup.py
               130 win32_manual_post_install.py
               276 total
 
             # while the list form is useful to loop over:
             In [6]: for f in a.l:
               ...:      !wc -l $f
               ...:
             146 setup.py
             130 win32_manual_post_install.py
 
         Similiarly, the lists returned by the -l option are also special, in
         the sense that you can equally invoke the .s attribute on them to
         automatically get a whitespace-separated string from their contents:
 
             In [7]: sc -l b=ls *py
 
             In [8]: b
             Out[8]: ['setup.py', 'win32_manual_post_install.py']
 
             In [9]: b.s
             Out[9]: 'setup.py win32_manual_post_install.py'
 
         In summary, both the lists and strings used for ouptut capture have
         the following special attributes:
 
             .l (or .list) : value as list.
             .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string.
             .s (or .spstr): value as space-separated string.
         """
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'lv')
         # Try to get a variable name and command to run
         try:
             # the variable name must be obtained from the parse_options
             # output, which uses shlex.split to strip options out.
             var,_ = args.split('=',1)
             var = var.strip()
             # But the the command has to be extracted from the original input
             # parameter_s, not on what parse_options returns, to avoid the
             # quote stripping which shlex.split performs on it.
             _,cmd = parameter_s.split('=',1)
         except ValueError:
             var,cmd = '',''
         # If all looks ok, proceed
         out = self.shell.getoutput(cmd)
         if opts.has_key('l'):
-            out = SList(out.split('\n'))
+            out = SList(out.splitlines())
         else:
             out = LSString(out)
         if opts.has_key('v'):
             print '%s ==\n%s' % (var,pformat(out))
         if var:
             self.shell.user_ns.update({var:out})
         else:
             return out
 
     def magic_sx(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Shell execute - run a shell command and capture its output.
 
         %sx command
 
         IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and
         return the result formatted as a list (split on '\\n').  Since the
         output is _returned_, it will be stored in ipython's regular output
         cache Out[N] and in the '_N' automatic variables.
 
         Notes:
 
         1) If an input line begins with '!!', then %sx is automatically
         invoked.  That is, while:
           !ls
         causes ipython to simply issue system('ls'), typing
           !!ls
         is a shorthand equivalent to:
           %sx ls
         
         2) %sx differs from %sc in that %sx automatically splits into a list,
         like '%sc -l'.  The reason for this is to make it as easy as possible
         to process line-oriented shell output via further python commands.
         %sc is meant to provide much finer control, but requires more
         typing.
 
         3) Just like %sc -l, this is a list with special attributes:
 
           .l (or .list) : value as list.
           .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string.
           .s (or .spstr): value as whitespace-separated string.
 
         This is very useful when trying to use such lists as arguments to
         system commands."""
 
         if parameter_s:
             out = self.shell.getoutput(parameter_s)
             if out is not None:
                 return SList(out.splitlines())
 
     def magic_r(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Repeat previous input.
 
         Note: Consider using the more powerfull %rep instead!
         
         If given an argument, repeats the previous command which starts with
         the same string, otherwise it just repeats the previous input.
 
         Shell escaped commands (with ! as first character) are not recognized
         by this system, only pure python code and magic commands.
         """
 
         start = parameter_s.strip()
         esc_magic = ESC_MAGIC
         # Identify magic commands even if automagic is on (which means
         # the in-memory version is different from that typed by the user).
         if self.shell.automagic:
             start_magic = esc_magic+start
         else:
             start_magic = start
         # Look through the input history in reverse
         for n in range(len(self.shell.input_hist)-2,0,-1):
             input = self.shell.input_hist[n]
             # skip plain 'r' lines so we don't recurse to infinity
             if input != '_ip.magic("r")\n' and \
                    (input.startswith(start) or input.startswith(start_magic)):
                 #print 'match',`input`  # dbg
                 print 'Executing:',input,
                 self.shell.runlines(input)
                 return
         print 'No previous input matching `%s` found.' % start
 
     
     def magic_bookmark(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Manage IPython's bookmark system.
 
         %bookmark <name>       - set bookmark to current dir
         %bookmark <name> <dir> - set bookmark to <dir>
         %bookmark -l           - list all bookmarks
         %bookmark -d <name>    - remove bookmark
         %bookmark -r           - remove all bookmarks
 
         You can later on access a bookmarked folder with:
           %cd -b <name>
         or simply '%cd <name>' if there is no directory called <name> AND
         there is such a bookmark defined.
 
         Your bookmarks persist through IPython sessions, but they are
         associated with each profile."""
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'drl',mode='list')
         if len(args) > 2:
             raise UsageError("%bookmark: too many arguments")
 
         bkms = self.db.get('bookmarks',{})
             
         if opts.has_key('d'):
             try:
                 todel = args[0]
             except IndexError:
                 raise UsageError(
                     "%bookmark -d: must provide a bookmark to delete")
             else:
                 try:
                     del bkms[todel]
                 except KeyError:
                     raise UsageError(
                         "%%bookmark -d: Can't delete bookmark '%s'" % todel)
 
         elif opts.has_key('r'):
             bkms = {}
         elif opts.has_key('l'):
             bks = bkms.keys()
             bks.sort()
             if bks:
                 size = max(map(len,bks))
             else:
                 size = 0
             fmt = '%-'+str(size)+'s -> %s'
             print 'Current bookmarks:'
             for bk in bks:
                 print fmt % (bk,bkms[bk])
         else:
             if not args:
                 raise UsageError("%bookmark: You must specify the bookmark name")
             elif len(args)==1:
                 bkms[args[0]] = os.getcwd()
             elif len(args)==2:
                 bkms[args[0]] = args[1]
         self.db['bookmarks'] = bkms
 
     def magic_pycat(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Show a syntax-highlighted file through a pager.
 
         This magic is similar to the cat utility, but it will assume the file
         to be Python source and will show it with syntax highlighting. """
         
         try:
             filename = get_py_filename(parameter_s)
             cont = file_read(filename)
         except IOError:
             try:
                 cont = eval(parameter_s,self.user_ns)
             except NameError:
                 cont = None
         if cont is None:
             print "Error: no such file or variable"
             return
 
         page.page(self.shell.pycolorize(cont))
 
     def _rerun_pasted(self):
         """ Rerun a previously pasted command.
         """
         b = self.user_ns.get('pasted_block', None)
         if b is None:
             raise UsageError('No previous pasted block available')
         print "Re-executing '%s...' (%d chars)"% (b.split('\n',1)[0], len(b))
         exec b in self.user_ns
 
     def _get_pasted_lines(self, sentinel):
         """ Yield pasted lines until the user enters the given sentinel value.
         """
         from IPython.core import interactiveshell
         print "Pasting code; enter '%s' alone on the line to stop." % sentinel
         while True:
             l = interactiveshell.raw_input_original(':')
             if l == sentinel:
                 return
             else:
                 yield l
 
     def _strip_pasted_lines_for_code(self, raw_lines):
         """ Strip non-code parts of a sequence of lines to return a block of
         code.
         """
         # Regular expressions that declare text we strip from the input:
         strip_re =  [r'^\s*In \[\d+\]:', # IPython input prompt
                      r'^\s*(\s?>)+', # Python input prompt
                      r'^\s*\.{3,}', # Continuation prompts
                      r'^\++',
                      ]
 
         strip_from_start = map(re.compile,strip_re)
         
         lines = []
         for l in raw_lines:
             for pat in strip_from_start: 
                 l = pat.sub('',l)
             lines.append(l)
                          
         block = "\n".join(lines) + '\n'
         #print "block:\n",block
         return block
 
     def _execute_block(self, block, par):
         """ Execute a block, or store it in a variable, per the user's request.
         """
         if not par:
             b = textwrap.dedent(block)
             self.user_ns['pasted_block'] = b
             exec b in self.user_ns
         else:
             self.user_ns[par] = SList(block.splitlines())
             print "Block assigned to '%s'" % par
 
     def magic_quickref(self,arg):
         """ Show a quick reference sheet """
         import IPython.core.usage
         qr = IPython.core.usage.quick_reference + self.magic_magic('-brief')
         
         page.page(qr)
 
     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
         oc = shell.displayhook
         meta = shell.meta
         # dstore is a data store kept in the instance metadata bag to track any
         # changes we make, so we can undo them later.
         dstore = 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)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_out',shell.separate_out)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_out2',shell.separate_out2)
         save_dstore('rc_prompts_pad_left',shell.prompts_pad_left)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_in',shell.separate_in)
 
         if mode == False:
             # turn on
             oc.prompt1.p_template = '>>> '
             oc.prompt2.p_template = '... '
             oc.prompt_out.p_template = ''
 
             # Prompt separators like plain python
             oc.input_sep = oc.prompt1.sep = ''
             oc.output_sep = ''
             oc.output_sep2 = ''
 
             oc.prompt1.pad_left = oc.prompt2.pad_left = \
                                   oc.prompt_out.pad_left = False
 
             shell.pprint = False
             
             shell.magic_xmode('Plain')
         else:
             # turn off
             oc.prompt1.p_template = shell.prompt_in1
             oc.prompt2.p_template = shell.prompt_in2
             oc.prompt_out.p_template = shell.prompt_out
 
             oc.input_sep = oc.prompt1.sep = dstore.rc_separate_in
 
             oc.output_sep = dstore.rc_separate_out
             oc.output_sep2 = dstore.rc_separate_out2
 
             oc.prompt1.pad_left = oc.prompt2.pad_left = \
                          oc.prompt_out.pad_left = dstore.rc_prompts_pad_left
 
             shell.pprint = dstore.rc_pprint
 
             shell.magic_xmode(dstore.xmode)
 
         # Store new mode and inform
         dstore.mode = bool(1-int(mode))
         mode_label = ['OFF','ON'][dstore.mode]
         print 'Doctest mode is:', mode_label
 
     def magic_gui(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Enable or disable IPython GUI event loop integration.
 
         %gui [GUINAME]
 
         This magic replaces IPython's threaded shells that were activated
         using the (pylab/wthread/etc.) command line flags.  GUI toolkits
         can now be enabled, disabled and swtiched at runtime and keyboard
         interrupts should work without any problems.  The following toolkits
         are supported:  wxPython, PyQt4, PyGTK, and Tk::
 
             %gui wx      # enable wxPython event loop integration
             %gui qt4|qt  # enable PyQt4 event loop integration
             %gui gtk     # enable PyGTK event loop integration
             %gui tk      # enable Tk event loop integration
             %gui         # disable all event loop integration
 
         WARNING:  after any of these has been called you can simply create
         an application object, but DO NOT start the event loop yourself, as
         we have already handled that.
         """
         from IPython.lib.inputhook import enable_gui
         opts, arg = self.parse_options(parameter_s='')
         if arg=='': arg = None
         return enable_gui(arg)
 
     def magic_load_ext(self, module_str):
         """Load an IPython extension by its module name."""
         return self.extension_manager.load_extension(module_str)
 
     def magic_unload_ext(self, module_str):
         """Unload an IPython extension by its module name."""
         self.extension_manager.unload_extension(module_str)
 
     def magic_reload_ext(self, module_str):
         """Reload an IPython extension by its module name."""
         self.extension_manager.reload_extension(module_str)
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_install_profiles(self, s):
         """Install the default IPython profiles into the .ipython dir.
 
         If the default profiles have already been installed, they will not
         be overwritten. You can force overwriting them by using the ``-o``
         option::
 
             In [1]: %install_profiles -o
         """
         if '-o' in s:
             overwrite = True
         else:
             overwrite = False
         from IPython.config import profile
         profile_dir = os.path.split(profile.__file__)[0]
         ipython_dir = self.ipython_dir
         files = os.listdir(profile_dir)
 
         to_install = []
         for f in files:
             if f.startswith('ipython_config'):
                 src = os.path.join(profile_dir, f)
                 dst = os.path.join(ipython_dir, f)
                 if (not os.path.isfile(dst)) or overwrite:
                     to_install.append((f, src, dst))
         if len(to_install)>0:
             print "Installing profiles to: ", ipython_dir
             for (f, src, dst) in to_install:
                 shutil.copy(src, dst)
                 print "    %s" % f
 
     def magic_install_default_config(self, s):
         """Install IPython's default config file into the .ipython dir.
 
         If the default config file (:file:`ipython_config.py`) is already
         installed, it will not be overwritten. You can force overwriting
         by using the ``-o`` option::
 
             In [1]: %install_default_config
         """
         if '-o' in s:
             overwrite = True
         else:
             overwrite = False
         from IPython.config import default
         config_dir = os.path.split(default.__file__)[0]
         ipython_dir = self.ipython_dir
         default_config_file_name = 'ipython_config.py'
         src = os.path.join(config_dir, default_config_file_name)
         dst = os.path.join(ipython_dir, default_config_file_name)
         if (not os.path.isfile(dst)) or overwrite:
             shutil.copy(src, dst)
             print "Installing default config file: %s" % dst
 
     # Pylab support: simple wrappers that activate pylab, load gui input
     # handling and modify slightly %run
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def _pylab_magic_run(self, parameter_s=''):
         Magic.magic_run(self, parameter_s,
                         runner=mpl_runner(self.shell.safe_execfile))
 
     _pylab_magic_run.__doc__ = magic_run.__doc__
 
     @testdec.skip_doctest
     def magic_pylab(self, s):
         """Load numpy and matplotlib to work interactively.
 
         %pylab [GUINAME]
 
         This function lets you activate pylab (matplotlib, numpy and
         interactive support) at any point during an IPython session.
 
         It will import at the top level numpy as np, pyplot as plt, matplotlib,
         pylab and mlab, as well as all names from numpy and pylab.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         guiname : optional
           One of the valid arguments to the %gui magic ('qt', 'wx', 'gtk' or
           'tk').  If given, the corresponding Matplotlib backend is used,
           otherwise matplotlib's default (which you can override in your
           matplotlib config file) is used.
 
         Examples
         --------
         In this case, where the MPL default is TkAgg:
         In [2]: %pylab
 
         Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment.
         Backend in use: TkAgg
         For more information, type 'help(pylab)'.
 
         But you can explicitly request a different backend:
         In [3]: %pylab qt
 
         Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment.
         Backend in use: Qt4Agg
         For more information, type 'help(pylab)'.
         """
         self.shell.enable_pylab(s)
 
     def magic_tb(self, s):
         """Print the last traceback with the currently active exception mode.
 
         See %xmode for changing exception reporting modes."""
         self.shell.showtraceback()
 
 # end Magic

IPython/core/prefilter.py

@@ -1,1014 +1,1014 b''
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 Prefiltering components.
 
 Prefilters transform user input before it is exec'd by Python.  These
 transforms are used to implement additional syntax such as !ls and %magic.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Brian Granger
 * Fernando Perez
 * Dan Milstein
 * Ville Vainio
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2009  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import __builtin__
 import codeop
 import re
 
 from IPython.core.alias import AliasManager
 from IPython.core.autocall import IPyAutocall
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.core.splitinput import split_user_input
 from IPython.core import page
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import List, Int, Any, Str, CBool, Bool, Instance
 import IPython.utils.io
 from IPython.utils.text import make_quoted_expr
 from IPython.utils.autoattr import auto_attr
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Global utilities, errors and constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Warning, these cannot be changed unless various regular expressions
 # are updated in a number of places.  Not great, but at least we told you.
 ESC_SHELL  = '!'
 ESC_SH_CAP = '!!'
 ESC_HELP   = '?'
 ESC_MAGIC  = '%'
 ESC_QUOTE  = ','
 ESC_QUOTE2 = ';'
 ESC_PAREN  = '/'
 
 
 class PrefilterError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
 # RegExp to identify potential function names
 re_fun_name = re.compile(r'[a-zA-Z_]([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*) *$')
 
 # RegExp to exclude strings with this start from autocalling.  In
 # particular, all binary operators should be excluded, so that if foo is
 # callable, foo OP bar doesn't become foo(OP bar), which is invalid.  The
 # characters '!=()' don't need to be checked for, as the checkPythonChars
 # routine explicitely does so, to catch direct calls and rebindings of
 # existing names.
 
 # Warning: the '-' HAS TO BE AT THE END of the first group, otherwise
 # it affects the rest of the group in square brackets.
 re_exclude_auto = re.compile(r'^[,&^\|\*/\+-]'
                              r'|^is |^not |^in |^and |^or ')
 
 # try to catch also methods for stuff in lists/tuples/dicts: off
 # (experimental). For this to work, the line_split regexp would need
 # to be modified so it wouldn't break things at '['. That line is
 # nasty enough that I shouldn't change it until I can test it _well_.
 #self.re_fun_name = re.compile (r'[a-zA-Z_]([a-zA-Z0-9_.\[\]]*) ?$')
 
 
 # Handler Check Utilities
 def is_shadowed(identifier, ip):
     """Is the given identifier defined in one of the namespaces which shadow
     the alias and magic namespaces?  Note that an identifier is different
     than ifun, because it can not contain a '.' character."""
     # This is much safer than calling ofind, which can change state
     return (identifier in ip.user_ns \
             or identifier in ip.internal_ns \
             or identifier in ip.ns_table['builtin'])
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The LineInfo class used throughout
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class LineInfo(object):
     """A single line of input and associated info.
 
     Includes the following as properties: 
 
     line
       The original, raw line
     
     continue_prompt
       Is this line a continuation in a sequence of multiline input?
     
     pre
       The initial esc character or whitespace.
     
     pre_char
       The escape character(s) in pre or the empty string if there isn't one.
       Note that '!!' is a possible value for pre_char.  Otherwise it will
       always be a single character.
     
     pre_whitespace
       The leading whitespace from pre if it exists.  If there is a pre_char,
       this is just ''.
     
     ifun
       The 'function part', which is basically the maximal initial sequence
       of valid python identifiers and the '.' character.  This is what is
       checked for alias and magic transformations, used for auto-calling,
       etc.
     
     the_rest
       Everything else on the line.
     """
     def __init__(self, line, continue_prompt):
         self.line            = line
         self.continue_prompt = continue_prompt
         self.pre, self.ifun, self.the_rest = split_user_input(line)
 
         self.pre_char       = self.pre.strip()
         if self.pre_char:
             self.pre_whitespace = '' # No whitespace allowd before esc chars
         else: 
             self.pre_whitespace = self.pre
 
         self._oinfo = None
 
     def ofind(self, ip):
         """Do a full, attribute-walking lookup of the ifun in the various
         namespaces for the given IPython InteractiveShell instance.
 
         Return a dict with keys: found,obj,ospace,ismagic
 
         Note: can cause state changes because of calling getattr, but should
         only be run if autocall is on and if the line hasn't matched any
         other, less dangerous handlers.
 
         Does cache the results of the call, so can be called multiple times
         without worrying about *further* damaging state.
         """
         if not self._oinfo:
             # ip.shell._ofind is actually on the Magic class!
             self._oinfo = ip.shell._ofind(self.ifun)
         return self._oinfo
 
     def __str__(self):                                                         
         return "Lineinfo [%s|%s|%s]" %(self.pre, self.ifun, self.the_rest) 
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main Prefilter manager
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class PrefilterManager(Configurable):
     """Main prefilter component.
 
     The IPython prefilter is run on all user input before it is run.  The
     prefilter consumes lines of input and produces transformed lines of 
     input.
 
     The iplementation consists of two phases:
 
     1. Transformers
     2. Checkers and handlers
 
     Over time, we plan on deprecating the checkers and handlers and doing
     everything in the transformers.
 
     The transformers are instances of :class:`PrefilterTransformer` and have
     a single method :meth:`transform` that takes a line and returns a
     transformed line.  The transformation can be accomplished using any
     tool, but our current ones use regular expressions for speed.  We also
     ship :mod:`pyparsing` in :mod:`IPython.external` for use in transformers.
 
     After all the transformers have been run, the line is fed to the checkers,
     which are instances of :class:`PrefilterChecker`.  The line is passed to
     the :meth:`check` method, which either returns `None` or a 
     :class:`PrefilterHandler` instance.  If `None` is returned, the other
     checkers are tried.  If an :class:`PrefilterHandler` instance is returned,
     the line is passed to the :meth:`handle` method of the returned
     handler and no further checkers are tried.
     
     Both transformers and checkers have a `priority` attribute, that determines
     the order in which they are called.  Smaller priorities are tried first.
 
     Both transformers and checkers also have `enabled` attribute, which is
     a boolean that determines if the instance is used.
 
     Users or developers can change the priority or enabled attribute of
     transformers or checkers, but they must call the :meth:`sort_checkers`
     or :meth:`sort_transformers` method after changing the priority.
     """
 
     multi_line_specials = CBool(True, config=True)
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
 
     def __init__(self, shell=None, config=None):
         super(PrefilterManager, self).__init__(shell=shell, config=config)
         self.shell = shell
         self.init_transformers()
         self.init_handlers()
         self.init_checkers()
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # API for managing transformers
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_transformers(self):
         """Create the default transformers."""
         self._transformers = []
         for transformer_cls in _default_transformers:
             transformer_cls(
                 shell=self.shell, prefilter_manager=self, config=self.config
             )
 
     def sort_transformers(self):
         """Sort the transformers by priority.
 
         This must be called after the priority of a transformer is changed.
         The :meth:`register_transformer` method calls this automatically.
         """
         self._transformers.sort(cmp=lambda x,y: x.priority-y.priority)
 
     @property
     def transformers(self):
         """Return a list of checkers, sorted by priority."""
         return self._transformers
 
     def register_transformer(self, transformer):
         """Register a transformer instance."""
         if transformer not in self._transformers:
             self._transformers.append(transformer)
             self.sort_transformers()
 
     def unregister_transformer(self, transformer):
         """Unregister a transformer instance."""
         if transformer in self._transformers:
             self._transformers.remove(transformer)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # API for managing checkers
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_checkers(self):
         """Create the default checkers."""
         self._checkers = []
         for checker in _default_checkers:
             checker(
                 shell=self.shell, prefilter_manager=self, config=self.config
             )
 
     def sort_checkers(self):
         """Sort the checkers by priority.
 
         This must be called after the priority of a checker is changed.
         The :meth:`register_checker` method calls this automatically.
         """
         self._checkers.sort(cmp=lambda x,y: x.priority-y.priority)
 
     @property
     def checkers(self):
         """Return a list of checkers, sorted by priority."""
         return self._checkers
 
     def register_checker(self, checker):
         """Register a checker instance."""
         if checker not in self._checkers:
             self._checkers.append(checker)
             self.sort_checkers()
 
     def unregister_checker(self, checker):
         """Unregister a checker instance."""
         if checker in self._checkers:
             self._checkers.remove(checker)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # API for managing checkers
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def init_handlers(self):
         """Create the default handlers."""
         self._handlers = {}
         self._esc_handlers = {}
         for handler in _default_handlers:
             handler(
                 shell=self.shell, prefilter_manager=self, config=self.config
             )
 
     @property
     def handlers(self):
         """Return a dict of all the handlers."""
         return self._handlers
 
     def register_handler(self, name, handler, esc_strings):
         """Register a handler instance by name with esc_strings."""
         self._handlers[name] = handler
         for esc_str in esc_strings:
             self._esc_handlers[esc_str] = handler
 
     def unregister_handler(self, name, handler, esc_strings):
         """Unregister a handler instance by name with esc_strings."""
         try:
             del self._handlers[name]
         except KeyError:
             pass
         for esc_str in esc_strings:
             h = self._esc_handlers.get(esc_str)
             if h is handler:
                 del self._esc_handlers[esc_str]
 
     def get_handler_by_name(self, name):
         """Get a handler by its name."""
         return self._handlers.get(name)
 
     def get_handler_by_esc(self, esc_str):
         """Get a handler by its escape string."""
         return self._esc_handlers.get(esc_str)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Main prefiltering API
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def prefilter_line_info(self, line_info):
         """Prefilter a line that has been converted to a LineInfo object.
 
         This implements the checker/handler part of the prefilter pipe.
         """
         # print "prefilter_line_info: ", line_info
         handler = self.find_handler(line_info)
         return handler.handle(line_info)
 
     def find_handler(self, line_info):
         """Find a handler for the line_info by trying checkers."""
         for checker in self.checkers:
             if checker.enabled:
                 handler = checker.check(line_info)
                 if handler:
                     return handler
         return self.get_handler_by_name('normal')
 
     def transform_line(self, line, continue_prompt):
         """Calls the enabled transformers in order of increasing priority."""
         for transformer in self.transformers:
             if transformer.enabled:
                 line = transformer.transform(line, continue_prompt)
         return line
 
     def prefilter_line(self, line, continue_prompt=False):
         """Prefilter a single input line as text.
 
         This method prefilters a single line of text by calling the
         transformers and then the checkers/handlers.
         """
 
         # print "prefilter_line: ", line, continue_prompt
         # All handlers *must* return a value, even if it's blank ('').
 
         # Lines are NOT logged here. Handlers should process the line as
         # needed, update the cache AND log it (so that the input cache array
         # stays synced).
 
         # save the line away in case we crash, so the post-mortem handler can
         # record it
         self.shell._last_input_line = line
 
         if not line:
             # Return immediately on purely empty lines, so that if the user
             # previously typed some whitespace that started a continuation
             # prompt, he can break out of that loop with just an empty line.
             # This is how the default python prompt works.
 
             # Only return if the accumulated input buffer was just whitespace!
             if ''.join(self.shell.buffer).isspace():
                 self.shell.buffer[:] = []
             return ''
 
         # At this point, we invoke our transformers.
         if not continue_prompt or (continue_prompt and self.multi_line_specials):
             line = self.transform_line(line, continue_prompt)
 
         # Now we compute line_info for the checkers and handlers
         line_info = LineInfo(line, continue_prompt)
         
         # the input history needs to track even empty lines
         stripped = line.strip()
 
         normal_handler = self.get_handler_by_name('normal')
         if not stripped:
             if not continue_prompt:
                 self.shell.displayhook.prompt_count -= 1
 
             return normal_handler.handle(line_info)
 
         # special handlers are only allowed for single line statements
         if continue_prompt and not self.multi_line_specials:
             return normal_handler.handle(line_info)
 
         prefiltered = self.prefilter_line_info(line_info)
         # print "prefiltered line: %r" % prefiltered
         return prefiltered
 
     def prefilter_lines(self, lines, continue_prompt=False):
         """Prefilter multiple input lines of text.
 
         This is the main entry point for prefiltering multiple lines of
         input.  This simply calls :meth:`prefilter_line` for each line of
         input.
 
         This covers cases where there are multiple lines in the user entry,
         which is the case when the user goes back to a multiline history
         entry and presses enter.
         """
         llines = lines.rstrip('\n').split('\n')
         # We can get multiple lines in one shot, where multiline input 'blends'
         # into one line, in cases like recalling from the readline history
         # buffer.  We need to make sure that in such cases, we correctly
         # communicate downstream which line is first and which are continuation
         # ones.
         if len(llines) > 1:
             out = '\n'.join([self.prefilter_line(line, lnum>0)
                              for lnum, line in enumerate(llines) ])
         else:
             out = self.prefilter_line(llines[0], continue_prompt)
             
         return out
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Prefilter transformers
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class PrefilterTransformer(Configurable):
     """Transform a line of user input."""
 
     priority = Int(100, config=True)
     # Transformers don't currently use shell or prefilter_manager, but as we
     # move away from checkers and handlers, they will need them.
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
     prefilter_manager = Instance('IPython.core.prefilter.PrefilterManager')
     enabled = Bool(True, config=True)
 
     def __init__(self, shell=None, prefilter_manager=None, config=None):
         super(PrefilterTransformer, self).__init__(
             shell=shell, prefilter_manager=prefilter_manager, config=config
         )
         self.prefilter_manager.register_transformer(self)
 
     def transform(self, line, continue_prompt):
         """Transform a line, returning the new one."""
         return None
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s(priority=%r, enabled=%r)>" % (
             self.__class__.__name__, self.priority, self.enabled)
 
 
 _assign_system_re = re.compile(r'(?P<lhs>(\s*)([\w\.]+)((\s*,\s*[\w\.]+)*))'
                                r'\s*=\s*!(?P<cmd>.*)')
 
 
 class AssignSystemTransformer(PrefilterTransformer):
     """Handle the `files = !ls` syntax."""
 
     priority = Int(100, config=True)
 
     def transform(self, line, continue_prompt):
         m = _assign_system_re.match(line)
         if m is not None:
             cmd = m.group('cmd')
             lhs = m.group('lhs')
-            expr = make_quoted_expr("sc -l =%s" % cmd)
+            expr = make_quoted_expr("sc =%s" % cmd)
             new_line = '%s = get_ipython().magic(%s)' % (lhs, expr)
             return new_line
         return line
 
 
 _assign_magic_re = re.compile(r'(?P<lhs>(\s*)([\w\.]+)((\s*,\s*[\w\.]+)*))'
                                r'\s*=\s*%(?P<cmd>.*)')
 
 class AssignMagicTransformer(PrefilterTransformer):
     """Handle the `a = %who` syntax."""
 
     priority = Int(200, config=True)
 
     def transform(self, line, continue_prompt):
         m = _assign_magic_re.match(line)
         if m is not None:
             cmd = m.group('cmd')
             lhs = m.group('lhs')
             expr = make_quoted_expr(cmd)
             new_line = '%s = get_ipython().magic(%s)' % (lhs, expr)
             return new_line
         return line
 
 
 _classic_prompt_re = re.compile(r'(^[ \t]*>>> |^[ \t]*\.\.\. )')
 
 class PyPromptTransformer(PrefilterTransformer):
     """Handle inputs that start with '>>> ' syntax."""
 
     priority = Int(50, config=True)
 
     def transform(self, line, continue_prompt):
 
         if not line or line.isspace() or line.strip() == '...':
             # This allows us to recognize multiple input prompts separated by
             # blank lines and pasted in a single chunk, very common when
             # pasting doctests or long tutorial passages.
             return ''
         m = _classic_prompt_re.match(line)
         if m:
             return line[len(m.group(0)):]
         else:
             return line
 
 
 _ipy_prompt_re = re.compile(r'(^[ \t]*In \[\d+\]: |^[ \t]*\ \ \ \.\.\.+: )')
 
 class IPyPromptTransformer(PrefilterTransformer):
     """Handle inputs that start classic IPython prompt syntax."""
 
     priority = Int(50, config=True)
 
     def transform(self, line, continue_prompt):
 
         if not line or line.isspace() or line.strip() == '...':
             # This allows us to recognize multiple input prompts separated by
             # blank lines and pasted in a single chunk, very common when
             # pasting doctests or long tutorial passages.
             return ''
         m = _ipy_prompt_re.match(line)
         if m:
             return line[len(m.group(0)):]
         else:
             return line
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Prefilter checkers
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class PrefilterChecker(Configurable):
     """Inspect an input line and return a handler for that line."""
 
     priority = Int(100, config=True)
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
     prefilter_manager = Instance('IPython.core.prefilter.PrefilterManager')
     enabled = Bool(True, config=True)
 
     def __init__(self, shell=None, prefilter_manager=None, config=None):
         super(PrefilterChecker, self).__init__(
             shell=shell, prefilter_manager=prefilter_manager, config=config
         )
         self.prefilter_manager.register_checker(self)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         """Inspect line_info and return a handler instance or None."""
         return None
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s(priority=%r, enabled=%r)>" % (
             self.__class__.__name__, self.priority, self.enabled)
 
 
 class EmacsChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(100, config=True)
     enabled = Bool(False, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         "Emacs ipython-mode tags certain input lines."
         if line_info.line.endswith('# PYTHON-MODE'):
             return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('emacs')
         else:
             return None
 
 
 class ShellEscapeChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(200, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         if line_info.line.lstrip().startswith(ESC_SHELL):
             return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('shell')
 
 
 class IPyAutocallChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(300, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         "Instances of IPyAutocall in user_ns get autocalled immediately"
         obj = self.shell.user_ns.get(line_info.ifun, None)
         if isinstance(obj, IPyAutocall):
             obj.set_ip(self.shell)
             return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('auto')
         else:
             return None
 
 
 class MultiLineMagicChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(400, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         "Allow ! and !! in multi-line statements if multi_line_specials is on"
         # Note that this one of the only places we check the first character of
         # ifun and *not* the pre_char.  Also note that the below test matches
         # both ! and !!.    
         if line_info.continue_prompt \
             and self.prefilter_manager.multi_line_specials:
                 if line_info.ifun.startswith(ESC_MAGIC):
                     return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('magic')
         else:
             return None
 
 
 class EscCharsChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(500, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         """Check for escape character and return either a handler to handle it,
         or None if there is no escape char."""
         if line_info.line[-1] == ESC_HELP \
                and line_info.pre_char != ESC_SHELL \
                and line_info.pre_char != ESC_SH_CAP:
             # the ? can be at the end, but *not* for either kind of shell escape,
             # because a ? can be a vaild final char in a shell cmd
             return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('help')
         else:
             # This returns None like it should if no handler exists
             return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_esc(line_info.pre_char)
 
 
 class AssignmentChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(600, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         """Check to see if user is assigning to a var for the first time, in
         which case we want to avoid any sort of automagic / autocall games.
     
         This allows users to assign to either alias or magic names true python
         variables (the magic/alias systems always take second seat to true
         python code).  E.g. ls='hi', or ls,that=1,2"""
         if line_info.the_rest:
             if line_info.the_rest[0] in '=,':
                 return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('normal')
         else:
             return None
 
 
 class AutoMagicChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(700, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         """If the ifun is magic, and automagic is on, run it.  Note: normal,
         non-auto magic would already have been triggered via '%' in
         check_esc_chars. This just checks for automagic.  Also, before
         triggering the magic handler, make sure that there is nothing in the
         user namespace which could shadow it."""
         if not self.shell.automagic or not hasattr(self.shell,'magic_'+line_info.ifun):
             return None
 
         # We have a likely magic method.  Make sure we should actually call it.
         if line_info.continue_prompt and not self.prefilter_manager.multi_line_specials:
             return None
 
         head = line_info.ifun.split('.',1)[0]
         if is_shadowed(head, self.shell):
             return None
 
         return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('magic')
 
 
 class AliasChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(800, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         "Check if the initital identifier on the line is an alias."
         # Note: aliases can not contain '.'
         head = line_info.ifun.split('.',1)[0]
         if line_info.ifun not in self.shell.alias_manager \
                or head not in self.shell.alias_manager \
                or is_shadowed(head, self.shell):
             return None
 
         return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('alias')
 
 
 class PythonOpsChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(900, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         """If the 'rest' of the line begins with a function call or pretty much
         any python operator, we should simply execute the line (regardless of
         whether or not there's a possible autocall expansion).  This avoids
         spurious (and very confusing) geattr() accesses."""
         if line_info.the_rest and line_info.the_rest[0] in '!=()<>,+*/%^&|':
             return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('normal')
         else:
             return None
 
 
 class AutocallChecker(PrefilterChecker):
 
     priority = Int(1000, config=True)
 
     def check(self, line_info):
         "Check if the initial word/function is callable and autocall is on."
         if not self.shell.autocall:
             return None
 
         oinfo = line_info.ofind(self.shell) # This can mutate state via getattr
         if not oinfo['found']:
             return None
         
         if callable(oinfo['obj']) \
                and (not re_exclude_auto.match(line_info.the_rest)) \
                and re_fun_name.match(line_info.ifun):
             return self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('auto')
         else:
             return None
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Prefilter handlers
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class PrefilterHandler(Configurable):
 
     handler_name = Str('normal')
     esc_strings = List([])
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
     prefilter_manager = Instance('IPython.core.prefilter.PrefilterManager')
 
     def __init__(self, shell=None, prefilter_manager=None, config=None):
         super(PrefilterHandler, self).__init__(
             shell=shell, prefilter_manager=prefilter_manager, config=config
         )
         self.prefilter_manager.register_handler(
             self.handler_name,
             self,
             self.esc_strings
         )
 
     def handle(self, line_info):
         # print "normal: ", line_info
         """Handle normal input lines. Use as a template for handlers."""
 
         # With autoindent on, we need some way to exit the input loop, and I
         # don't want to force the user to have to backspace all the way to
         # clear the line.  The rule will be in this case, that either two
         # lines of pure whitespace in a row, or a line of pure whitespace but
         # of a size different to the indent level, will exit the input loop.
         line = line_info.line
         continue_prompt = line_info.continue_prompt
 
         if (continue_prompt and
             self.shell.autoindent and
             line.isspace() and
             
             (0 < abs(len(line) - self.shell.indent_current_nsp) <= 2
              or
              not self.shell.buffer
              or
              (self.shell.buffer[-1]).isspace()
              )
             ):
             line = ''
 
         self.shell.log(line, line, continue_prompt)
         return line
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "<%s(name=%s)>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.handler_name)
 
 
 class AliasHandler(PrefilterHandler):
 
     handler_name = Str('alias')
 
     def handle(self, line_info):
         """Handle alias input lines. """
         transformed = self.shell.alias_manager.expand_aliases(line_info.ifun,line_info.the_rest)
         # pre is needed, because it carries the leading whitespace.  Otherwise
         # aliases won't work in indented sections.
         line_out = '%sget_ipython().system(%s)' % (line_info.pre_whitespace,
                                          make_quoted_expr(transformed))
         
         self.shell.log(line_info.line, line_out, line_info.continue_prompt)
         return line_out
 
 
 class ShellEscapeHandler(PrefilterHandler):
 
     handler_name = Str('shell')
     esc_strings = List([ESC_SHELL, ESC_SH_CAP])
 
     def handle(self, line_info):
         """Execute the line in a shell, empty return value"""
         magic_handler = self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('magic')
 
         line = line_info.line
         if line.lstrip().startswith(ESC_SH_CAP):
             # rewrite LineInfo's line, ifun and the_rest to properly hold the
             # call to %sx and the actual command to be executed, so
             # handle_magic can work correctly.  Note that this works even if
             # the line is indented, so it handles multi_line_specials
             # properly.
             new_rest = line.lstrip()[2:]
             line_info.line = '%ssx %s' % (ESC_MAGIC, new_rest)
             line_info.ifun = 'sx'
             line_info.the_rest = new_rest
             return magic_handler.handle(line_info)
         else:
             cmd = line.lstrip().lstrip(ESC_SHELL)
             line_out = '%sget_ipython().system(%s)' % (line_info.pre_whitespace,
                                              make_quoted_expr(cmd))
         # update cache/log and return
         self.shell.log(line, line_out, line_info.continue_prompt)
         return line_out
 
 
 class MagicHandler(PrefilterHandler):
 
     handler_name = Str('magic')
     esc_strings = List([ESC_MAGIC])
 
     def handle(self, line_info):
         """Execute magic functions."""
         ifun    = line_info.ifun
         the_rest = line_info.the_rest
         cmd = '%sget_ipython().magic(%s)' % (line_info.pre_whitespace,
                                    make_quoted_expr(ifun + " " + the_rest))
         self.shell.log(line_info.line, cmd, line_info.continue_prompt)
         return cmd
 
 
 class AutoHandler(PrefilterHandler):
 
     handler_name = Str('auto')
     esc_strings = List([ESC_PAREN, ESC_QUOTE, ESC_QUOTE2])
 
     def handle(self, line_info):
         """Handle lines which can be auto-executed, quoting if requested."""
         line    = line_info.line
         ifun    = line_info.ifun
         the_rest = line_info.the_rest
         pre     = line_info.pre
         continue_prompt = line_info.continue_prompt
         obj = line_info.ofind(self)['obj']
         #print 'pre <%s> ifun <%s> rest <%s>' % (pre,ifun,the_rest)  # dbg
 
         # This should only be active for single-line input!
         if continue_prompt:
             self.shell.log(line,line,continue_prompt)
             return line
 
         force_auto = isinstance(obj, IPyAutocall)
         auto_rewrite = True
         
         if pre == ESC_QUOTE:
             # Auto-quote splitting on whitespace
             newcmd = '%s("%s")' % (ifun,'", "'.join(the_rest.split()) )
         elif pre == ESC_QUOTE2:
             # Auto-quote whole string
             newcmd = '%s("%s")' % (ifun,the_rest)
         elif pre == ESC_PAREN:
             newcmd = '%s(%s)' % (ifun,",".join(the_rest.split()))
         else:
             # Auto-paren.
             # We only apply it to argument-less calls if the autocall
             # parameter is set to 2.  We only need to check that autocall is <
             # 2, since this function isn't called unless it's at least 1.
             if not the_rest and (self.shell.autocall < 2) and not force_auto:
                 newcmd = '%s %s' % (ifun,the_rest)
                 auto_rewrite = False
             else:
                 if not force_auto and the_rest.startswith('['):
                     if hasattr(obj,'__getitem__'):
                         # Don't autocall in this case: item access for an object
                         # which is BOTH callable and implements __getitem__.
                         newcmd = '%s %s' % (ifun,the_rest)
                         auto_rewrite = False
                     else:
                         # if the object doesn't support [] access, go ahead and
                         # autocall
                         newcmd = '%s(%s)' % (ifun.rstrip(),the_rest)
                 elif the_rest.endswith(';'):
                     newcmd = '%s(%s);' % (ifun.rstrip(),the_rest[:-1])
                 else:
                     newcmd = '%s(%s)' % (ifun.rstrip(), the_rest)
 
         if auto_rewrite:
             self.shell.auto_rewrite_input(newcmd)
             
         # log what is now valid Python, not the actual user input (without the
         # final newline)
         self.shell.log(line,newcmd,continue_prompt)
         return newcmd
 
 
 class HelpHandler(PrefilterHandler):
 
     handler_name = Str('help')
     esc_strings = List([ESC_HELP])
 
     def handle(self, line_info):
         """Try to get some help for the object.
 
         obj? or ?obj   -> basic information.
         obj?? or ??obj -> more details.
         """
         normal_handler = self.prefilter_manager.get_handler_by_name('normal')
         line = line_info.line
         # We need to make sure that we don't process lines which would be
         # otherwise valid python, such as "x=1 # what?"
         try:
             codeop.compile_command(line)
         except SyntaxError:
             # We should only handle as help stuff which is NOT valid syntax
             if line[0]==ESC_HELP:
                 line = line[1:]
             elif line[-1]==ESC_HELP:
                 line = line[:-1]
             self.shell.log(line, '#?'+line, line_info.continue_prompt)
             if line:
                 #print 'line:<%r>' % line  # dbg
                 self.shell.magic_pinfo(line)
             else:
                 self.shell.show_usage()
             return '' # Empty string is needed here!
         except:
             raise
             # Pass any other exceptions through to the normal handler
             return normal_handler.handle(line_info)
         else:
             # If the code compiles ok, we should handle it normally
             return normal_handler.handle(line_info)
 
 
 class EmacsHandler(PrefilterHandler):
 
     handler_name = Str('emacs')
     esc_strings = List([])
 
     def handle(self, line_info):
         """Handle input lines marked by python-mode."""
 
         # Currently, nothing is done.  Later more functionality can be added
         # here if needed.
 
         # The input cache shouldn't be updated
         return line_info.line
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Defaults
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 _default_transformers = [
     AssignSystemTransformer,
     AssignMagicTransformer,
     PyPromptTransformer,
     IPyPromptTransformer,
 ]
 
 _default_checkers = [
     EmacsChecker,
     ShellEscapeChecker,
     IPyAutocallChecker,
     MultiLineMagicChecker,
     EscCharsChecker,
     AssignmentChecker,
     AutoMagicChecker,
     AliasChecker,
     PythonOpsChecker,
     AutocallChecker
 ]
 
 _default_handlers = [
     PrefilterHandler,
     AliasHandler,
     ShellEscapeHandler,
     MagicHandler,
     AutoHandler,
     HelpHandler,
     EmacsHandler
 ]

IPython/core/tests/test_inputsplitter.py

@@ -1,649 +1,649 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Tests for the inputsplitter module.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 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
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # stdlib
 import unittest
 import sys
 
 # Third party
 import nose.tools as nt
 
 # Our own
 from IPython.core import inputsplitter as isp
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Semi-complete examples (also used as tests)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Note: at the bottom, there's a slightly more complete version of this that
 # can be useful during development of code here.
 
 def mini_interactive_loop(raw_input):
     """Minimal example of the logic of an interactive interpreter loop.
 
     This serves as an example, and it is used by the test system with a fake
     raw_input that simulates interactive input."""
 
     from IPython.core.inputsplitter import InputSplitter
     
     isp = InputSplitter()
     # In practice, this input loop would be wrapped in an outside loop to read
     # input indefinitely, until some exit/quit command was issued.  Here we
     # only illustrate the basic inner loop.
     while isp.push_accepts_more():
         indent = ' '*isp.indent_spaces
         prompt = '>>> ' + indent
         line = indent + raw_input(prompt)
         isp.push(line)
 
     # Here we just return input so we can use it in a test suite, but a real
     # interpreter would instead send it for execution somewhere.
     src = isp.source_reset()
     #print 'Input source was:\n', src  # dbg
     return src
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test utilities, just for local use
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def assemble(block):
     """Assemble a block into multi-line sub-blocks."""
     return ['\n'.join(sub_block)+'\n' for sub_block in block]
 
 
 def pseudo_input(lines):
     """Return a function that acts like raw_input but feeds the input list."""
     ilines = iter(lines)
     def raw_in(prompt):
         try:
             return next(ilines)
         except StopIteration:
             return ''
     return raw_in
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def test_spaces():
     tests = [('', 0),
              (' ', 1),
              ('\n', 0),
              (' \n', 1),
              ('x', 0),
              (' x', 1),
              ('  x',2),
              ('    x',4),
              # Note: tabs are counted as a single whitespace!
              ('\tx', 1),
              ('\t x', 2),
              ]
     
     for s, nsp in tests:
         nt.assert_equal(isp.num_ini_spaces(s), nsp)
 
 
 def test_remove_comments():
     tests = [('text', 'text'),
              ('text # comment', 'text '),
              ('text # comment\n', 'text \n'),
              ('text # comment \n', 'text \n'),
              ('line # c \nline\n','line \nline\n'),
              ('line # c \nline#c2  \nline\nline #c\n\n',
               'line \nline\nline\nline \n\n'),
              ]
 
     for inp, out in tests:
         nt.assert_equal(isp.remove_comments(inp), out)
 
 
 def test_get_input_encoding():
     encoding = isp.get_input_encoding()
     nt.assert_true(isinstance(encoding, basestring))
     # simple-minded check that at least encoding a simple string works with the
     # encoding we got.
     nt.assert_equal('test'.encode(encoding), 'test')
 
 
 class NoInputEncodingTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.old_stdin = sys.stdin
         class X: pass
         fake_stdin = X()
         sys.stdin = fake_stdin
         
     def test(self):
         # Verify that if sys.stdin has no 'encoding' attribute we do the right
         # thing
         enc = isp.get_input_encoding()
         self.assertEqual(enc, 'ascii')
         
     def tearDown(self):
         sys.stdin = self.old_stdin
 
 
 class InputSplitterTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.isp = isp.InputSplitter()
 
     def test_reset(self):
         isp = self.isp
         isp.push('x=1')
         isp.reset()
         self.assertEqual(isp._buffer, [])
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 0)
         self.assertEqual(isp.source, '')
         self.assertEqual(isp.code, None)
         self.assertEqual(isp._is_complete, False)
 
     def test_source(self):
         self.isp._store('1')
         self.isp._store('2')
         self.assertEqual(self.isp.source, '1\n2\n')
         self.assertTrue(len(self.isp._buffer)>0)
         self.assertEqual(self.isp.source_reset(), '1\n2\n')
         self.assertEqual(self.isp._buffer, [])
         self.assertEqual(self.isp.source, '')
         
     def test_indent(self):
         isp = self.isp # shorthand
         isp.push('x=1')
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 0)
         isp.push('if 1:\n    x=1')
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 4)
         isp.push('y=2\n')
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 0)
         isp.push('if 1:')
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 4)
         isp.push('    x=1')
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 4)
         # Blank lines shouldn't change the indent level
         isp.push(' '*2)
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 4)
 
     def test_indent2(self):
         isp = self.isp
         # When a multiline statement contains parens or multiline strings, we
         # shouldn't get confused.
         isp.push("if 1:")
         isp.push("    x = (1+\n    2)")
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 4)
 
     def test_dedent(self):
         isp = self.isp # shorthand
         isp.push('if 1:')
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 4)
         isp.push('    pass')
         self.assertEqual(isp.indent_spaces, 0)
         
     def test_push(self):
         isp = self.isp
         self.assertTrue(isp.push('x=1'))
 
     def test_push2(self):
         isp = self.isp
         self.assertFalse(isp.push('if 1:'))
         for line in ['  x=1', '# a comment', '  y=2']:
             self.assertTrue(isp.push(line))
             
     def test_push3(self):
         """Test input with leading whitespace"""
         isp = self.isp
         isp.push('  x=1')
         isp.push('  y=2')
         self.assertEqual(isp.source, 'if 1:\n  x=1\n  y=2\n')
 
     def test_replace_mode(self):
         isp = self.isp
         isp.input_mode = 'block'
         isp.push('x=1')
         self.assertEqual(isp.source, 'x=1\n')
         isp.push('x=2')
         self.assertEqual(isp.source, 'x=2\n')
 
     def test_push_accepts_more(self):
         isp = self.isp
         isp.push('x=1')
         self.assertFalse(isp.push_accepts_more())
 
     def test_push_accepts_more2(self):
         isp = self.isp
         isp.push('if 1:')
         self.assertTrue(isp.push_accepts_more())
         isp.push('  x=1')
         self.assertTrue(isp.push_accepts_more())
         isp.push('')
         self.assertFalse(isp.push_accepts_more())
         
     def test_push_accepts_more3(self):
         isp = self.isp
         isp.push("x = (2+\n3)")
         self.assertFalse(isp.push_accepts_more())
 
     def test_push_accepts_more4(self):
         isp = self.isp
         # When a multiline statement contains parens or multiline strings, we
         # shouldn't get confused.
         # FIXME: we should be able to better handle de-dents in statements like
         # multiline strings and multiline expressions (continued with \ or
         # parens).  Right now we aren't handling the indentation tracking quite
         # correctly with this, though in practice it may not be too much of a
         # problem.  We'll need to see.
         isp.push("if 1:")
         isp.push("    x = (2+")
         isp.push("    3)")
         self.assertTrue(isp.push_accepts_more())
         isp.push("    y = 3")
         self.assertTrue(isp.push_accepts_more())
         isp.push('')
         self.assertFalse(isp.push_accepts_more())
 
     def test_syntax_error(self):
         isp = self.isp
         # Syntax errors immediately produce a 'ready' block, so the invalid
         # Python can be sent to the kernel for evaluation with possible ipython
         # special-syntax conversion.
         isp.push('run foo')
         self.assertFalse(isp.push_accepts_more())
 
     def check_split(self, block_lines, compile=True):
         blocks = assemble(block_lines)
         lines = ''.join(blocks)
         oblock = self.isp.split_blocks(lines)
         self.assertEqual(oblock, blocks)
         if compile:
             for block in blocks:
                 self.isp._compile(block)
 
     def test_split(self):
         # All blocks of input we want to test in a list.  The format for each
         # block is a list of lists, with each inner lists consisting of all the
         # lines (as single-lines) that should make up a sub-block.
 
         # Note: do NOT put here sub-blocks that don't compile, as the
         # check_split() routine makes a final verification pass to check that
         # each sub_block, as returned by split_blocks(), does compile
         # correctly.
         all_blocks = [ [['x=1']],
 
                        [['x=1'],
                         ['y=2']],
 
                        [['x=1',
                          '# a comment'],
                         ['y=11']],
 
                        [['if 1:',
                          '  x=1'],
                         ['y=3']],
 
                        [['def f(x):',
                          '  return x'],
                         ['x=1']],
 
                        [['def f(x):',
                          '  x+=1',
                          '  ',
                          '  return x'],
                         ['x=1']],
 
                        [['def f(x):',
                          '  if x>0:',
                          '    y=1',
                          '  # a comment',
                          '  else:',
                          '    y=4',
                          ' ',
                          '  return y'],
                         ['x=1'],
                         ['if 1:',
                          '  y=11'] ],
                        
                        [['for i in range(10):'
                          '  x=i**2']],
 
                        [['for i in range(10):'
                          '  x=i**2'],
                         ['z = 1']],
                        ]
         for block_lines in all_blocks:
             self.check_split(block_lines)
         
     def test_split_syntax_errors(self):
         # Block splitting with invalid syntax
         all_blocks = [ [['a syntax error']],
             
                        [['x=1',
                          'another syntax error']],
 
                        [['for i in range(10):'
                          '  yet another error']],
                        
                        ]
         for block_lines in all_blocks:
             self.check_split(block_lines, compile=False)
 
 
 class InteractiveLoopTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests for an interactive loop like a python shell.
     """
     def check_ns(self, lines, ns):
         """Validate that the given input lines produce the resulting namespace.
 
         Note: the input lines are given exactly as they would be typed in an
         auto-indenting environment, as mini_interactive_loop above already does
         auto-indenting and prepends spaces to the input.
         """
         src = mini_interactive_loop(pseudo_input(lines))
         test_ns = {}
         exec src in test_ns
         # We can't check that the provided ns is identical to the test_ns,
         # because Python fills test_ns with extra keys (copyright, etc).  But
         # we can check that the given dict is *contained* in test_ns
         for k,v in ns.items():
             self.assertEqual(test_ns[k], v)
         
     def test_simple(self):
         self.check_ns(['x=1'], dict(x=1))
 
     def test_simple2(self):
         self.check_ns(['if 1:', 'x=2'], dict(x=2))
 
     def test_xy(self):
         self.check_ns(['x=1; y=2'], dict(x=1, y=2))
 
     def test_abc(self):
         self.check_ns(['if 1:','a=1','b=2','c=3'], dict(a=1, b=2, c=3))
     
     def test_multi(self):
         self.check_ns(['x =(1+','1+','2)'], dict(x=4))
     
 
 def test_LineInfo():
     """Simple test for LineInfo construction and str()"""
     linfo = isp.LineInfo('  %cd /home')
     nt.assert_equals(str(linfo), 'LineInfo [  |%|cd|/home]')
 
 
 def test_split_user_input():
     """Unicode test - split_user_input already has good doctests"""
     line = u"Pérez Fernando"
     parts = isp.split_user_input(line)
     parts_expected = (u'', u'', u'', line)
     nt.assert_equal(parts, parts_expected)
 
 
 # Transformer tests
 def transform_checker(tests, func):
     """Utility to loop over test inputs"""
     for inp, tr in tests:
         nt.assert_equals(func(inp), tr)
 
 # Data for all the syntax tests in the form of lists of pairs of
 # raw/transformed input.  We store it here as a global dict so that we can use
 # it both within single-function tests and also to validate the behavior of the
 # larger objects
 
 syntax = \
   dict(assign_system =
-       [('a =! ls', 'a = get_ipython().magic("sc -l = ls")'),
-        ('b = !ls', 'b = get_ipython().magic("sc -l = ls")'),
+       [('a =! ls', 'a = get_ipython().getoutput("ls")'),
+        ('b = !ls', 'b = get_ipython().getoutput("ls")'),
         ('x=1', 'x=1'), # normal input is unmodified
         ('    ','    '),  # blank lines are kept intact
         ],
 
        assign_magic =
        [('a =% who', 'a = get_ipython().magic("who")'),
         ('b = %who', 'b = get_ipython().magic("who")'),
         ('x=1', 'x=1'), # normal input is unmodified
         ('    ','    '),  # blank lines are kept intact
         ],
 
        classic_prompt =
        [('>>> x=1', 'x=1'),
         ('x=1', 'x=1'), # normal input is unmodified
         ('    ', '    '),  # blank lines are kept intact
         ('... ', ''), # continuation prompts
         ],
 
        ipy_prompt =
        [('In [1]: x=1', 'x=1'),
         ('x=1', 'x=1'), # normal input is unmodified
         ('    ','    '),  # blank lines are kept intact
         ('   ....: ', ''), # continuation prompts
         ],
 
        # Tests for the escape transformer to leave normal code alone
        escaped_noesc =
        [ ('    ', '    '),
          ('x=1', 'x=1'),
          ],
 
        # System calls
        escaped_shell =
        [ ('!ls', 'get_ipython().system("ls")'),
          # Double-escape shell, this means to capture the output of the
          # subprocess and return it
          ('!!ls', 'get_ipython().getoutput("ls")'),
          ],
 
        # Help/object info
        escaped_help =
        [ ('?', 'get_ipython().show_usage()'),
          ('?x1', 'get_ipython().magic("pinfo x1")'),
          ('??x2', 'get_ipython().magic("pinfo2 x2")'),
          ('x3?', 'get_ipython().magic("pinfo x3")'),
          ('x4??', 'get_ipython().magic("pinfo2 x4")'),
          ('%hist?', 'get_ipython().magic("pinfo %hist")'),
          ],
 
        # Explicit magic calls
        escaped_magic =
        [ ('%cd', 'get_ipython().magic("cd")'),
          ('%cd /home', 'get_ipython().magic("cd /home")'),
          ('    %magic', '    get_ipython().magic("magic")'),
          ],
        
        # Quoting with separate arguments
        escaped_quote =
        [ (',f', 'f("")'),
          (',f x', 'f("x")'),
          ('  ,f y', '  f("y")'),
          (',f a b', 'f("a", "b")'),
          ],
        
        # Quoting with single argument
        escaped_quote2 = 
        [ (';f', 'f("")'),
          (';f x', 'f("x")'),
          ('  ;f y', '  f("y")'),
          (';f a b', 'f("a b")'),
          ],
        
        # Simply apply parens
        escaped_paren = 
        [ ('/f', 'f()'),
          ('/f x', 'f(x)'),
          ('  /f y', '  f(y)'),
          ('/f a b', 'f(a, b)'),
          ],
 
        )
 
 # multiline syntax examples.  Each of these should be a list of lists, with
 # each entry itself having pairs of raw/transformed input.  The union (with
 # '\n'.join() of the transformed inputs is what the splitter should produce
 # when fed the raw lines one at a time via push.
 syntax_ml = \
   dict(classic_prompt =
        [ [('>>> for i in range(10):','for i in range(10):'),
           ('...     print i','    print i'),
           ('... ', ''),
           ],
         ],
 
        ipy_prompt =
        [ [('In [24]: for i in range(10):','for i in range(10):'),
           ('   ....:     print i','    print i'),
           ('   ....: ', ''),
           ],
          ],
        )
 
 
 def test_assign_system():
     transform_checker(syntax['assign_system'], isp.transform_assign_system)
 
     
 def test_assign_magic():
     transform_checker(syntax['assign_magic'], isp.transform_assign_magic)
 
 
 def test_classic_prompt():
     transform_checker(syntax['classic_prompt'], isp.transform_classic_prompt)
     for example in syntax_ml['classic_prompt']:
         transform_checker(example, isp.transform_classic_prompt)
     
 
 def test_ipy_prompt():
     transform_checker(syntax['ipy_prompt'], isp.transform_ipy_prompt)
     for example in syntax_ml['ipy_prompt']:
         transform_checker(example, isp.transform_ipy_prompt)
     
 
 def test_escaped_noesc():
     transform_checker(syntax['escaped_noesc'], isp.transform_escaped)
 
 
 def test_escaped_shell():
     transform_checker(syntax['escaped_shell'], isp.transform_escaped)
 
 
 def test_escaped_help():
     transform_checker(syntax['escaped_help'], isp.transform_escaped)
 
 
 def test_escaped_magic():
     transform_checker(syntax['escaped_magic'], isp.transform_escaped)
 
 
 def test_escaped_quote():
     transform_checker(syntax['escaped_quote'], isp.transform_escaped)
 
 
 def test_escaped_quote2():
     transform_checker(syntax['escaped_quote2'], isp.transform_escaped)
 
 
 def test_escaped_paren():
     transform_checker(syntax['escaped_paren'], isp.transform_escaped)
 
 
 class IPythonInputTestCase(InputSplitterTestCase):
     """By just creating a new class whose .isp is a different instance, we
     re-run the same test battery on the new input splitter.
 
     In addition, this runs the tests over the syntax and syntax_ml dicts that
     were tested by individual functions, as part of the OO interface.
     """
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.isp = isp.IPythonInputSplitter(input_mode='line')
 
     def test_syntax(self):
         """Call all single-line syntax tests from the main object"""
         isp = self.isp
         for example in syntax.itervalues():
             for raw, out_t in example:
                 if raw.startswith(' '):
                     continue
                 
                 isp.push(raw)
                 out = isp.source_reset().rstrip()
                 self.assertEqual(out, out_t)
 
     def test_syntax_multiline(self):
         isp = self.isp
         for example in syntax_ml.itervalues():
             out_t_parts = []
             for line_pairs in example:
                 for raw, out_t_part in line_pairs:
                     isp.push(raw)
                     out_t_parts.append(out_t_part)
 
                 out = isp.source_reset().rstrip()
                 out_t = '\n'.join(out_t_parts).rstrip()
                 self.assertEqual(out, out_t)
                 
 
 class BlockIPythonInputTestCase(IPythonInputTestCase):
 
     # Deactivate tests that don't make sense for the block mode
     test_push3 = test_split = lambda s: None
     
     def setUp(self):
         self.isp = isp.IPythonInputSplitter(input_mode='block')
 
     def test_syntax_multiline(self):
         isp = self.isp
         for example in syntax_ml.itervalues():
             raw_parts = []
             out_t_parts = []
             for line_pairs in example:
                 for raw, out_t_part in line_pairs:
                     raw_parts.append(raw)
                     out_t_parts.append(out_t_part)
 
                 raw = '\n'.join(raw_parts)
                 out_t = '\n'.join(out_t_parts)
 
                 isp.push(raw)
                 out = isp.source_reset()
                 # Match ignoring trailing whitespace
                 self.assertEqual(out.rstrip(), out_t.rstrip())
     
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main - use as a script, mostly for developer experiments
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # A simple demo for interactive experimentation.  This code will not get
     # picked up by any test suite.
     from IPython.core.inputsplitter import InputSplitter, IPythonInputSplitter
 
     # configure here the syntax to use, prompt and whether to autoindent
     #isp, start_prompt = InputSplitter(), '>>> '
     isp, start_prompt = IPythonInputSplitter(), 'In> '
 
     autoindent = True
     #autoindent = False
     
     try:
         while True:
             prompt = start_prompt
             while isp.push_accepts_more():
                 indent = ' '*isp.indent_spaces
                 if autoindent:
                     line = indent + raw_input(prompt+indent)
                 else:
                     line = raw_input(prompt)
                 isp.push(line)
                 prompt = '... '
 
             # Here we just return input so we can use it in a test suite, but a
             # real interpreter would instead send it for execution somewhere.
             #src = isp.source; raise EOFError # dbg
             src = isp.source_reset()
             print 'Input source was:\n', src
     except EOFError:
         print 'Bye'

IPython/utils/_process_common.py

@@ -1,121 +1,142 b''
 """Common utilities for the various process_* implementations.
 
 This file is only meant to be imported by the platform-specific implementations
 of subprocess utilities, and it contains tools that are common to all of them.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 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
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Function definitions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def read_no_interrupt(p):
     """Read from a pipe ignoring EINTR errors.
 
     This is necessary because when reading from pipes with GUI event loops
     running in the background, often interrupts are raised that stop the
     command from completing."""
     import errno
 
     try:
         return p.read()
     except IOError, err:
         if err.errno != errno.EINTR:
             raise
 
 
 def process_handler(cmd, callback, stderr=subprocess.PIPE):
     """Open a command in a shell subprocess and execute a callback.
 
     This function provides common scaffolding for creating subprocess.Popen()
     calls.  It creates a Popen object and then calls the callback with it.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     cmd : str
       A string to be executed with the underlying system shell (by calling
     :func:`Popen` with ``shell=True``.
 
     callback : callable
       A one-argument function that will be called with the Popen object.
 
     stderr : file descriptor number, optional
       By default this is set to ``subprocess.PIPE``, but you can also pass the
       value ``subprocess.STDOUT`` to force the subprocess' stderr to go into
       the same file descriptor as its stdout.  This is useful to read stdout
       and stderr combined in the order they are generated.
 
     Returns
     -------
     The return value of the provided callback is returned.
     """
     sys.stdout.flush()
     sys.stderr.flush()
     # On win32, close_fds can't be true when using pipes for stdin/out/err
     close_fds = sys.platform != 'win32'
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True,
                          stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                          stderr=stderr,
                          close_fds=close_fds)
 
     try:
         out = callback(p)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print('^C')
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         out = None
     finally:
         # Make really sure that we don't leave processes behind, in case the
         # call above raises an exception
         # We start by assuming the subprocess finished (to avoid NameErrors
         # later depending on the path taken)
         if p.returncode is None:
             try:
                 p.terminate()
                 p.poll()
             except OSError:
                 pass
         # One last try on our way out
         if p.returncode is None:
             try:
                 p.kill()
             except OSError:
                 pass
 
     return out
 
 
+def getoutput(cmd):
+    """Return standard output of executing cmd in a shell.
+
+    Accepts the same arguments as os.system().
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cmd : str
+      A command to be executed in the system shell.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    stdout : str
+    """
+
+    out = process_handler(cmd, lambda p: p.communicate()[0], subprocess.STDOUT)
+    if out is None:
+        out = ''
+    return out
+
+
 def getoutputerror(cmd):
     """Return (standard output, standard error) of executing cmd in a shell.
 
     Accepts the same arguments as os.system().
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     cmd : str
       A command to be executed in the system shell.
 
     Returns
     -------
     stdout : str
     stderr : str
     """
 
     out_err = process_handler(cmd, lambda p: p.communicate())
     if out_err is None:
         out_err = '', ''
     return out_err

IPython/utils/_process_posix.py

@@ -1,169 +1,192 b''
 """Posix-specific implementation of process utilities.
 
 This file is only meant to be imported by process.py, not by end-users.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 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 print_function
 
 # Stdlib
 import subprocess as sp
 import sys
 
 # Third-party
 # We ship our own copy of pexpect (it's a single file) to minimize dependencies
 # for users, but it's only used if we don't find the system copy.
 try:
     import pexpect
 except ImportError:
     from IPython.external import pexpect
 
 # Our own
 from .autoattr import auto_attr
+from ._process_common import getoutput
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Function definitions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def _find_cmd(cmd):
     """Find the full path to a command using which."""
 
     return sp.Popen(['/usr/bin/env', 'which', cmd],
                     stdout=sp.PIPE).communicate()[0]
 
 
 class ProcessHandler(object):
     """Execute subprocesses under the control of pexpect.
     """
     # Timeout in seconds to wait on each reading of the subprocess' output.
     # This should not be set too low to avoid cpu overusage from our side,
     # since we read in a loop whose period is controlled by this timeout.
     read_timeout = 0.05
 
     # Timeout to give a process if we receive SIGINT, between sending the
     # SIGINT to the process and forcefully terminating it.
     terminate_timeout = 0.2
 
     # File object where stdout and stderr of the subprocess will be written
     logfile = None
 
     # Shell to call for subprocesses to execute
     sh = None
 
     @auto_attr
     def sh(self):
         sh = pexpect.which('sh')
         if sh is None:
             raise OSError('"sh" shell not found')
         return sh
 
     def __init__(self, logfile=None, read_timeout=None, terminate_timeout=None):
         """Arguments are used for pexpect calls."""
         self.read_timeout = (ProcessHandler.read_timeout if read_timeout is
                              None else read_timeout)
         self.terminate_timeout = (ProcessHandler.terminate_timeout if
                                   terminate_timeout is None else
                                   terminate_timeout)
         self.logfile = sys.stdout if logfile is None else logfile
 
     def getoutput(self, cmd):
         """Run a command and return its stdout/stderr as a string.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cmd : str
           A command to be executed in the system shell.
 
         Returns
         -------
         output : str
           A string containing the combination of stdout and stderr from the
         subprocess, in whatever order the subprocess originally wrote to its
         file descriptors (so the order of the information in this string is the
         correct order as would be seen if running the command in a terminal).
         """
         pcmd = self._make_cmd(cmd)
         try:
             return pexpect.run(pcmd).replace('\r\n', '\n')
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             print('^C', file=sys.stderr, end='')
 
+    def getoutput_pexpect(self, cmd):
+        """Run a command and return its stdout/stderr as a string.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        cmd : str
+          A command to be executed in the system shell.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        output : str
+          A string containing the combination of stdout and stderr from the
+        subprocess, in whatever order the subprocess originally wrote to its
+        file descriptors (so the order of the information in this string is the
+        correct order as would be seen if running the command in a terminal).
+        """
+        pcmd = self._make_cmd(cmd)
+        try:
+            return pexpect.run(pcmd).replace('\r\n', '\n')
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            print('^C', file=sys.stderr, end='')
+
     def system(self, cmd):
         """Execute a command in a subshell.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cmd : str
           A command to be executed in the system shell.
 
         Returns
         -------
         None : we explicitly do NOT return the subprocess status code, as this
         utility is meant to be used extensively in IPython, where any return
         value would trigger :func:`sys.displayhook` calls.
         """
         pcmd = self._make_cmd(cmd)
         # Patterns to match on the output, for pexpect.  We read input and
         # allow either a short timeout or EOF
         patterns = [pexpect.TIMEOUT, pexpect.EOF]
         # the index of the EOF pattern in the list.
         EOF_index = 1  # Fix this index if you change the list!!
         # The size of the output stored so far in the process output buffer.
         # Since pexpect only appends to this buffer, each time we print we
         # record how far we've printed, so that next time we only print *new*
         # content from the buffer.
         out_size = 0
         try:
             # Since we're not really searching the buffer for text patterns, we
             # can set pexpect's search window to be tiny and it won't matter.
             # We only search for the 'patterns' timeout or EOF, which aren't in
             # the text itself.
             child = pexpect.spawn(pcmd, searchwindowsize=1)
             flush = sys.stdout.flush
             while True:
                 # res is the index of the pattern that caused the match, so we
                 # know whether we've finished (if we matched EOF) or not
                 res_idx = child.expect_list(patterns, self.read_timeout)
                 print(child.before[out_size:], end='')
                 flush()
                 # Update the pointer to what we've already printed
                 out_size = len(child.before)
                 if res_idx==EOF_index:
                     break
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             # We need to send ^C to the process.  The ascii code for '^C' is 3
             # (the character is known as ETX for 'End of Text', see
             # curses.ascii.ETX).
             child.sendline(chr(3))
             # Read and print any more output the program might produce on its
             # way out.
             try:
                 out_size = len(child.before)
                 child.expect_list(patterns, self.terminate_timeout)
                 print(child.before[out_size:], end='')
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 # Impatient users tend to type it multiple times
                 pass
             finally:
                 # Ensure the subprocess really is terminated
                 child.terminate(force=True)
 
     def _make_cmd(self, cmd):
         return '%s -c "%s"' % (self.sh, cmd)
 
 
-
-# Make objects with a functional interface for outside use
-__ph = ProcessHandler()
-
-system = __ph.system
-getoutput = __ph.getoutput
+# Make system() with a functional interface for outside use.  Note that we use
+# getoutput() from the _common utils, which is built on top of popen(). Using
+# pexpect to get subprocess output produces difficult to parse output, since
+# programs think they are talking to a tty and produce highly formatted output
+# (ls is a good example) that makes them hard.
+system = ProcessHandler().system