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Initial patch with Jedi completion (no function header description)....
Initial patch with Jedi completion (no function header description). Handle case when Jedi is not importable. Fix print statement vs function discrepancy. Add two-column display for function and description, remove sys.path manipulation. cleanup comments, add matcher APi instead of checking every time (#1) * Improve completion a bit to take care of what was previously "greedy" This is a bit hackins because of how IPython decides what is going to be replaced, and because completions need to strart with `text`. Add a few test cases. * require path.py * Add completion tests. * Fix some completion, in particular imports. Also completion after assignments. Add TODO about how to using Completions with Jedi.
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IPython was starting in 2001 by Fernando Perez while he was a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. IPython as we know it today grew out of the following three projects:

  • ipython by Fernando Pérez. Fernando began using Python and ipython began as an outgrowth of his desire for things like Mathematica-style prompts, access to previous output (again like Mathematica's % syntax) and a flexible configuration system (something better than :envvar:`PYTHONSTARTUP`).
  • IPP by Janko Hauser. Very well organized, great usability. Had an old help system. IPP was used as the "container" code into which Fernando added the functionality from ipython and LazyPython.
  • LazyPython by Nathan Gray. Simple but very powerful. The quick syntax (auto parens, auto quotes) and verbose/colored tracebacks were all taken from here.

Here is how Fernando describes the early history of IPython:

When I found out about IPP and LazyPython I tried to join all three into a unified system. I thought this could provide a very nice working environment, both for regular programming and scientific computing: shell-like features, IDL/Matlab numerics, Mathematica-type prompt history and great object introspection and help facilities. I think it worked reasonably well, though it was a lot more work than I had initially planned.