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14<div class="document" id="the-py-manual">
15<h1 class="title">The Py Manual</h1>
16<h2 class="subtitle" id="py-served-fresh-daily">Py - Served Fresh Daily</h2>
17<table class="docinfo" frame="void" rules="none">
18<col class="docinfo-name" />
19<col class="docinfo-content" />
20<tbody valign="top">
21<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Author:</th>
22<td>Patrick K. O'Brien</td></tr>
23<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Contact:</th>
24<td><a class="first last reference" href="mailto:pobrien&#64;orbtech.com">pobrien&#64;orbtech.com</a></td></tr>
25<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Organization:</th>
26<td><a class="first last reference" href="http://www.orbtech.com/">Orbtech</a></td></tr>
27<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Date:</th>
40efbdda 28<td>2004-04-15</td></tr>
8eda5e35 29<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Revision:</th>
40efbdda 30<td>1.5</td></tr>
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32</table>
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33<div class="contents topic">
34<p class="topic-title first"><a id="contents" name="contents">Contents</a></p>
8eda5e35 35<ul class="simple">
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36<li><a class="reference" href="#introduction" id="id4" name="id4">Introduction</a></li>
37<li><a class="reference" href="#developer-reference" id="id5" name="id5">Developer Reference</a></li>
38<li><a class="reference" href="#what-is-py" id="id6" name="id6">What is Py?</a></li>
39<li><a class="reference" href="#pycrust-is-dead-long-live-py" id="id7" name="id7">PyCrust is dead! Long live Py!</a></li>
40<li><a class="reference" href="#py-standalone-programs" id="id8" name="id8">Py standalone programs</a></li>
41<li><a class="reference" href="#pyalacarte" id="id9" name="id9">PyAlaCarte</a></li>
42<li><a class="reference" href="#pyalamode" id="id10" name="id10">PyAlaMode</a></li>
43<li><a class="reference" href="#pycrust" id="id11" name="id11">PyCrust</a></li>
44<li><a class="reference" href="#pyfilling" id="id12" name="id12">PyFilling</a></li>
45<li><a class="reference" href="#pyshell" id="id13" name="id13">PyShell</a></li>
46<li><a class="reference" href="#pywrap" id="id14" name="id14">PyWrap</a></li>
47<li><a class="reference" href="#py-modules" id="id15" name="id15">Py modules</a></li>
48<li><a class="reference" href="#projects-using-py" id="id16" name="id16">Projects using Py</a></li>
49<li><a class="reference" href="#history-of-changes" id="id17" name="id17">History of changes</a><ul>
50<li><a class="reference" href="#id1" id="id18" name="id18">0.9.5 (12/23/2005)</a></li>
51<li><a class="reference" href="#to-2004" id="id19" name="id19">0.9.4 (1/25/2004 to //2004)</a></li>
52<li><a class="reference" href="#to-1-24-2004" id="id20" name="id20">0.9.3 (9/25/2003 to 1/24/2004)</a></li>
53<li><a class="reference" href="#to-9-25-2003" id="id21" name="id21">0.9.2 (5/3/2003 to 9/25/2003)</a></li>
54<li><a class="reference" href="#to-5-2-2003" id="id22" name="id22">0.9.1 (3/21/2003 to 5/2/2003)</a></li>
55<li><a class="reference" href="#to-3-20-2003" id="id23" name="id23">0.9 (2/27/2003 to 3/20/2003)</a></li>
56<li><a class="reference" href="#to-2-26-2003" id="id24" name="id24">0.8.2 (1/5/2003 to 2/26/2003)</a></li>
57<li><a class="reference" href="#to-12-25-2002" id="id25" name="id25">0.8.1 (12/20/2002 to 12/25/2002)</a></li>
58<li><a class="reference" href="#to-12-16-2002" id="id26" name="id26">0.8 (10/29/2002 to 12/16/2002)</a></li>
59<li><a class="reference" href="#to-8-27-2002" id="id27" name="id27">0.7.2 (2/22/2002 to 8/27/2002)</a></li>
60<li><a class="reference" href="#to-2-21-2002" id="id28" name="id28">0.7.1 (12/12/2001 to 2/21/2002)</a></li>
61<li><a class="reference" href="#to-12-11-2001" id="id29" name="id29">0.7 (10/15/2001 to 12/11/2001)</a></li>
62<li><a class="reference" href="#to-10-12-2001" id="id30" name="id30">0.6.1 (9/19/2001 to 10/12/2001)</a></li>
63<li><a class="reference" href="#to-9-12-2001" id="id31" name="id31">0.6 (8/21/2001 to 9/12/2001)</a></li>
64<li><a class="reference" href="#to-8-20-2001" id="id32" name="id32">0.5.4 (8/17/2001 to 8/20/2001)</a></li>
65<li><a class="reference" href="#id2" id="id33" name="id33">0.5.3 (8/16/2001)</a></li>
66<li><a class="reference" href="#to-8-15-2001" id="id34" name="id34">0.5.2 (8/14/2001 to 8/15/2001)</a></li>
67<li><a class="reference" href="#to-8-14-2001" id="id35" name="id35">0.5.1 (8/10/2001 to 8/14/2001)</a></li>
68<li><a class="reference" href="#id3" id="id36" name="id36">0.5 (8/8/2001)</a></li>
69<li><a class="reference" href="#to-8-7-2001" id="id37" name="id37">0.4 (8/4/2001 to 8/7/2001)</a></li>
70<li><a class="reference" href="#to-8-3-2001" id="id38" name="id38">0.3 (8/2/2001 to 8/3/2001)</a></li>
71<li><a class="reference" href="#to-8-2-2001" id="id39" name="id39">0.2 (7/30/2001 to 8/2/2001)</a></li>
72<li><a class="reference" href="#to-7-19-2001" id="id40" name="id40">0.1 (7/1/2001 to 7/19/2001)</a></li>
73<li><a class="reference" href="#in-the-beginning-there-was-pie-7-1-2001" id="id41" name="id41">In the beginning, there was pie... (7/1/2001)</a></li>
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74</ul>
75</li>
76</ul>
77</div>
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78<div class="section">
79<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" id="introduction" name="introduction">Introduction</a></h1>
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80<p>This document will show you how to use the Py programs and the Py
81library of Python source code modules. Py is the new name for the
82project that began as PyCrust. Py is officially part of <a class="reference" href="http://www.wxpython.org/">wxPython</a>,
83and includes PyCrust, so PyCrust is no longer distributed separately.</p>
84</div>
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85<div class="section">
86<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" id="developer-reference" name="developer-reference">Developer Reference</a></h1>
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87<p>Source code documentation for developers is available at:</p>
88<p><a class="reference" href="http://www.orbtech.com/www/wx/epydoc/public/wx.py-module.html">http://www.orbtech.com/www/wx/epydoc/public/wx.py-module.html</a></p>
89</div>
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90<div class="section">
91<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" id="what-is-py" name="what-is-py">What is Py?</a></h1>
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92<p>Besides being <a class="reference" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie">a delicious dessert</a>, Py is the name for a collection
93of whimsically-named Python programs and modules that began as the
94PyCrust project. So Py is really several things: a set of standalone
95programs, including the original PyCrust program, a library of Python
40efbdda 96source code modules that can be used in your own programs, and as many
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97examples of bad &quot;pie&quot; puns as I can come up with. (If you're going to
98do something, you might as well do it all the way, right?) Py uses
99Python and wxPython, so it works equally well on Windows, Linux and
100Mac OS X.</p>
101</div>
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102<div class="section">
103<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7" id="pycrust-is-dead-long-live-py" name="pycrust-is-dead-long-live-py">PyCrust is dead! Long live Py!</a></h1>
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104<p>This project began with a program I created called PyCrust - an
105interactive, graphical Python shell, developed using the wxPython GUI
106toolkit. For about two years, PyCrust was hosted on <a class="reference" href="http://www.sf.net/projects/pycrust/">SourceForge</a>.
107Shortly after I created PyCrust, the wxPython folks started including
108it in their distribution. As the PyCrust project grew, it reached a
109point where I thought the original PyCrust name was too confining. I
110was using the PyCrust code base to develop programs that weren't just
111Python shells any more.</p>
112<p>Around that same time, the wxPython folks asked me if I'd be willing
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113to move all my wxPython-related projects into the <a class="reference" href="http://cvs.wxWidgets.org">wxPython CVS
114repository</a>, and become part of the <a class="reference" href="http://www.wxpython.org/">wxPython</a>/<a class="reference" href="http://www.wxWidgets.org/">wxWidgets</a> developer team.
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115I decided the time was right to restructure the PyCrust project.
116During the move, the PyCrust package was renamed to &quot;py&quot; (lowercase
117&quot;p&quot;) and the collection of programs and modules as a whole became
118known as &quot;Py&quot; (with a capital &quot;P&quot;).</p>
119<p>The original goal of PyCrust was to be the best interactive, graphical
120Python shell (of course, I claimed it was the &quot;flakiest&quot; Python
121shell). And that was all I wanted it to be. But little by little I
122found myself developing a wider variety of tools for wxPython
123applications. Eventually I'll create a debugger (PySlice, perhaps)
124and whatever else is needed to one day become a complete wxPython
125application development environment (PyFactory?). In the mean time,
126PyCrust is still the flakiest Python shell, and the other Py programs
127are equally tasty.</p>
128<p>At this point, Py has standalone programs that include Python code
129editors (PyAlaCarte and PyAlaMode), interactive Python shells (PyCrust
130and PyShell), and a runtime wrapper (PyWrap). The runtime wrapper
131utility provides you with runtime introspection capabilities for your
132wxPython programs without having to include PyCrust or PyShell in your
133program, and without having to alter one line of your source code.</p>
134<p>Py also contains a collection of modules that you can use in your own
135wxPython applications to provide similar services, either for your own
136use during development, or as an interface for users of your programs.
40efbdda 137These modules are the same ones used by all the Py programs.</p>
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139<div class="section">
140<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" id="py-standalone-programs" name="py-standalone-programs">Py standalone programs</a></h1>
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141<p>These are the standalone applications in the Py collection:</p>
142<ul class="simple">
143<li>PyAlaCarte</li>
144<li>PyAlaMode</li>
145<li>PyCrust</li>
146<li>PyFilling</li>
147<li>PyShell</li>
148<li>PyWrap</li>
149</ul>
150</div>
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151<div class="section">
152<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" id="pyalacarte" name="pyalacarte">PyAlaCarte</a></h1>
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153<p>PyAlaCarte is a Python source code editor. It is designed to have a
154simple, single-file interface. As a standalone application, it is
155good for simple, short editing tasks. But it is really meant to be
156more of an example of how to embed the Py editor into a wxPython
157application.</p>
158</div>
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159<div class="section">
160<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10" id="pyalamode" name="pyalamode">PyAlaMode</a></h1>
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161<p>PyAlaMode is a Python source code editor.</p>
162</div>
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163<div class="section">
164<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id11" id="pycrust" name="pycrust">PyCrust</a></h1>
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165<p>PyCrust is an interactive, Python shell. But it's more than just a
166shell. It includes a tabbed notebook containing a namespace tree
167(PyFilling), and several other things.</p>
168</div>
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169<div class="section">
170<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12" id="pyfilling" name="pyfilling">PyFilling</a></h1>
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171<p>PyFilling is a namespace viewer. It isn't really useful as a
172standalone program, but it does illustrate how to make use of the
c66cd08a 173underlying <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filling</span></tt> module.</p>
8eda5e35 174</div>
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175<div class="section">
176<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id13" id="pyshell" name="pyshell">PyShell</a></h1>
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177<p>PyShell is an interactive, Python shell. It shares the same base code
178as PyCrust, but doesn't have any of the extra features that appear in
179the PyCrust notebook interface.</p>
180<div class="figure">
974a50f1 181<img alt="screenshots/PyShell.png" src="screenshots/PyShell.png" />
90805926 182<p class="caption">PyShell running on Mandrake Linux.</p>
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183</div>
184</div>
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185<div class="section">
186<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id14" id="pywrap" name="pywrap">PyWrap</a></h1>
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187<p>PyWrap is a runtime utility that lets you run an existing wxPython
188program with a PyCrust frame at the same time. Inside the PyCrust
c66cd08a 189shell namespace, the local variable <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">app</span></tt> is assigned to your
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190application instance. In this way you can introspect your entire
191application within the PyCrust shell, as well as the PyFilling
40efbdda 192namespace viewer.</p>
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194<div class="section">
195<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id15" id="py-modules" name="py-modules">Py modules</a></h1>
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196<p>Py was designed to be modular. That means graphical code is kept
197separate from non-graphical code, and many of the Py modules can be
198used by other programs. Likewise, other programs can supply some of
199the modules needed by Py. For example, you could supply a customized
200interpreter module and plug it in to the PyCrust standalone
201application. As long as it supports the minimum functionality
202required, PyCrust will work just as well with your interpreter as with
203its default interpreter.</p>
204</div>
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205<div class="section">
206<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id16" id="projects-using-py" name="projects-using-py">Projects using Py</a></h1>
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207<ul class="simple">
208<li><a class="reference" href="http://conflictsolver.sourceforge.net/">Conflict Solver</a></li>
209<li><a class="reference" href="http://www.gnumed.org/">Gnumed</a></li>
210<li>PyGist</li>
211<li><a class="reference" href="http://www.pythoncard.org/">PythonCard</a></li>
212<li><a class="reference" href="http://rpy.sourceforge.net/">RPy</a></li>
213<li><a class="reference" href="http://www.scipy.org/">SciPy</a></li>
214<li><a class="reference" href="http://www.sim42.org/">Sim42</a></li>
215<li><a class="reference" href="http://linus.yorktown.arlington.k12.va.us/CS/APCSC/student_sites/David_Mayo/wxGasp">wxGasp</a></li>
216</ul>
217</div>
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218<div class="section">
219<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id17" id="history-of-changes" name="history-of-changes">History of changes</a></h1>
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220<p>This section lists all the changes that have been made to the Py
221programs and modules, since the beginning.</p>
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222<div class="section">
223<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id18" id="id1" name="id1">0.9.5 (12/23/2005)</a></h2>
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224<p>Applied a series of enhancments by Franz Steinaeusler, Adi Sieker, and
225Sebastian Haase, up until their 7-31-2005 version. (Their next
226version broke some existing functionality, and added some confusing
227hacks, and I didn't feel that the incremental gains were worth the
228loss at that point so I stopped at 7-31-2005.)</p>
229<p>Their changes include the following:</p>
230<ul class="simple">
231<li>The Autocomplete and Calltip windows can now be opened manually with
232Ctrl-Space and Ctrl-Shift-Space.</li>
233<li>In the stand alone PyCrust app the various option settings, window
234size and position, and etc. are saved and restored at the next run.</li>
235<li>Added a help dialog bound to the F1 key that shows the key bindings.</li>
236<li>Added a new text completion function that suggests words from the
237history. Bound to Shift-Return.</li>
238<li>F11 will toggle the maximized state of the frame.</li>
239<li>switched to Bind() from wx.EVT_*().</li>
240<li>Display of line numbers can be toggled.</li>
241<li>F12 toggles a &quot;free edit&quot; mode of the shell buffer. This mode is
242useful, for example, if you would like to remove some output or
243errors or etc. from the buffer before doing a copy/paste. The free
244edit mode is designated by the use of a red, non-flashing caret.</li>
486afba9 245<li>Ctrl-Shift-F will fold/unfold (hide/show) the selected lines.</li>
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246</ul>
247<p>On top of these changes I (Robin Dunn) added the following:</p>
248<ul class="simple">
249<li>General code cleanup and fixes.</li>
250<li>Use wx.StandardPaths to determine the location of the config files.</li>
251<li>Remove Orbtech attributions from the UI, they've been there long
252enough.</li>
253<li>Use wx.SP_LIVE_UPDATE on crust and filling windows.</li>
254<li>Extended the saving of the config info and other new features to the
255PyShell app too. Additionally, other apps that embed a PyCrust or a
256PyShell can pass their own wx.Config object and have the Py code
257save/restore its settings to/from there.</li>
258<li>All of the classes with config info get an opportunity to save/load
259their own settings instead of putting all the save/load code in one
260place that then has to reach all over the place to do anything.</li>
261<li>Enable editing of the startup python code, which will either be the
262file pointed to by PYTHONSTARTUP or a file in the config dir if
263PYTHONSTARTUP is not set in the environment.</li>
974a50f1 264<li>Added an option to skip the running of the startup code when
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265PyShell or PyCrust starts.</li>
266<li>PyCrust adds a pp(item) function to the shell's namespace that
267pretty prints the item in the Display tab of the notebook. Added
268code to raise that tab when pp() is called.</li>
269<li>Added an option for whether to insert text for function parameters
270when popping up the call tip.</li>
271<li>Added Find and Find-Next functions that use the wx.FindReplaceDialog.</li>
272</ul>
273</div>
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274<div class="section">
275<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id19" id="to-2004" name="to-2004">0.9.4 (1/25/2004 to //2004)</a></h2>
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276<p>Removed wxd decorators in favor of new SWIG-generated docstrings.</p>
277<p>Removed docs tabs from crust interface:
278* wxPython Docs
279* wxSTC Docs</p>
9c329f86 280<p>Fixed Calltip tab refresh problem on Windows.</p>
90805926 281<p>shell.autoCompleteAutoHide added with default of False.</p>
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282<p>Changed default namespace of Shell to __main__.__dict__, instead of an
283empty dictionary.</p>
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285<div class="section">
286<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id20" id="to-1-24-2004" name="to-1-24-2004">0.9.3 (9/25/2003 to 1/24/2004)</a></h2>
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287<p>Fun and games with dynamic renaming. Details of any other changes
288were lost in the confusion. I'll try to do better in the future.</p>
289</div>
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290<div class="section">
291<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id21" id="to-9-25-2003" name="to-9-25-2003">0.9.2 (5/3/2003 to 9/25/2003)</a></h2>
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292<p>Changed to the new prefix-less &quot;wx&quot; package:</p>
293<pre class="literal-block">
294import wx
295</pre>
296<p>instead of:</p>
297<pre class="literal-block">
298from wxPython import wx
299</pre>
c66cd08a 300<p>Fixed typo in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyWrap.py</span></tt>:</p>
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301<pre class="literal-block">
302if __name__ == '__main__':
303 main(sys.argv)
304</pre>
305<p>should have been:</p>
306<pre class="literal-block">
307if __name__ == '__main__':
308 main()
309</pre>
310<p>Added pretty-print Display tab to Crust, based on suggestion from
311Jason Whitlark.</p>
c66cd08a 312<p>Improved <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Can*</span></tt> checks in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">EditWindow</span></tt>, since STC is too lenient,
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313particularly when it is set to read-only but returns True for
314CanPaste() (seems like an STC bug to me):</p>
315<pre class="literal-block">
316def CanCopy(self):
317 &quot;&quot;&quot;Return True if text is selected and can be copied.&quot;&quot;&quot;
318 return self.GetSelectionStart() != self.GetSelectionEnd()
319
320def CanCut(self):
321 &quot;&quot;&quot;Return True if text is selected and can be cut.&quot;&quot;&quot;
322 return self.CanCopy() and self.CanEdit()
323
324def CanEdit(self):
325 &quot;&quot;&quot;Return True if editing should succeed.&quot;&quot;&quot;
326 return not self.GetReadOnly()
327
328def CanPaste(self):
329 &quot;&quot;&quot;Return True if pasting should succeed.&quot;&quot;&quot;
330 return stc.StyledTextCtrl.CanPaste(self) and self.CanEdit()
331</pre>
332</div>
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333<div class="section">
334<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id22" id="to-5-2-2003" name="to-5-2-2003">0.9.1 (3/21/2003 to 5/2/2003)</a></h2>
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335<p>PyCrust is dead! Long live Py!</p>
336<ul class="simple">
c66cd08a 337<li>Renamed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrust</span></tt> package to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">py</span></tt>.</li>
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338<li>Moved code to wxPython's CVS repository.</li>
339</ul>
c66cd08a 340<p>Fixed bug in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.py</span></tt> on introspecting objects occurring
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342<pre class="literal-block">
343&gt;&gt;&gt; l = [1, 2, 3]
344&gt;&gt;&gt; for n in range(3):
345... l. &lt;-- failed to popup autocomplete list
346</pre>
347<p>Added documentation files:</p>
348<ul class="simple">
349<li>PyManual.txt</li>
350<li>wxPythonManual.txt</li>
351<li>wxPythonPackage.txt</li>
352<li>wxPythonExamples.txt</li>
353</ul>
354<p>Added PyAlaMode and PyAlaCarte code editors.</p>
c66cd08a 355<p>Major refactoring to support <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">editor</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell</span></tt> from the same
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356base.</p>
357<p>Renamed program files:</p>
358<ul class="simple">
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360<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFillingApp.py</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFilling.py</span></tt></li>
361<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyShellApp.py</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyShell.py</span></tt></li>
362<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wrap.py</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyWrap.py</span></tt></li>
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364<p>Removed disabling of autocomplete for lists of 2000 items or more.
365The current implementation of wxSTC can now handle lists this big.</p>
c66cd08a 366<p>Improved handling of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.path</span></tt> to mimic the standard Python shell.</p>
8eda5e35 367</div>
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369<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id23" id="to-3-20-2003" name="to-3-20-2003">0.9 (2/27/2003 to 3/20/2003)</a></h2>
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370<p>Added fontIncrease, fontDecrease, fontDefault signals, receivers and
371keybindings:</p>
372<pre class="literal-block">
373Ctrl+] Increase font size.
374Ctrl+[ Decrease font size.
375Ctrl+= Default font size.
376</pre>
377<p>Continued enhancement of the decorator capability to provide better
378documentation and docstrings for wxPython classes and functions.</p>
379<p>Introduced new tabbed interface:</p>
380<ul class="simple">
381<li>Namespace</li>
382<li>Calltip</li>
383<li>Session</li>
384<li>Dispatcher</li>
385<li>wxPython Docs</li>
386<li>wxSTC Docs</li>
387</ul>
c66cd08a 388<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Filling.tree</span></tt> now expands tuples as well as lists. (It should have
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389done this all along, I just never noticed this omission before.)</p>
390<p>Added this True/False test to all modules:</p>
391<pre class="literal-block">
392try:
393 True
394except NameError:
395 True = 1==1
396 False = 1==0
397</pre>
c66cd08a 398<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wxd</span></tt> directory with decoration classes.</p>
8eda5e35 399</div>
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401<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id24" id="to-2-26-2003" name="to-2-26-2003">0.8.2 (1/5/2003 to 2/26/2003)</a></h2>
c66cd08a 402<p>Wrapped <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.ps1</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.ps2</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.ps3</span></tt> in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">str()</span></tt>.
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403(Thanks, Kieran Holland.)</p>
404<p>Fixed minor things found by PyChecker.</p>
c66cd08a 405<p>Changed locals to use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__main__.__dict__</span></tt> and added code to clean up
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406the namespace, making it as close to the regular Python environment as
407possible. This solves the problem of pickling and unpickling
408instances of classes defined in the shell.</p>
c66cd08a 409<p>Made <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.PasteAndRun()</span></tt> a little more forgiving when it finds a
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410ps2 prompt line with no trailing space, such when you copy code from a
411web page.</p>
412<p>Improved autocomplete behavior by adding these to shell:</p>
413<pre class="literal-block">
414self.AutoCompSetAutoHide(False)
415self.AutoCompStops(' .,;:([)]}\'&quot;\\&lt;&gt;%^&amp;+-=*/|`')
416</pre>
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417<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decor</span></tt> directory, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decorator.py</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stcDecor.py</span></tt>, and
418<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stcConstants.py</span></tt>. These all serve the purpose of adding docstrings
419to existing wxPython classes, in particular the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wxStyledTextCtrl</span></tt>.</p>
420<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wrap.py</span></tt>, a command line utility for running a wxPython app
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421with additional runtime-tools loaded, such as PyCrust (the only tool
422at this point).</p>
423<p>Flushed the clipboard Cut/Copy operations so that selections will
424exist in the clipboard even after PyCrust has been closed.</p>
425<p>Improved the suppression of docstrings for simple data types appearing
426in the namespace viewer.</p>
427<p>Better handling of autocompletion with numeric types; no
428autocompletion when typing a dot after an integer. If the
429autocompletion is desired, type a space before the dot:</p>
430<pre class="literal-block">
431func = 3 .
432</pre>
433<p>More Filling!!! The namespace tree is now dynamically updated.</p>
434</div>
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436<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25" id="to-12-25-2002" name="to-12-25-2002">0.8.1 (12/20/2002 to 12/25/2002)</a></h2>
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437<p>Improved keyboard handling with Autocomplete active. You can now use
438Enter as well as Tab to select an item from the list.</p>
439<p>Disabled autocomplete for lists of 2000 items or more. The current
440implementation of wxSTC can't handle lists this big.</p>
c66cd08a 441<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filling</span></tt> to always display docstrings for objects. This is
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442useful for objects whose docstrings have been decorated, rather than
443coming directly from the source code. (Hmmm. Sounds like someone is
444doing some decorating. I wonder where that would be helpful? &lt;wink&gt;)</p>
c66cd08a 445<p>Fixed handling of icon. Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">images.py</span></tt> file.</p>
8eda5e35 446</div>
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448<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26" id="to-12-16-2002" name="to-12-16-2002">0.8 (10/29/2002 to 12/16/2002)</a></h2>
8eda5e35 449<p>Added &quot;help&quot; to startup banner info.</p>
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451<p>Replaced use of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wx</span></tt> module's <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">true</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">false</span></tt> with
452Python's <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">True</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">False</span></tt>.</p>
453<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getRoot()</span></tt> to use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tokenize</span></tt> module. This
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454does a slightly better job than the previous parsing routine and the
455code is clearer.</p>
456<p>Improved handling of whitespace and empty types during introspection.</p>
457<p>Fixed cut/copy clipboard problem under Linux. (Robin Dunn rocks!!!)</p>
458<p>Added shell.about() which works like this:</p>
459<pre class="literal-block">
460&gt;&gt;&gt; shell.about()
461PyCrust Version: 0.8
462Shell Revision: 1.80
463Interpreter Revision: 1.15
464Python Version: 2.2.2
465wxPython Version: 2.3.3.1
466Platform: linux2
467</pre>
468<p>Added copy plus and paste plus to shell menu.</p>
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470<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.stdin.readlines()</span></tt> support.</p>
471<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">time.sleep()</span></tt> in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">readline()</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OnIdle()</span></tt> event
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472handler to free up the CPU.</p>
473</div>
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475<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27" id="to-8-27-2002" name="to-8-27-2002">0.7.2 (2/22/2002 to 8/27/2002)</a></h2>
c66cd08a 476<p>Tweaked <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">getAttributeNames()</span></tt> to pick up a few more attributes:</p>
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478'__bases__', '__class__', '__dict__', '__name__', 'func_closure',
479'func_code', 'func_defaults', 'func_dict', 'func_doc',
480'func_globals', 'func_name'
481</pre>
482<p>Added a tests directory and unit tests.</p>
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483<p>Improved support for empty types in the shell: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">[]</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">()</span></tt> and
484<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">{}</span></tt> as far as when call tips and autocompletion are available.</p>
485<p>Added support for the other triple string - <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">''''''</span></tt>.</p>
486<p>Refactored <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.py</span></tt> to improve testability.</p>
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487<p>Improved call tips for unbound methods by leaving the &quot;self&quot;
488parameter, since unbound methods require an instance be passed.</p>
489<p>Fixed call tip bug where a tip was displayed when a &quot;(&quot; was typed
490after an object that wasn't callable.</p>
c66cd08a 491<p>Fixed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">getAllAttributeNames</span></tt> when <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">str(object)</span></tt> fails.</p>
8eda5e35 492<p>Added brace highlighting. (Thank you, Kevin Altis.)</p>
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494<p>Changed how <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filling.py</span></tt> checks for expandable objects. Lists are
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495now expandable objects.</p>
496<p>Made the key handling more robust when there is an active text
497selection that includes text prior to the last primary prompt. Thanks
498to Raul Cota for pointing this out.</p>
499<p>Fixed wxSTC problem with brace highlighting and non-us keyboards.
500(Thank you for the patch, Jean-Michel Fauth.)</p>
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502<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filling</span></tt>.</p>
503<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OnCloseWindow</span></tt> handler to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ShellFrame</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CrustFrame</span></tt>.</p>
504<p>Default to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SetWrapMode(1)</span></tt> for shell and namespace viewer.</p>
505<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.wrap()</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.zoom()</span></tt>.</p>
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506<p>Added autoCompleteKeys hooks for Raul Cota.</p>
507<p>Cleaned up various little key handling bugs.</p>
508<p>Changed input methods to get values from shell, rather than dialog
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510<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">raw_input</span></tt>.</p>
8eda5e35 511</div>
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513<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28" id="to-2-21-2002" name="to-2-21-2002">0.7.1 (12/12/2001 to 2/21/2002)</a></h2>
c66cd08a 514<p>Fixed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OnChar()</span></tt> issues effecting European keyboards, as reported by
8eda5e35 515Jean-Michel Fauth.</p>
c66cd08a 516<p>Fixed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.py</span></tt> issue with xmlrpc objects reported by Kevin
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517Altis.</p>
518<p>Fixed some introspect/PyFilling issues with regard to Python 2.2.</p>
519<p>Fixed font background color as reported by Keith J. Farmer. (Thanks)</p>
520<p>Fixed problem with call tips and autocompletion inside multiline
521commands as report by Kevin Altis.</p>
c66cd08a 522<p>Improved <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OnKeyDown</span></tt> handling of cut/copy/paste operations based on
8eda5e35 523feedback from Syver Enstad. (Thanks)</p>
c66cd08a 524<p>Added a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.help()</span></tt> method to display some help info.</p>
8eda5e35 525<p>Changed sort of items in the namespace viewer to case insensitive.</p>
c66cd08a 526<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">attributes.sort(lambda</span> <span class="pre">x,</span> <span class="pre">y:</span> <span class="pre">cmp(x.upper(),</span> <span class="pre">y.upper()))</span></tt> in
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527advance of an upcoming fix to an autocompletion matching bug in wxSTC.</p>
528<p>Improved support for ZODB by allowing namespace drilldown into BTrees.</p>
c66cd08a 529<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.PasteAndRun()</span></tt> to support pasting multiple commands into
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530the shell from the clipboard. Ctrl+Shift+V or v.</p>
531<p>Enter now always processes a command (or copies down a previous one.)
532To insert a line break, press Ctrl+Enter.</p>
533<p>Escape key clears the current, unexecuted command.</p>
534<p>History retrieval changed to replace current command. Added new keys
535to insert from history - Shift+Up and Shift+Down.</p>
c66cd08a 536<p>Better call tips on objects with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__call__</span></tt> methods.</p>
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537<p>Improved call tip positioning calculation.</p>
538</div>
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539<div class="section">
540<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id29" id="to-12-11-2001" name="to-12-11-2001">0.7 (10/15/2001 to 12/11/2001)</a></h2>
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541<p>Changed how command history retrieval functions work. Added Alt-P,
542Alt-N as keybindings for Retrieve-Previous, Retrieve-Next.</p>
543<p>Added full support for multi-line commands, similar to IDLE.</p>
c66cd08a 544<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getAttributeNames()</span></tt> to do a case insensitive
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545sort.</p>
546<p>Changed Cut/Copy/Paste to deal with prompts intelligently. Cut and
547Copy remove all prompts. Paste can handle prompted or not-prompted
548text.</p>
c66cd08a 549<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CopyWithPrompts()</span></tt> method attached to Ctrl-Shift-C for those
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550times when you really do want all the prompts left intact.</p>
551<p>Improved handling of the shell's read-only zone.</p>
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552<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CrustFrame.__init__</span></tt> parameter spec to include all
553parameters allowed by a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wxFrame</span></tt>.</p>
554<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FillingText</span></tt> to be read-only.</p>
555<p>Renamed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrust.py</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrustApp.py</span></tt> to eliminate
556package/module name conflicts that kept you from doing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">from</span> <span class="pre">PyCrust</span>
557<span class="pre">import</span> <span class="pre">shell</span></tt> inside files located in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrust</span></tt> directory.</p>
558<p>Renamed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFilling.py</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFillingApp.py</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyShell.py</span></tt> to
559<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyShellApp.py</span></tt> to maintain consistency.</p>
560<p>Removed the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__date__</span></tt> property from all modules.</p>
561<p>Fixed bug in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getCallTip()</span></tt>, reported by Kevin Altis.</p>
8eda5e35 562</div>
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563<div class="section">
564<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id30" id="to-10-12-2001" name="to-10-12-2001">0.6.1 (9/19/2001 to 10/12/2001)</a></h2>
c66cd08a 565<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Shell.run()</span></tt> to always position to the end of existing
8eda5e35 566text, as suggested by Raul Cota.</p>
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567<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getAllAttributeNames()</span></tt> to break circular
568references in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">object.__class__</span></tt>, which occurs in Zope/ZODB
8eda5e35 569extension classes.</p>
c66cd08a 570<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filling.FillingTree.getChildren()</span></tt> to introspect extension
8eda5e35 571classes.</p>
c66cd08a 572<p>Fixed minor bugs in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getCallTip()</span></tt> that were interfering
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573with call tips for Zope/ZODB extension class methods.</p>
574<p>In preparation for wxPython 2.3.2, added code to fix a font sizing
575problem. Versions of wxPython prior to 2.3.2 had a sizing bug on Win
576platform where the font was 2 points larger than what was specified.</p>
c66cd08a 577<p>Added a hack to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getAllAttributeNames()</span></tt> to &quot;wake up&quot;
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578ZODB objects that are asleep - in a &quot;ghost&quot; state. Otherwise it
579returns incomplete info.</p>
580</div>
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582<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id31" id="to-9-12-2001" name="to-9-12-2001">0.6 (8/21/2001 to 9/12/2001)</a></h2>
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583<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFilling.py</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filling.py</span></tt>.</p>
584<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyShell.py</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFilling.py</span></tt> can now be run standalone, as well
585as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrust.py</span></tt>.</p>
586<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">crust.py</span></tt> and moved some code from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrust.py</span></tt> to it.</p>
8eda5e35 587<p>Added command history retrieval features submitted by Richie Hindle.</p>
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588<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.write()</span></tt> to replace line endings with OS-specific
589endings. Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.py</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">interpreter.py</span></tt> to use
590<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">os.linesep</span></tt> in strings having hardcoded line endings.</p>
591<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.redirectStdin()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.redirectStdout()</span></tt> and
592<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shell.redirectStderr()</span></tt> to allow the surrounding app to toggle
593requests that the specified <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.std*</span></tt> be redirected to the shell.
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594These can also be run from within the shell itself, of course.</p>
595<p>The shell now adds the current working directory &quot;.&quot; to the search
596path:</p>
597<pre class="literal-block">
598sys.path.insert(0, os.curdir)
599</pre>
600<p>Added support for distutils installations.</p>
601</div>
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603<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id32" id="to-8-20-2001" name="to-8-20-2001">0.5.4 (8/17/2001 to 8/20/2001)</a></h2>
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604<p>Changed default font size under Linux to:</p>
605<pre class="literal-block">
606'size' : 12,
607'lnsize' : 10,
608</pre>
c66cd08a 609<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Shell</span></tt> to expect a parameter referencing an Interpreter
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610class, rather than an intepreter instance, to facilitate subclassing
611of Interpreter, which effectively broke when the Editor class was
612eliminated.</p>
c66cd08a 613<p>Fixed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrustAlaCarte.py</span></tt>, which had been broken by previous
8eda5e35 614changes.</p>
c66cd08a 615<p>Created <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">InterpreterAlaCarte</span></tt> class as an example for use in the
8eda5e35 616demo.</p>
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617<p>Split <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrust.py</span></tt> into <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrust.py</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyShell.py</span></tt> in
618anticipation of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFilling.py</span></tt>.</p>
8eda5e35 619</div>
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621<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id33" id="id2" name="id2">0.5.3 (8/16/2001)</a></h2>
c66cd08a 622<p>Added patch to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrust.py</span></tt> to fix wxPython bug:</p>
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623<pre class="literal-block">
624wxID_SELECTALL = NewId() # This *should* be defined by wxPython.
625</pre>
626</div>
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627<div class="section">
628<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id34" id="to-8-15-2001" name="to-8-15-2001">0.5.2 (8/14/2001 to 8/15/2001)</a></h2>
8eda5e35 629<p>Shortened module names by dropping &quot;PyCrust&quot; as a prefix.</p>
c66cd08a 630<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">version</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">VERSION</span></tt> in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">version</span></tt> module.</p>
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631<p>Added Options menu to PyCrust application.</p>
632<p>Eliminated the Editor class (and editor module) by merging with Shell.
633This means that Shell &quot;is a&quot; wxStyledTextCtrl rather than &quot;has a&quot;.
634There just wasn't enough non-gui code to justify the separation.
635Plus, Shell will be much easier for gui toolkits/designers to deal
636with now.</p>
637</div>
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638<div class="section">
639<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id35" id="to-8-14-2001" name="to-8-14-2001">0.5.1 (8/10/2001 to 8/14/2001)</a></h2>
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640<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect</span></tt> module.</p>
641<p>Moved some functionality from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrustInterp</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect</span></tt>.</p>
642<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getRoot()</span></tt> to no longer remove whitespace from
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643the command. This was a remnant of a previous approach that, when
644left as part of the current approach, turned out to be a really bad
645thing.</p>
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646<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getRoot()</span></tt> to allow commands of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">''</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&quot;&quot;</span></tt>,
647<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">[]</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">()</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">{}</span></tt> to pass through. This allows
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648you to type them, followed by a dot, and get autocomplete options on
649them.</p>
c66cd08a 650<p>Changed <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">introspect.getRoot()</span></tt> to identify some situations where
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651strings shouldn't be considered roots. For example:</p>
652<pre class="literal-block">
653&gt;&gt;&gt; import PyCrust # To illustrate the potential problem.
654&gt;&gt;&gt; len('PyCrust.py')
655</pre>
656<p>Typing the dot at the end of &quot;PyCrust&quot; in the second line above should
657NOT result in an autocompletion list because &quot;PyCrust&quot; is part of a
658string in this context, not a reference to the PyCrust module object.
659Similar reasoning applies to call tips. For example:</p>
660<pre class="literal-block">
661&gt;&gt;&gt; len('dir(')
662</pre>
663<p>Typing the left paren at the end of &quot;dir&quot; should NOT result in a call
664tip.</p>
665<p>Both features now behave properly in the examples given. However,
666there is still the case where whitespace precedes the potential root
667and that is NOT handled properly. For example:</p>
668<pre class="literal-block">
669&gt;&gt;&gt; len('this is a dir(')
670</pre>
671<p>and:</p>
672<pre class="literal-block">
673&gt;&gt;&gt; len('This is PyCrust.py')
674</pre>
675<p>More code needs to be written to handle more complex situations.</p>
c66cd08a 676<p>Added <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">locals=None</span></tt> parameter to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Shell.__init__()</span></tt>.</p>
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677<p>Added support for magic attribute retrieval. Users can change this
678with:</p>
679<pre class="literal-block">
680&gt;&gt;&gt; shell.editor.autoCompleteIncludeMagic = 0
681</pre>
682<p>Added the ability to set filters on auto completion to exclude
683attributes prefixed with a single or double underscore. Users can
684exclude one or the other or both with:</p>
685<pre class="literal-block">
686&gt;&gt;&gt; shell.editor.autoCompleteExcludeSingle = 1
687&gt;&gt;&gt; shell.editor.autoCompleteExcludeDouble = 1
688</pre>
689</div>
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690<div class="section">
691<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id36" id="id3" name="id3">0.5 (8/8/2001)</a></h2>
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692<p>Mostly just a final version change before creating a release.</p>
693</div>
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695<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id37" id="to-8-7-2001" name="to-8-7-2001">0.4 (8/4/2001 to 8/7/2001)</a></h2>
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696<p>Changed version/revision handling.</p>
697<p>Fixed bugs.</p>
698</div>
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699<div class="section">
700<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id38" id="to-8-3-2001" name="to-8-3-2001">0.3 (8/2/2001 to 8/3/2001)</a></h2>
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701<p>Removed lots of cruft.</p>
702<p>Added lots of docstrings.</p>
703<p>Imported to CVS repository at SourceForge.</p>
704<p>Added call tips.</p>
705</div>
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707<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id39" id="to-8-2-2001" name="to-8-2-2001">0.2 (7/30/2001 to 8/2/2001)</a></h2>
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708<p>Renamed several files.</p>
709<p>Added command autocompletion.</p>
710<p>Added menus to PyCrust.py: File, Edit and Help.</p>
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711<p>Added sample applications: <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrustAlaCarte.py</span></tt>,
712<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrustAlaMode.py</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyCrustMinimus.py</span></tt>.</p>
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714<div class="section">
715<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id40" id="to-7-19-2001" name="to-7-19-2001">0.1 (7/1/2001 to 7/19/2001)</a></h2>
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716<p>Added basic syntax coloring much like Boa.</p>
717<p>Added read-only logging much like IDLE.</p>
718<p>Can retrieve a previous command by putting the cursor back on that
719line and hitting enter.</p>
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720<p>Stdin and raw_input operate properly so you can now do <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">help()</span></tt> and
721<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">license()</span></tt> without hanging.</p>
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722<p>Redefined &quot;quit&quot;, &quot;exit&quot;, and &quot;close&quot; to display a better-than-nothing
723response.</p>
724<p>Home key honors the prompt.</p>
725<p>Created SourceForge account, but nothing was posted.</p>
726</div>
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727<div class="section">
728<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id41" id="in-the-beginning-there-was-pie-7-1-2001" name="in-the-beginning-there-was-pie-7-1-2001">In the beginning, there was pie... (7/1/2001)</a></h2>
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729<p>Blame it all on IDLE, Boa and PythonWin. I was using all three, got
730frustrated with their dissimilarities, and began to let everyone know
731how I felt. At the same time, Scintilla looked like an interesting
732tool to build a shell around. And while I didn't receive much in the
733way of positive feedback, let alone encouragement, I just couldn't let
734go of the idea of a Scintilla-based Python shell. Then the PythonCard
735project got to the point where they were talking about including a
736shell in their development environment. That was all the incentive I
737needed. PyCrust had to happen...</p>
738</div>
739</div>
740</div>
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