On Apr 11, 6:18 am, Fernando Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The IPython team is happy to release version 0.8.0, with a lot of new > enhancements, as well as many bug fixes. > > We hope you all enjoy it, and please report any problems as usual. > > WHAT is IPython? > ---------------- > > 1. An interactive shell superior to Python's default. IPython has many > features for object introspection, system shell access, and its own special > command system for adding functionality when working interactively. > > 2. An embeddable, ready to use interpreter for your own programs. IPython > can > be started with a single call from inside another program, providing access > to > the current namespace. > > 3. A flexible framework which can be used as the base environment for other > systems with Python as the underlying language. > > 4. A shell for interactive usage of threaded graphical toolkits. IPython has > support for interactive, non-blocking control of GTK, Qt and WX applications > via special threading flags. The normal Python shell can only do this for > Tkinter applications. > > Where to get it > --------------- > > IPython's homepage is at: > > http://ipython.scipy.org > > and downloads are at: > > http://ipython.scipy.org/dist > > We've provided: > > - Source download (.tar.gz) > - A Python Egg (http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PythonEggs). > - A python 2.4 RPM. > - A native win32 installer. > > The egg is 'light', as it doesn't include documentation and other ancillary > data. If you want a full ipython installation, use the source tarball or > your > distribution's favorite system. > > We note that IPython is now officially part of most major Linux and BSD > distributions, so packages for this version should be coming soon, as the > respective maintainers have the time to follow their packaging procedures. > Many thanks to the distribution packagers for their work, which helps users > get > IPython more conveniently. > > Thanks to all the users who contributed bug reports, ideas and especially > patches. The ChangeLog has hopefully detailed acknowledgements, but please > let > us know if we've accidentally ommitted giving you due credit. > > Many thanks to Enthought for their continued hosting support for IPython. > > Release notes > ------------- > > As always, the full ChangeLog is athttp://ipython.scipy.org/ChangeLog. The > highlights of this release follow. Also see the "What's New" page at > > http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/WhatsNew > > * Support for KeyboardInterrupt (Ctrl-C) when running in multithreaded mode > with GUI support. This had been a long-requested feature that we had > never > quite been able to implement correctly. Many thanks to Tomer Filiba's > for > his ctypes-based trick:http://sebulba.wikispaces.com/recipe+thread2, > which > we used (any implementation mistakes are our own and not his fault). > Users > of Python 2.4 should note that they need to install ctypes separately to > access this feature; ctypes is part of Python 2.5 already. > > * Fully syntax-highlighted tracebacks and debugger listings. IPython used > to > color tracebacks, but only certain elements; now the source is actually > highlighted by the same engine that handles '??' source listings, both in > tracebacks and during interactive debugging. > > * Improved the ipipe system:http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/UsingIPipe, > including a new WX-based graphical browser. > > * Much improved unicode support. There may still be bugs remaining, but a > number of known-incorrect cases have been fixed. > > * Make the execution of 'from pylab import *' when -pylab is given be > otional. > A new flag (which can be set in your ipythonrc file), pylab_import_all > controls this behavior, the default is True for backwards compatibility. > > * Extensions for perforce support via a new magic (%p4) and custom command > completers. > > * Improved support for (X)Emacs under win32. > > * Several small fixes and improvements to the interactive demo module. > > * Add \N for the actual prompt number, without any coloring, as an escape > for > customized prompt definitions. This lets users write their own custom > prompts with arbitrary coloring schemes. > > * Many more bugfixes and small features everywhere (the ChangeLog linked > above > has the gory details). > > API changes: > > * genutils.clock() now returns user+system time. The new clocku/clocks > functions return respectively user and system time only. > > Enjoy, and as usual please report any problems. > > The IPython team.
Just made a connection between the IPipe feature and Windows PowerShell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell I can't find the link to the orignial PowerShell article but I do remember them talking about sending objects rather than text through pipes (as Unix does); and that their was a default printing format for objects coming out of a pipeline. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
