On 25 Jan, 00:36, kj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've only recently started programming in Python, trying to wean > myself from Perl. One of the things I *really* miss from Perl is > a 100% mouse-free data inspector, affectionally known as the Perl > debugger, PerlDB, or just perl -d. With it I can examine the most > elaborate data structures with ease: > > DB<234> |x %one_most_elaborate_data_structure > > ...and miles of data, paged for leisurely browsing, lie at my feet. > > And, since it's text-based, I can run it within a shell in Emacs, > and transfer anything I want between it and an editing buffer > without even a THOUGHT of touching the filthy mouse! If there's > a greater joy in life I have yet to find it. > > Now, I have NO DOUBT in my mind WHATSOEVER that a plethora of simply > amazing GRAPHICAL data inspectors (or the equivalent) exist for > Python, with exquisite features, animation, sound effects, > scratch-and-sniff, massage, built-in spiritual advisor, you-name-it. > Beautiful stuff, no doubt. > > But an old geezer like me likes to keep his knobby hands on the > keyboard at all times, so that his arthritic shoulder keeps quiet... > > So. Can I hope to find a text-based data inspector for Python? > > kynn > -- > NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards; > and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded.
I tend to do the following at the python prompt: from pprint import pprint as pp Then I can: pp(my_data) - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
