More info: import readline ? readline c:\python25\lib\site-packages\ipython\rlineimpl.py $Id: Magic.py 1096 2006-01-28 20:08:02Z vivainio $
sys.platform 'win32' sys.getfilesystemencoding() 'mbcs' sys.winver '2.5' $more /usr/local/bin/ipython #!/bin/bash C:/Python25/python.exe "C:\Python25\scripts\ipython" -pylab $* (Same problem if I use the windows Start menu Ipython IPython and pysh) On Mar 11, 7:34 am, bdb112 <boyd.blackw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Q1/ I run a standard python ditribution with ipython and readline > under cygwin. The tab filename completion works fine in the OS (bash > shell) as expected, and tab filename completion at the ipython command > line works, but with MS style path separators (backslash: run examples > \test.py) which the run command itself interprets unix style > ERROR: File `examplestest.py` not found. > > Also Q2/ can I "less" or "grep" the output from help(my_fun) > > Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit > (Intel)] > IPython 0.8.4 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list