Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-08 Thread Shashwat Anand
@steve Thanks :) On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:15 PM, steve wrote: > Hi Shashwat, > > > On 02/06/2010 11:20 PM, Shashwat Anand wrote: > >> here is the bpython screencast : http://*bpython*- >> interpreter.org/static/* >> bpython*-screencast01. >> ogg >> It's worth trying. >> > > +1. (Having tried b

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-07 Thread steve
Hi Shashwat, On 02/06/2010 11:20 PM, Shashwat Anand wrote: here is the bpython screencast : http://*bpython*-interpreter.org/static/* bpython*-screencast01. ogg It's worth trying. +1. (Having tried both ipython and bpython, I prefer bpython mainly because of the cleaner interface (ie: no unne

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-06 Thread Shashwat Anand
here is the bpython screencast : http://*bpython*-interpreter.org/static/* bpython*-screencast01. ogg It's worth trying. By the way does anyone want to share their customized Vi features with respect to python. I am pretty much satisfied with my own but there is always scope for improvements. On

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-06 Thread Jeffrey Jose
Hey Noufal, I'm not sure what you mean by standard email quotations. FYI, I just went back and checked my mail in gmail and it shows up fine, so the formatting's not screwed up (I get a lot, when you sent it as simple text and it has a _lot_ of *this*) Jeff On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Nouf

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-06 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Jeffrey Jose wrote: > I was under the impression that everyone here used and loved IPython. Boy, > was I wrong. Thanks for taking time to explain things a bit with ipython. I have heard rave reviews about ipython, especially from the scientific python community, wh

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-06 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
I'd recommend that you use standard email quotations. It makes for better reading rather than the * notation that you've used to reply to Senthil's mail. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Jeffrey Jose wrote: > [ caution, huge email follows ] > > Hey Senthil, > I was under the impression that everyo

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-06 Thread Jeffrey Jose
Thanks. I'll give it a spin. btw, Can you tell me why you prefer bpython over IPython and the nifty features I should be looking for when I try bpython ? Jeff On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Shashwat Anand wrote: > @Jeffrey, > > bpython is a bit unstable and crash-prone but I prefer it over Ip

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-06 Thread Shashwat Anand
@Jeffrey, bpython is a bit unstable and crash-prone but I prefer it over Ipython. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Jeffrey Jose wrote: > [ caution, huge email follows ] > > Hey Senthil, > I was under the impression that everyone here used and loved IPython. Boy, > was I wrong. > I wont attempt t

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-06 Thread Jeffrey Jose
Not quite long ago, I wrote, You loose all capabilities of pdb when you're in IPython (there's a solution, i'll get to that later) Its called ipdb. IPythonised pdb. I havent used it to recommend it. I'm happy with the solution that I have right now for debugging and writing code. Read more about

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-06 Thread Jeffrey Jose
[ caution, huge email follows ] Hey Senthil, I was under the impression that everyone here used and loved IPython. Boy, was I wrong. I wont attempt to convince you folks why you should use IPython, but here a few features that I love in IPython which are not there (or not very obvious) in vanilla

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-04 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 12:55:08PM +0530, steve wrote: > than the standard python interface, I would recommend trying out bpython: > > http://bpython-interpreter.org/ This is cool. Thanks for pointing out. -- Senthil If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot your

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-03 Thread steve
On 02/04/2010 05:43 AM, Senthil Kumaran wrote: Using IPython from pdb, what use is it? I read Jeff's excellent mail on debugging and tracing and he insisted on using IPython from pdb. I have used pdb extensively and never used IPython, (it never caught me, given that odd interface of number[:]) e

Re: [BangPypers] using IPython from pdb

2010-02-03 Thread Senthil Kumaran
Using IPython from pdb, what use is it? I read Jeff's excellent mail on debugging and tracing and he insisted on using IPython from pdb. I have used pdb extensively and never used IPython, (it never caught me, given that odd interface of number[:]) etc. So, I am really not sure as how using IPytho