Hi again Tom: Oh I understand better now what you were getting at, having looked at ptpython just now (I had never heard of it). It does appear to offer the features that I always pined for in bpython (for years =:)).
Noel On Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 4:14:58 PM UTC-4, Noel Milton Vega wrote: > > Hi Tom: > > Thank you for replying and giving your input. > > Yes indeed. I use version 0.15. I'm always delighted when a new version > arrives; but I fully understand why it doesn't happen often. :) > > P.S. I had never heard of ptpython. > > Thank you, > Noel > On Mar 31, 2016 2:13 PM, "Thomas Ballinger" > >> Hi all, >> >> Without making any commitments or declaring whether these two features >> are a good idea, here are a few thoughts: >> >> * For paging through the pop-up docstrings the biggest thing that comes >> to mind is deciding on keybindings >> * For vim bindings: this is a larger project but certainly doable. It's >> not been on my agenda because there are other projects that have done a >> decent job of it (ptpython in particular), and it's sort of a never-ending >> effort once you start down the vim path :) I believe Julian has looked at >> this a bit as per https://github.com/bpython/bpython/issues/429 >> >> I'd defer to Sebastian and Andreas for whether these features belong and >> interest in the donation-driven approach. >> >> Noel, to make sure we're on the same page: can I assume you're using the >> newest release of bpython, 0.15? >> >> -Tom >> >> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Noel Milton Vega >> >>> Hello Friends: >>> >>> I was talking to Bob by email yesterday, about enhancing bpython. >>> I mentioned, in part, this: >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> I'd happily donate to get paging capability so that we can see the rest >>> of the pop-up doc-strings. >>> I don't think that capability ever existed (and if it does, I don't know >>> how to use it). Would >>> adding this functionality be possible? For all the Python IDEs that I've >>> tried (WingIDE PRO is my >>> favorite), I always fall back to the triple of: >>> UNIX screen utility; VIM w/ Python IDE hooks; and bPython. >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Bob suggested that I reach out to bpython friends here. >>> >>> >>> *bpython is very useful, and works just about anywhere. I really would >>> like to see it evolveto have two additional killer features (for me anyway)* >>> : >>> >>> (1) Paging capability so that we can page through the rest of the >>> pop-up doc-strings (as mentioned above). >>> >>> (2) VIM ex/vi capability for statement recall, edition, search, etc. >>> (like what 'sed -o vi' >>> does for us in bash). >>> >>> Maybe this is partly done already. Who knows. =:). >>> >>> But I'm wondering if there's any interest -- by one of the bpython >>> developers -- to implement >>> the two items above in a donation-driven effort, which I'm happy to >>> start off. >>> Or maybe even a tiny kickstarter (although I don't how that works). >>> >>> Let's bring bpython to v1.0 with the two enhancements above. =:) >>> >>> Thanks & Warm Regards, >>> Noel >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "bpython" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bpython. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "bpython" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/bpython/_dctmI36XHE/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bpython. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bpython" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bpython. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
