On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Michael Aye <kmichael.aye@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I noticed some weirds things with iPython's completion regarding skimage v0.12. When typing 'import sk' and then pressing <tab> to complete the import line, iPython cannot find skimage. But if I type 'import skimage' on my own, it works. Then, I type 'skimage.' and press <tab> to inspect the module, and I get:

skimage.data_dir skimage.img_as_int skimage.pkg_dir skimage.util skimage.get_log skimage.img_as_ubyte skimage.test skimage.version skimage.img_as_float skimage.img_as_uint skimage.test_verbose

(= half missing).

Anybody knows what's going on here? I'm puzzled...

Best regards, Michael

Huh, I guess I didn't notice this first issue until you mentioned it. Turns out<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1552961/ipython-tab-completes-only-some-modules>there's an easy fix: Run `%rehashx` in ipython to rebuild the database of known modules. As for the second issue: We don't automatically import any subpackages (other than `util`). This was a design decision since automatic imports of all subpackages would increase load times (there may be other reasons too). On the other hand, if you just want to see which submodules are available for import, you can write `import skimage.<tab>` (note the dot before <tab>) or `from skimage import<tab>` in ipython. Hope that helps, -Tony