[IPython-dev] ipython-qtconsole and docstrings

[Darren Dale]

Hi All,

This morning I updated my zmq/pyzmq and tried running
ipython-qtconsole from the master branch. I had let my zeromq
installation get behind ipython development, and so I'm rediscovering
how awesome is the qtconsole. Having docstrings pop up at "(" is
great. I noticed though, that depending on the location of the mouse
pointer, the docstring may only briefly appear. It seems more likely
to occur if the pointer is located inside the region where the
docstring will be rendered. I'm running "ipython-qtconsole --pylab" on
a Snow Leopard machine, with native (not X-based) Qt provided by
MacPorts. Has anyone else noticed something similar?

Who is working on the qtconsole? Is there a roadmap?

Darren