[IPython-dev] ipython-qtconsole and docstrings
Evan Patterson
epatters at enthought.com
Thu Feb 10 12:55:16 EST 2011
On Feb 4, 2011, at 11:19 AM, MinRK wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 06:59, Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Yes, this is my experience, also on OSX 10.6.6, with native PyQt from
> their website. The behavior is inconsistent, but seems more likely if
> the cursor is hovering over the popup, and also more likely if the
> popup is large.
>
> Another (probably) OSX-specific glitch: You cannot copy with 'cmd-c',
> because pressing command triggers an event that clears the selection.
I've submitted a pull request that fixes both of these bugs.
If you're aware of other, similar issues, please send those my way as well.
Evan
>
>>
>> Who is working on the qtconsole? Is there a roadmap?
>>
>> Darren
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