[IPython-dev] More reactive autocompletion in the notebook
Brian Granger
ellisonbg at gmail.com
Sat Jun 27 03:12:16 EDT 2015
Will Whitney is going to be doing some work on our tab completion
system this summer and we will hopefully make improvements along these
lines.
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Damien Moore <damienlmoore at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new user to IPython and like what I see so far.
>
> I'm glad to see that there's a recent push to improve the getting started
> documentation and the new user experience. It took me a little searching to
> figure out how it all works, from starting the server, and getting the
> notebook to open in the correct browser. For someone new to python
> altogether, this would be a huge turn off. (Just understanding that
> ipython/jupyter has a client-server architecture will be a big leap for a
> newbie)
>
> Onto my actual question: I am used to using IDEs with more reactve
> autocompletion. Generally if you type 2-3 characters, you will get
> completion hints popup automatically. Typing a period will popup the list of
> module or class members. Type an opening brace on a function and you see the
> callsig, docstring etc for the function. Currently the user manually needs
> to type tab or shift-tab to get this info -- which is clunky and also less
> discoverable. Is there a way to configure the notebook to automatically pop
> up these hints, or if not, is there any interest in implementing such a
> feature?
>
> Thanks,
> Damien
>
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Brian E. Granger
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
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