[IPython-dev] IPython 5.0.0 beta 1 now available !

[Matthew Brett]

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Matthias Bussonnier
<bussonniermatthias at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> Happy to please you, I know you can be quite picky,

I am sure you meant to say 'sophisticated and discerning' :)

> and we always
> appreciate your feedback as one of our quality tester.

Noblesse oblige

> And it's quite enjoyable to know we can make people like noticeably
> better even 15 years after the software creation.
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think I'm right in saying that us vi illuminati want something like:
>>
>> $ cat ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py
>> # Configuration file for all things ipython
>> c = get_config()
>> c.TerminalInteractiveShell.editing_mode = 'vi'
>
> Yes, thanks for reminding us of that. Though we know the vi mode is
> not perfect, and might not behave exactly as the readline one.
> We'll try to improve.
>
>> Esc-Return seems to submit stuff from multi-line editing mode.
>
> Yes, it force the submission of the code. We try to be smart and
> submit your code when what you type is "complete".
> if we can't figure it out you can indeed force-submit with Esc-Enter,
> you can also leave 2 blank lines with no-indent.
> We don't have a good experience either with "forcing" a new line when
> the first statement is by itself valid Python.
> The default prompt toolkit shortcut have Ctrl-O as insert a line below.

Also - Ctrl-P seems to do autocompletion now?

Matthew