Copy code from IPython without leading triple dots
Question:
I’m using IPython Qt Console and when I copy code FROM Ipython it comes out like that:
class notathing(object):
...:
...: def __init__(self):
...: pass
...:
Is there any way to copy them without those leading triple dots and doublecolon?
P.S. I tried both Copy and Copy Raw Text in context menu and it’s still the same. OS: Debian Linux 7.2 (KDE).
Answers:
This may be too roundabout for you, but you could use the %save magic function to save the lines in question and then copy them from the save file.
I tend to keep an open gvim window for this kind of things. Paste your class definition as is and then do something like:
:%s/^.*.://
One of the cool features of ipython is session logging. If you enable it, the code you input in your session is logged to a file. It’s very useful, I use it all the time.
To make things even niftier for me, I have a shell alias ipy_log_cat, which prints the entire file. You can do something like: ipy_log_cat | tail to get the most recent input lines. (this is also useful for greping session history, etc.). You can also save a few keyboard/mouse strokes by piping it into xclip!
How about using %hist n to print line n (or a range of lines) without prompts (including line continuations), and doing your copy from that? (Simply scrolling back to that line is nearly as good).
In [1]: def foo():
...: return 1+2
...:
In [6]: %history 1
def foo():
return 1+2
This QTconsole copy regression has been fixed, see https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/3206 – I can confirm that the desired behavior is again present in the QtConsole in the Canopy 1.2 GUI and, I suspect, in the ipython egg installable by free users from the Enthought egg repo.
I’m using IPython Qt Console and when I copy code FROM Ipython it comes out like that:
class notathing(object):
...:
...: def __init__(self):
...: pass
...:
Is there any way to copy them without those leading triple dots and doublecolon?
P.S. I tried both Copy and Copy Raw Text in context menu and it’s still the same. OS: Debian Linux 7.2 (KDE).
This may be too roundabout for you, but you could use the %save magic function to save the lines in question and then copy them from the save file.
I tend to keep an open gvim window for this kind of things. Paste your class definition as is and then do something like:
:%s/^.*.://
One of the cool features of ipython is session logging. If you enable it, the code you input in your session is logged to a file. It’s very useful, I use it all the time.
To make things even niftier for me, I have a shell alias ipy_log_cat, which prints the entire file. You can do something like: ipy_log_cat | tail to get the most recent input lines. (this is also useful for greping session history, etc.). You can also save a few keyboard/mouse strokes by piping it into xclip!
How about using %hist n to print line n (or a range of lines) without prompts (including line continuations), and doing your copy from that? (Simply scrolling back to that line is nearly as good).
In [1]: def foo():
...: return 1+2
...:
In [6]: %history 1
def foo():
return 1+2
This QTconsole copy regression has been fixed, see https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/3206 – I can confirm that the desired behavior is again present in the QtConsole in the Canopy 1.2 GUI and, I suspect, in the ipython egg installable by free users from the Enthought egg repo.