[IPython-user] cannot paste indented code

[Fernando Perez]

Arnd Baecker wrote:

>>This is simply invalid python syntax, period.  You can find out more about the
>>language from the python tutorial.
> 
> 
> Interestingly, I also thought that something like this would work
> now. I quite often have a few lines of code in a program,
> which I would like to test interactively
> (eg also after an ipshell call ...). Usually that code segment
> is indented. To paste that part, I copy/paste it into a scratch
> buffer of xemacs, do a rectangle select (eg. via mouse) and
> then C-x r k  for rectangle-kill. Then the result can be
> pasted into ipython.
> I am not sure if it is possible to strip all " " automatically
> from an input line (and the same number from the following ones)
> until a double line break is encountered?
> (I know that with readline this presumably cannot be
> displayed properly, but still).

I'll file this as a feature request, though I'm slightly apprehensive of 
adding this much magic on top of the language.  I feel like ipython is 
becoming more and more a 'new thing' on top of python.

But yes, I also see the convenience value here... I'm not really sure whether 
to go for it (there is a runtime price to pay for the extra analysis, as well 
as more complexity in the input analyzer, so thid doesn't come for free).

Note that you can already do this:

In [36]: if 1:
    ....:         print 'hi arnd'
    ....:         for i in (1,2):
    ....:             print i,
    ....:         print 'bye'
    ....:
hi arnd
1 2 bye


Just add an 'if 1:' at the first line, and paste away, even if the code is 
indented multiple levels (the above was a chunk twice-indented in an emacs 
buffer).

>>What ipython (as of 0.7.0) has is support for pasting tab-indented multiline
>>input without getting confused.
> 
> 
> And I thought TABs are evil ;-)

They are, but ipython isn't into fixing anyone's moral compass :)

Cheers,

f