bpython \- a fancy curses interface to the Python interactive interpreter

.B bpython

.I ini file

The idea is to provide the user with all the features

in\-line, much like modern IDEs, but in a simple,

lightweight package that can be run in a terminal

window.

.B * In\-line syntax highlighting.

.RS

Hilights commands as you type!

.RE

.B * Readline\-like autocomplete with suggestions displayed as you type.

.RS

Press tab to complete expressions when there's only one suggestion.

.RE

.B * Expected parameter list.

.RS

This displays a list of parameters for any function you call. It uses the inspect module, then tries pydoc.

.RE

.B * Rewind.

.RS

This is a bit misleading, but it code that has been entered is remembered, and when you Rewind, it pops the last line and re\-evaluates the entire code. This is error\-prone, and mostly useful for defining classes and functions.

.RE

.B * Pastebin code/write to file.

.RS

This posts the current buffer to a pastebin (paste.pocoo.org) or writes it to a file.

.RE

.B * Flush curses screen to stdout.

.RS

Unlike other curses apps, it dumps the screen data to stdout when you quit, so you see what you've done in the buffer of your terminal.

.RE

.B <C\-d>

Exit

.RS

Exits the interpreter, like normal interactive Python.

.RE

.B <C\-r>

Rewind

.RS

Rewinds and "undoes" the last statement, read

.B DESCRIPTION

for more info.

.RE

.B <F2>

Save

.RS

Saves the current buffer to a file.

.RE

.B <F8>

Pastebin

.RS

Posts the current buffer to

.B http://paste.pocoo.org/

(will probably become configurable), and displays the URL.

.RE

.B <Tab>

Autocomplete

.RS

If there's an unambigious completion of the expression, fill it in.

.RE

~/.bpython.ini

.RS

Your bpython config. See sample.ini (in /usr/share/docs/bpython/examples on Debian) for various options you can use, or read

.BR bpython.ini (5)

.

.RE

.BR bpython.ini (5),

.BR python (1).

Triple quoted strings over multiple lines work, but they're not highlighted

properly.

bpython was written by Robert Anthony Farrell <robertanthonyfarrel@gmail.com>.

.PP

This manual page was written by Jørgen Pedersen Tjernø <jorgen@devsoft.no>,

for the Debian project (but may be used by others).