Fernando Perez wrote: >Hi all, > >I've just made the 0.6.14 release of IPython, mostly to fix the >inevitable bugs reported after the .13 one (though one big improvement >sneaked by). > >IPython's homepage is at: > >http://ipython.scipy.org > >and downloads are at: > >http://ipython.scipy.org/dist > >I've provided RPMs (for Python 2.3 and 2.4, built under Fedora Core 3), >plus source downloads (.tar.gz). Fedora users should note that IPython >is now officially part of the Extras repository, so they can get the >update from there as well (though it may lag by a few days). > >There is also a native win32 installer which should work correctly for >both Python 2.3 and 2.4. > >Debian, Fink and BSD packages for this version should be coming soon, as >the respective maintainers (many thanks to Jack Moffit, Andrea Riciputi >and Dryice Liu) have the time to follow their packaging procedures. > >Many thanks to Enthought for their continued hosting support for >IPython, and to all the users who contributed ideas, fixes and reports. > >I'd like to add a special thanks to Denis Rivière, Yann Cointepas and >Benjamin Thyreau for their hard work on the Qt improvements, and for >their overall hospitality. Python really seems to have a remarkably >friendly community, worldwide! > > >WHAT is IPython? >---------------- > >1. An interactive shell superior to Python's default. IPython has many >features for object introspection, system shell access, and its own >special command system for adding functionality when working interactively. > >2. An embeddable, ready to use interpreter for your own programs. >IPython can be started with a single call from inside another program, >providing access to the current namespace. > >3. A flexible framework which can be used as the base environment for >other systems with Python as the underlying language. > > >Release notes >------------- > >As always, the NEWS file can be found at http://ipython.scipy.org/NEWS, >and the full ChangeLog at http://ipython.scipy.org/ChangeLog. The >highlights of this release follow. > >This is mainly a bugfix release, to clean up the problems reported in >0.6.13. As I said at the time, I intend to start new development now >(more details on that in a separate email). As always, however, a few >new goodies managed to sneak by. > >* A new -qthread option to support controlling Qt apps from within >ipython, similar to what -gthread and -wthread do for GTK/WX. This was >contributed by Denis Rivière <nudz-AT-free.fr>, Yann Cointepas ><yann-AT-sapetnioc.org> and Benjamin Thyreau <Benji2-AT-decideur.info>. > Many thanks to them! The lack of Qt support was a glaring omission of >ipython's gui features, so I'm extremely happy to have their contribution. > > For those of you who may be matplotlib users as well, I should note >that as of mpl 0.81 (the next release, or use current CVS), the -pylab >option will also support interactive matplotlib use with the Qt backend. > This is also thanks to work done by Denis, Yann and Benjamin against >the matplotlib Qt backend, in conjunction with the IPython improvements. > >* New -e option to %run to suppress tracebacks from sys.exit() calls. >This can be very useful to silence all the noise generated when running >unittests from within ipython. > >* New ';' escape to autoquote a line without splitting: > >In [6]: ,foo a b c >------> foo("a", "b", "c") > >In [7]: ;foo a b c >------> foo("a b c") > >In the process, I fixed ',' quoting, which I'd broken in .13. > >* Fix -wthread to work with WXPython 2.6 (this also impacts matplotlib >users who run the WX backend). > >* Added new matcher (it goes at the end of the priority list) to do >tab-completion on named function arguments. Submitted by George Sakkis ><gsakkis-AT-eden.rutgers.edu>. See the thread at > >http://www.scipy.net/pipermail/ipython-dev/2005-April/000436.html > >for more details. > >* Various other fixes for obscure bugs, but all of which caused reported >IPython crashes. Details in Changelog. > > >Enjoy, and as usual please report any problems. > >Regards, > >Fernando. > > > Hi All,
Fernando, if I may ask, as I'm a Fedora3 user. You mention that there are RPMs for FC3, for Python2.3, 2.4. I'm new to Python. Is IPython built into FC3s Python or is it a stand-alone program.? Sorry for troubling you with this. Cheers. Mark Sargent. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
