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Fixed example to load the startup file from a script (didn't test for the
file's existance). Removed some XXX comments about extension modules which support pickling. Added text from AMK about the readline and rlcompleter modules. Thanks, AMK!
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‎Doc/tut.tex‎

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this file.
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If you want to read an additional start-up file from the current
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directory, you can program this in the global start-up file, e.g.
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\samp{execfile('.pythonrc')}. If you want to use the startup file
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in a script, you must write this explicitly in the script:
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directory, you can program this in the global start-up file,
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e.g.\ \samp{execfile('.pythonrc')}\indexii{.pythonrc.py}{file}. If
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you want to use the startup file in a script, you must do this
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explicitly in the script:
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\begin{verbatim}
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import os
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execfile(os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP'])
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if os.path.isfile(os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP']):
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execfile(os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP'])
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\end{verbatim}
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\chapter{An Informal Introduction to Python}
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\label{informal}
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same program; the technical term for this is a \dfn{persistent}
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object. Because \module{pickle} is so widely used, many authors who
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write Python extensions take care to ensure that new data types such
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as matrices, XXX more examples needed XXX, can be properly pickled and
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unpickled.
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as matrices can be properly pickled and unpickled.
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in your \file{\$HOME/.inputrc}. (Of course, this makes it hard to type
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indented continuation lines...)
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Automatic completion of variable and module names is optionally
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available. To enable it in the interpreter's interactive mode, add
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the following to your \file{\$HOME/.pythonrc} file:% $ <- bow to font-lock
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\indexii{.pythonrc.py}{file}%
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\refstmodindex{rlcompleter}%
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\refbimodindex{readline}
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\begin{verbatim}
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import rlcompleter, readline
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readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
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\end{verbatim}
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This binds the TAB key to the completion function, so hitting the TAB
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key twice suggests completions; it looks at Python statement names,
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the current local variables, and the available module names. For
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dotted expressions such as \code{string.a}, it will evaluate the the
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expression up to the final \character{.} and then suggest completions
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from the attributes of the resulting object. Note that this may
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execute application-defined code if an object with a
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\method{__getattr__()} method is part of the expression.
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\section{Commentary}
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\label{commentary}
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‎Doc/tut/tut.tex‎

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this file.
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If you want to read an additional start-up file from the current
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directory, you can program this in the global start-up file, e.g.
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\samp{execfile('.pythonrc')}. If you want to use the startup file
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in a script, you must write this explicitly in the script:
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directory, you can program this in the global start-up file,
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e.g.\ \samp{execfile('.pythonrc')}\indexii{.pythonrc.py}{file}. If
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you want to use the startup file in a script, you must do this
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explicitly in the script:
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\begin{verbatim}
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import os
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execfile(os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP'])
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if os.path.isfile(os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP']):
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execfile(os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP'])
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\end{verbatim}
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\chapter{An Informal Introduction to Python}
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\label{informal}
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same program; the technical term for this is a \dfn{persistent}
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object. Because \module{pickle} is so widely used, many authors who
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write Python extensions take care to ensure that new data types such
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as matrices, XXX more examples needed XXX, can be properly pickled and
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unpickled.
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as matrices can be properly pickled and unpickled.
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in your \file{\$HOME/.inputrc}. (Of course, this makes it hard to type
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indented continuation lines...)
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Automatic completion of variable and module names is optionally
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available. To enable it in the interpreter's interactive mode, add
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the following to your \file{\$HOME/.pythonrc} file:% $ <- bow to font-lock
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\indexii{.pythonrc.py}{file}%
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\refstmodindex{rlcompleter}%
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\refbimodindex{readline}
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\begin{verbatim}
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import rlcompleter, readline
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readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
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\end{verbatim}
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This binds the TAB key to the completion function, so hitting the TAB
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key twice suggests completions; it looks at Python statement names,
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the current local variables, and the available module names. For
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dotted expressions such as \code{string.a}, it will evaluate the the
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expression up to the final \character{.} and then suggest completions
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from the attributes of the resulting object. Note that this may
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execute application-defined code if an object with a
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\method{__getattr__()} method is part of the expression.
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\section{Commentary}
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\label{commentary}
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