python.Interactive Namespace Reference

Classes
class	ShellEscapes
	LazyPython based hook for shell commands ====================================. More...

Functions
	configureInteractivePrompt (completionDict=None)

Variables
list	_shellCommands = [ 'echo', 'emacs', 'env', 'ls', 'less', 'more', 'pico', 'vi' ]
list	_unacceptable = [ 'false', 'true', 'sys' ]
str	_NAME = 'name'
	_NAMEREX = re.compile( r"named? '?(?P<%s>[\w\d]+)'?" % _NAME )

Detailed Description

Utilities for the interactive athena prompt.

Function Documentation

configureInteractivePrompt()

python.Interactive.configureInteractivePrompt

(

completionDict = None

)

Configure interactive prompt. The optional completionDict is used to
configure the readline completer.

Definition at line 78 of file Interactive.py.

def configureInteractivePrompt(completionDict = None):
   """Configure interactive prompt. The optional completionDict is used to
   configure the readline completer."""
 
   # Athena-specific command history
   import atexit
   import readline
   import rlcompleter  # noqa: F401 (needed for completion)
 
   fhistory = os.path.expanduser( '~/.athena.history' )
 
   if completionDict is not None:
      readline.set_completer(rlcompleter.Completer(completionDict).complete)
 
   readline.parse_and_bind( 'tab: complete' )
   readline.parse_and_bind( 'set show-all-if-ambiguous On' )
 
   if os.path.exists( fhistory ):
      readline.read_history_file( fhistory )
 
   readline.set_history_length( 1024 )
 
   # save history on exit
   atexit.register( readline.write_history_file, fhistory )
 
   # enable shell commands in interactive prompt
   sys.excepthook = ShellEscapes()

Variable Documentation

_NAME

str python.Interactive._NAME = 'name'

protected

Definition at line 13 of file Interactive.py.

_NAMEREX

python.Interactive._NAMEREX = re.compile( r"named? '?(?P<%s>[\w\d]+)'?" % _NAME )

protected

Definition at line 14 of file Interactive.py.

_shellCommands

list python.Interactive._shellCommands = [ 'echo', 'emacs', 'env', 'ls', 'less', 'more', 'pico', 'vi' ]

protected

Definition at line 11 of file Interactive.py.

_unacceptable

list python.Interactive._unacceptable = [ 'false', 'true', 'sys' ]

protected

Definition at line 12 of file Interactive.py.