Re: IPython 5.0.0 beta 1 now available !

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Matthias Bussonnier
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am happy to announce that IPython 5.0.0 beta 1 was release as few
> minutes ago by Jamie our new project manager (in cc)!
>
> Beyond the usual bugfixes, this release focus on the terminal user
> experience, and thanks to prompt_toolkit, we know have syntax
> highlighting as you type, and real multiline editing ! Yeah !
> (we got rid of readline as well)
>
> We'll release a more detailed blog post describing the new features
> when we release the final version.
>
> We would be happy if you could try this beta and report any
> strange/bad behavior,
> And make sure you do not use any APIs that have been deprecated and or removed.
>
> You can upgrade now with
>
>     pip install ipython --upgrade --pre
>
> If all goes well we should cut the rc and/or final in 2 to 3 week-ish.
> We'll try to polish the documentation, migration guide, and changelog
> during this period, so please report any inaccuracies, missing part,.. etc
> I guess you know the drill by now.
>
> See attached gif-trailer if you can't install it now.
> If you have any questions, feel free to reply to this thread.

Thanks for this - a really major improvement to something I use all
the time - a good day.

I think I'm right in saying that us vi illuminati want something like:

$ cat ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py
# Configuration file for all things ipython
c = get_config()
c.TerminalInteractiveShell.editing_mode = 'vi'

Esc-Return seems to submit stuff from multi-line editing mode.

Cheers,

Matthew