#30 Extension to CallTips / Show attributes

[Martin Liebmann]

This is a new version of an extension to CallTips
showing on the fly attributes and methods of an object.

This proposal is based on IDLEfork 0.9a1 (and Python
2.2) .

Three files have to be modified :
CallTips.py
CallTipWindow.py and
config-extensions.def.

New features:

Hitting a dot will display all available attributes and
methods of an object within a scrollable box. (apart from
names beginning with __ )

Key-Up and Key-Down events support scrolling.

Further Key event will reduce the proposed names
according to the substring written to the text widget.

Hitting the Space-Key will copy the topmost item of the
list to the Editor or Console window.

... A usefull extension for python beginners !

Greetings
Martin Liebmann

Attached (as zip archive):
CallTips.py.unified.diff
CallTipWindow.py.unified.diff
config-extensions.def.unified.diff

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

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Will you be able to upload the patch file?

BTW, we prefer context diffs over unidiffs when possible.

[Martin Liebmann]

zipped tar archive of 3 context diffs

[Nobody/Anonymous]

context diff for CallTips.py

[Nobody/Anonymous]

context diff for CallTipWindow.py

[Nobody/Anonymous]

context diff for config-extensions.def

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

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I think this patch could use some addtional work before
it's really ready for prime time:

import StringIO

StringIO.StringIO. [produces a list of class StringIO
attributes. Useful, but
unexpected
to be produced at the class
level.

>>> s = StringIO.StringIO
>>> s
<class StringIO.StringIO at 0x402df3bc>

>>> s. [doesn't produce a list of
attributes, as would be expected
for the instance.]

>>> ================================ RESTART =========
>>> from StringIO import *
>>> StringIO
<class StringIO.StringIO at 0x402df3bc>
>>> StringIO. [produces the list of classes and
top level defs associated with the
StringIO module]

>>> ================================ RESTART =========
>>> class Animal:
def __init__(self, numberlegs, sound=None):
self.nlegs = numberlegs
self.sound = sound

def legs(self, numberlegs=None):
if numberlegs == None:
print self.nlegs
else:
self.nlegs = numberlegs

def sound(self):
print sound

--------------
>>> dog = Animal. [doesn't produce a list of
attributes]
>>> dog = Animal( [produces the expected call tip]
----------------
>>> dog = Animal(4, 'bark')
>>> dog
<__main__.Animal instance at 0x404dd42c>
>>> dog. [doesn't produce a list of
attributes. Generally can't
see attributes for Classes
defined in shell for some reason.]

[define Animal in efoo.py]
>>> ================================ RESTART ========
>>> import efoo
---------------------
>>> efoo. [produces a list of efoo.py Classes
and top-level defs]
----------------------
>>> efoo.Animal. [produces list of Animal attributes]
----------------------
>>> dog = efoo.Animal(4, 'bark')
>>> dog
<efoo.Animal instance at 0x405489ac>
>>> dog. [doesn't produce list of attributes.]

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Patched version

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Patched version

[Martin Liebmann]

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The new patches will patch the problems reported by kbk

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

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Remove duplicate uploads.

Thanks for the updates!