Issue 1350: IDLE - CallTips enhancement - show full doc-string in new window (original) (raw)

Created on 2007-10-28 02:59 by taleinat, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin.

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msg56876 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-10-28 02:59
This (relatively speaking) simple patch allows the full doc-string of a callable to be displayed in a textView window. Once a call-tip is being displayed, hitting one of the keys which is bound to the force-open-calltip virtual event (Control-backslash by default) opens the new window. If there is no extra documentation to be shown (in addition to what is already shown in the call-tip), the window is not displayed.
msg58481 - (view) Author: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-12-12 02:13
This is very useful! However, it isn't fully baked. Please test more before submitting patches. Try to break them on corner cases. import CallTips CallTips.CallTips( AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'splitlines' def foo(): pass foo( same error. There are two conditional blocks which need to go on separate lines. The jocular test in CallTipWindow needs to be changed to avoid needless controversy. Also, the doc window's first line isn't quite right. There may be other issues, but that's as far as I got. I would like to get this into 2.6a1. However, I completely rewrote CallTips.py for 3.0. I will need another version of the patch for the latter, can you supply it once we get 2.6 put to bed?
msg58531 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-12-13 13:02
Yes, I admit I haven't tested this very thoroughly. I'll give this some more time this weekend and submit another patch. As for 3.0, I'll have to see what you've changed, but I'll gladly work up a patch based on the newer version.
msg58641 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-12-14 23:02
Alrighty then! Since I had also done some work on CallTips.py since the previous patch, I've worked up a merged version, including stuff from the py3k version and better tests. Changes since the first patch: * add support for callable instances (e.g. __call__) * use inspect, which does the hackish stuff for us, such as using .im_func where needed and formatting doc-strings appropriately * use isinstance instead of type checking, like in the py3k branch * rename get_arg_text to get_arg_text_and_doc * add test cases for callable instances, classmethods, staticmethods and old-style classes * rework testing code * tested extensively (only on WinXP, Python2.5) I'm attaching a patch relative to the current SVN head, and another one relative to the current SVN head with the previous patch applied.
msg58642 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-12-14 23:33
Now for CallTipWindow.py: * split conditionals into two lines as requested * changed the test (took me a while to understand what "controversy" you were referring to...) I couldn't find anything wrong with the first line. It is the function/method signature if it was found, or just the beginning of the doc-string otherwise. Unless you think the adding the signature (when possible) is unnecessary/confusing... The above changes are included in both new patches.
msg58643 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-12-14 23:34
(bah, sorry for the mess, use the patch files from the later hour)
msg59005 - (view) Author: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-12-26 20:36
I deleted the extra files. You aren't making this easy! I was expecting a relatively small update to the original patch. Did you backport my 3.0 revision of CallTips.py or did you come up with your own version which uses inspect.py? Right now, the patch includes two unrelated developments, which (following our normal procedures) wouldn't be combined as you have done.
msg59009 - (view) Author: Tal Einat (taleinat) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-12-27 12:54
I had a working version which also used inspect before I saw your 3.0 version, but they both use inspect similarly, very straightforward. I seem to recall only one of the version used inspect to get the doc string, but I don't remember which one... Depending on how you divide things, this patch includes more than just two different developments. But they are interrelated to some extent. And one of the developments is more rigorous testing, which this version passes with flying colors. If you wish, I can try to get another developer or two to test and review this patch, if that will help somehow. Or anything else that will help...
msg84550 - (view) Author: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk) * (Python committer) Date: 2009-03-30 14:30
I think that because of the re-write of CallTips.py for py3k that we would need separate patches for 2.7 and 3.1. I suggest dropping the idea of adding the functionality to 2.7 unless OP wants to provide a separate patch against TRUNK. Because of the re-write, svn-merge will fail totally unless the rewrite is backported (which would have to be done as a separate patch, first.) Let's forget 2.x for this. We already are using inspect and the added functionality intended here should be implemented as a patch against current py3k HEAD. This patch won't appy. Also, if there is more new functionality than just the doc string window, it should be broken out into separate patches. The added functionality is useful, but this patch is not the way to go.
msg116784 - (view) Author: Mark Lawrence (BreamoreBoy) * Date: 2010-09-18 14:27
From "The added functionality is useful, but this patch is not the way to go". Can this be closed as rejected, would the OP like to supply an updated patch, or what?
msg135736 - (view) Author: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-05-10 20:03
Rejecting for now, out of date, doesn't apply, not single topic.
msg213879 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-03-17 17:31
Calltips will be rewritten for 3.5, maybe 3.4 in #19903, to use inspect.signature. Once that is done, I would like to revisit this issue, as I agree that it would be useful, and it should be fairly easy. I though of being able to rightclick on the calltip box to ask for more but a key would be fine to start. The current code uses .__doc__ but only after checking that it exists. if isinstance(ob_call, types.MethodType): doc = ob_call.__doc__ else: doc = getattr(ob, "__doc__", "") if doc: I would not start this until the new code is in place.
msg370829 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-06-06 15:58
I am not sure what to do with this. The addition of squeezer to Shell and ability to expand into textview makes this a bit less needed. It would have to be rewritten. It seems big, but a large part is revision of tests, which have since been moved to unittests in separate test files.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:27 admin set github: 45691
2020-06-06 15:58:56 terry.reedy set priority: normal -> lowversions: + Python 3.10, - Python 3.5nosy: - kbk, gpolo, markroseman, Saimadhav.Heblikarmessages: +
2017-09-28 13:17:11 BreamoreBoy set nosy: - BreamoreBoy
2017-09-28 07:00:34 taleinat set nosy: - taleinat
2015-09-18 16:37:17 markroseman set nosy: + markroseman
2014-03-19 12:30:31 Saimadhav.Heblikar set nosy: + Saimadhav.Heblikar
2014-03-17 17:31:04 terry.reedy set status: closed -> openpriority: low -> normaldependencies: + Idle: Use inspect.signature for calltipsassignee: kbk -> terry.reedyversions: + Python 3.5, - Python 3.2resolution: rejected -> messages: + stage: resolved -> test needed
2011-05-10 20:03:16 kbk set status: open -> closedresolution: out of date -> rejectedmessages: + stage: test needed -> resolved
2010-09-18 14:27:16 BreamoreBoy set nosy: + terry.reedy, BreamoreBoymessages: + versions: + Python 3.2, - Python 3.1
2009-04-26 22:22:18 ajaksu2 set nosy: + gpolotype: enhancementstage: test needed
2009-03-30 14:30:14 kbk set priority: lowresolution: out of datemessages: + versions: + Python 3.1, - Python 2.6, Python 2.5
2008-06-08 11:46:09 taleinat set files: - IDLE_CallTips.071214.incremental.patch
2008-06-08 11:45:01 taleinat set files: - IDLE_CallTips.071028.patch
2007-12-27 12:54:32 taleinat set messages: +
2007-12-26 20:36:56 kbk set messages: +
2007-12-17 22:56:59 kbk set files: - IDLE_CallTips.071214.patch
2007-12-17 22:56:45 kbk set files: - IDLE_CallTips.071214.incremental.patch
2007-12-14 23:34:52 taleinat set messages: +
2007-12-14 23:33:27 taleinat set files: + IDLE_CallTips.071214.incremental.patch
2007-12-14 23:33:19 taleinat set files: + IDLE_CallTips.071214.patchmessages: +
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