[yt-dev] IPython changes

[Matthew Turk]

Hi John,

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:46 AM, John ZuHone <jzuhone at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've noticed that at some point some of the things I used to rely on in IPython went missing from the standard install that yt does (at least for me):
>
> 1) "help blah" does not work, must now type "help(blah)"
>
> Not really a big deal, just annoying.

I'm not sure about this one -- this sounds like it may be an upstream change.

>
> 2) "source blah" does not work at all
>
> Anyone know what this is part of?

Same, I think.

>
> 3) insert_ipython() doesn't know anything about the variables currently in scope
>
> I can jump into a function but it doesn't seem to know anything about the variables defined in it. Everything is not defined.

This can/should be fixed on our end.  Can you file an issue and assign it to me?

>
> Did I screw up somewhere?
>
> Best,
>
> John Z
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