ITango
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An interactive Tango client.
Description
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ITango_ is a PyTango_ CLI based on IPython_.
It is designed to be used as an IPython profile.
It is available since PyTango 7.1.2 and has been moved to a separate
project since PyTango 9.2.0.
Requirements
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ITango is compatible with python 2 and 3. It requires:
- PyTango_ >= 9.2
- IPython_ >= 1.0
However, a compatiblity package is available as `itango-0.0.1`_.
It provides compatibility for:
- 7.2 <= PyTango_ < 9
- 0.10 <= IPython_ < 5
Install
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ITango is available on PyPI_::
$ pip install itango # latest version (tango 9)
$ pip install itango==0.0.1 # tango 8 compatibility
Usage
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ITango can be started using the ``itango`` script::
$ itango # Or itango3 if using python 3
or the ``tango`` profile::
$ ipython --profile=tango
Features
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ITango works like a normal python console, but it provides a nice set of
features from IPython:
- proper (bash-like) command completion
- automatic expansion of python variables, functions, types
- command history (with up/down arrow keys, %hist command)
- help system ( object? syntax, help(object))
- persistently store your favorite variables
- color modes
For a complete list checkout the `IPython web page`_.
It also adds set of PyTango_ specific features:
- automatic import of Tango objects
- device and attribute name completion
- list tango devices, classes, servers
- customized tango error message
- database utilities
Check out the documentation_ for more informations.
.. _IPython: http://ipython.org/
.. _ITango: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/itango/
.. _itango-0.0.1: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/itango/0.0.1
.. _PyTango: https://github.com/tango-cs/PyTango
.. _documentation: http://pythonhosted.org/itango
.. _PyPI: ITango_
.. _IPython web page: IPython_