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cpyvke

Curses PYthon Variable and Kernel Explorer

A Basic Client

cpyvke is a variable explorer and a kernel manager written in Python 3 ncurses for iPython kernels (Python 2.x or 3.x). cpyvke supports inspection of numpy ndarray among others types, and provides a set of tools to visualize and plot data.

Be aware that cpyvke is still in development : A lot of bugs are definitely there !

Note that this version only works with Python 3.x. The Python 2.7 version is no longer maintened !


cpyvke : the Curses interface

Variable explorer and kernel manager.

  • Explore variables in IPython kernels
  • Manage IPython kernels

kd5 : the daemon to communicate with IPython kernels

Communication with ipython kernels.

  • Stream variable list each time a change occurs in the kernel
  • Listen to request from the client

Requirement

  • 256 colors terminal is preferred, but cpyvke also works with 8 colors terminals.
  • python3-tk : install it with your package manager
  • Tested with python 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7

Dependencies

  • Ipython >= 5.1 (tested with 5.1.0 -- 7.2.0 -- 7.8.0)
  • ipykernel (tested with 4.6.1 -- 5.0.1 -- 5.1.3)
  • jupyter_client >= 4.4 (tested with 4.4.0 -- 5.2.4 -- 5.3.4)
  • psutil (tested with 3.4.2)
  • numpy (tested with 1.13.0)
  • matplotlib (tested with 1.5.1)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/ipselium/cpyvke.git python3 setup.py install

or

pip install cpyvke


Quick Start

To start working, just launch cpyvke in a console. It will create a new kernel, start the daemon and launch the client :

cpyvke

You can also launch cpyvke-launch-ipython to open the current kernel :

cpyvke-launch-ipython

You can now work in this Ipython console and cpyvke will display all changes in the associated kernel :

In [1] : run my_program.py

Tips

You can also use : https://github.com/ipselium/vim-cpyvke

vim-cpyvke provides tools to evaluate blocks of code or full scripts directly from vim. The duo cpyvke/vim-cpyvke paired with a vim plugin such as python-mode (www.github.com/klen/python-mode) can provide a complete development environment for Python in console.


Manuals

kd5 : The Daemon

Usage: kd5 {start|stop|restart|list} [INTEGER]

  • start : start daemon. If no [INTEGER] is provided, a new ipython kernel is created. [INTEGER] is the id of the connection file.
  • stop : stop daemon
  • restart : restart daemon
  • list : list available ipython kernels

cpyvke : The client

Usage: cpyvke [-h] [-L] [-D] [integer]

  • positional arguments:

    • [integer] : Start up with existing kernel. INTEGER is the id of the connection file.
  • optional arguments:

    • [-h], [--help] : show this help message and exit
    • [-D], [--debug] : Debug mode
    • [-L], [--list] : List all kernels
  • bindings:

    • h : help
    • ENTER : Validate/Item menu
    • q|ESC : Previous menu/quit'
    • s : sort by name/type
    • l : limit display to all variable matching the given keyword
    • u : undo limit
    • k : kernel manager
    • / : Search for variable
    • q : previous menu -- quit
    • r : Refresh explorer
    • c-r : Restart Daemon
    • R : Restart connection to daemon
    • D : Disconnect from daemon
    • C : Connect to daemon
    • : Next line
    • : Previous line
    • →|↡ Next page
    • ←|↟ Previous page

Setup workspace

  • You can directly launch cpyvke. It will create a new kernel, start the daemon and launch the client
  • cpyvke-launch-ipython automatically launch the current ipython console
  • You can also manually open an existing ipython instance like this : ipython console --existing kernel-xxxxx.json where xxxxx is the id of the kernel

Note

If you just want to test cpyvke without installing. In cpyvke/ directory :

  • launch kd5 first : python3 -m cpyvke.kd5 start
  • then launch cpyvke : python3 -m cpyvke.cpyvke
  • and launch ipython in another console : python3 -m cpyvke.launch

Configuration

Configuration

A configuration file cpyvke.conf is created in $HOME/.cpyvke/ at first startup. Appearance of the client can be customize (colors, font).

Colors

The available colors are...

  • black
  • red
  • green
  • yellow
  • blue
  • magenta
  • cyan
  • white

Fonts

cpyvke can also display powerline fonts. You can find them here : https://github.com/powerline/fonts.

Add the following section in $HOME/.cpyvke/cpyvke.conf:

[font]

powerline-font = True

Python kernel version

The cpyvke/kd5 duo handles python 2.x or 3.x kernel equally. To setup the Python kernel you'll want to use :

[kernel version]

version = 3

The version can be 2 or 3 for python 2.x kernel or 3.x kernel, respectively.


Known Bugs

cpyvke is still in developpement and may present unexpected behavior !


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cpyvke is a variable explorer and a kernel manager written in Python 3 curses for iPython kernels (Python 2.x or 3.x)

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