Copy code from IPython without leading triple dots

Question

I'm using IPython Qt Console and when I copy code FROM Ipython it comes out like that:

    class notathing(object):
        ...:
        ...:     def __init__(self):
        ...:         pass
        ...:

Is there any way to copy them without those leading triple dots and doublecolon?

P.S. I tried both Copy and Copy Raw Text in context menu and it's still the same. OS: Debian Linux 7.2 (KDE).

hpaulj · Answer 1 · 2017-07-13T11:21:54.437

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How about using %hist n to print line n (or a range of lines) without prompts (including line continuations), and doing your copy from that? (Simply scrolling back to that line is nearly as good).

In [1]: def foo():
   ...:     return 1+2
   ...: 

In [6]: %history 1
def foo():
    return 1+2

edited Jul 13 '17 at 11:21

answered Dec 31 '13 at 21:52

hpaulj

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This is the way. – Raoul Nov 13 '20 at 07:27
Magical! `%hist` without any argument will print everything – Nomios Feb 16 '23 at 14:39

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

One of the cool features of ipython is session logging. If you enable it, the code you input in your session is logged to a file. It's very useful, I use it all the time.

To make things even niftier for me, I have a shell alias ipy_log_cat, which prints the entire file. You can do something like: ipy_log_cat | tail to get the most recent input lines. (this is also useful for greping session history, etc.). You can also save a few keyboard/mouse strokes by piping it into xclip!

Jonathan March · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-04T01:40:01.070

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This QTconsole copy regression has been fixed, see https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/3206 - I can confirm that the desired behavior is again present in the QtConsole in the Canopy 1.2 GUI and, I suspect, in the ipython egg installable by free users from the Enthought egg repo.

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answered Jan 01 '14 at 16:18

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 13:49

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This may be too roundabout for you, but you could use the %save magic function to save the lines in question and then copy them from the save file.

answered Dec 31 '13 at 13:49

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 14:01

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I tend to keep an open gvim window for this kind of things. Paste your class definition as is and then do something like:

:%s/^.*\.://

answered Dec 31 '13 at 14:01

Nicola Musatti

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Copy code from IPython without leading triple dots

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