Pykaboo 0.1.3

A python source viewer.

A convenient command line tool to check python source code from the python standard library and user installed packages.

Running Pykaboo opens a new tab in your browser listing your python standard library modules folder and user installed packages folder. New paths can also be added to this list.

When clicking on a .py file, python syntax is highlighted and lines are numbered.

Typical usage:

$ pykaboo

For a list of commands:

$ pykaboo help

Installation

Linux and OS X users

First install pip. Then:

$ pip install pykaboo

Windows users

Use Cygwin or use a Linux distro on a virtual machine.

• Using Cygwin:

  1. Install Cygwin. During the installation, also mark the bins of Python (under Interpreters) and wget (under Web) for installation.

  2. In the Cygwin terminal run the following commands:

     $ wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
     $ python ez_setup.py
     $ easy_install pip
     $ pip install pykaboo

     To use Pyakboo just run the following command in Cygwin:

     $ pykaboo

     In case you get errors, try rebasing Cygwin .

• Using a virtual machine:

  Here you can find a tutorial to install the Linux distro Ubuntu on the virtual box virtual machine. Once installed see the Linux users section.

Support & bug reports

If you need support or if you spot bugs send a mail to robrecht.de.rouck at gmail.com. If you have a github account opening an issue or making a poll request is appreciated in case of bugs.