itango 0.1.6

An interactive Tango client

An interactive Tango client.

Description

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

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

ITango is available on PyPI:

$ pip install itango         # latest version (tango 9)
$ pip install itango==0.0.1  # tango 8 compatibility

Usage

ITango can be started using the itango script:

$ itango  # Or itango3 if using python 3

or the tango profile:

$ ipython --profile=tango

Features

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.