pdir2 0.1.4

Pretty dir printing with joy

pdir2: Pretty dir() printing with joy

Have you ever dreamed of a better output of dir()? I do. So I created this.

Features

• Attributes are grouped by types/functionalities, with beautiful colors.

• Support all platforms including Windows(Thanks to colorama).

• Support ipython, ptpython, bpython and Jupyter Notebook! See wiki for more information.

• The return value of pdir() can still be used as a list of names.

• You can search for certain names with .s() or .search():

Search is case-insensitive by default.

You can use .search(name, case_sensitive=True) to do case sensitive searching.

Install

pip install pdir2

About the name. I wanted to call it “pdir”, but there’s already one with this name on pypi. Mine is better, of course.

As a better alternative of dir(), it’s more convenient to automatically import pdir2 when launching REPL. Luckily, Python provides a way to do this. In you .bashrc(or .zshrc), add this line:

export PYTHONSTARTUP=$HOME/.pythonstartup

Then, create .pythonstartup in your home folder. Add one line:

import pdir

Next time you launch REPL, pdir() is already there, Hooray!

Testing

Simply run pytest, or use tox if you like.

Release History

0.1.0(2017-03-16)

• Add support for ipython, ptpython and bpython (#4)

0.0.2(2017-03-11)

API Changes (Backward-Compatible)

• Added a case_sensitive parameter into the search function (#5)

Bugfixes

• Error calling pdir(pandas.DataFrame) (#1)

• Methods are now considered functions (#6)