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authorSol Jerome <solj@ices.utexas.edu>2010-08-23 20:47:04 +0000
committerSol Jerome <sol.jerome@gmail.com>2010-08-27 08:28:39 -0500
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bcfg2-info: Add IPython support (Patch from Jeff Strunk) for Ticket #921
Signed-off-by: Sol Jerome <sol.jerome@gmail.com> git-svn-id: https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/bcfg/trunk/bcfg2@6034 ce84e21b-d406-0410-9b95-82705330c041
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@@ -117,13 +117,16 @@ in *bcfg2-info* to aid in the process.
performance problems in configuration generation.
**debug**
- The debug command exits the *bcfg2-info* interpreter loop and
- drops to a python interpreter prompt. The Bcfg2 server core is
- available in this namespace as "self". Full documentation for
- the server core is out of scope for this document. This
- capability is most useful to call into plugin methods, often with
- setup calls or the enabling of diagnostics.
+ The debug command exits the *bcfg2-info* interpreter loop and drops
+ to a python interpreter prompt. The Bcfg2 server core is available
+ in this namespace as "self". Full documentation for the server core
+ is out of scope for this document. This capability is most useful
+ to call into plugin methods, often with setup calls or the enabling
+ of diagnostics.
It is possible to return to the *bcfg2-info* command loop by
exiting the python interpreter with ^D.
+ There is built-in support for IPython in *bcfg2-info*. If IPython
+ is installed, dropping into debug mode in *bcfg2-info* will use
+ the IPython interpreter by default.