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# encoding: utf-8 
"""Magic functions for InteractiveShell. 
""" 
from __future__ import print_function 
 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
#  Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <jhauser@zscout.de> and 
#  Copyright (C) 2001 Fernando Perez <fperez@colorado.edu> 
#  Copyright (C) 2008 The IPython Development Team 
 
#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in 
#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software. 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
import os 
import re 
import sys 
import types 
from getopt import getopt, GetoptError 
 
from traitlets.config.configurable import Configurable 
from IPython.core import oinspect 
from IPython.core.error import UsageError 
from IPython.core.inputsplitter import ESC_MAGIC, ESC_MAGIC2 
from decorator import decorator 
from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct 
from IPython.utils.process import arg_split 
from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types, iteritems 
from IPython.utils.text import dedent 
from traitlets import Bool, Dict, Instance, observe
from logging import error
 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
# Globals 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
# A dict we'll use for each class that has magics, used as temporary storage to 
# pass information between the @line/cell_magic method decorators and the 
# @magics_class class decorator, because the method decorators have no 
# access to the class when they run.  See for more details: 
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2366713/can-a-python-decorator-of-an-instance-method-access-the-class 
 
magics = dict(line={}, cell={}) 
 
magic_kinds = ('line', 'cell') 
magic_spec = ('line', 'cell', 'line_cell') 
magic_escapes = dict(line=ESC_MAGIC, cell=ESC_MAGIC2) 
 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
# Utility classes and functions 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
class Bunch: pass 
 
 
def on_off(tag): 
    """Return an ON/OFF string for a 1/0 input. Simple utility function.""" 
    return ['OFF','ON'][tag] 
 
 
def compress_dhist(dh): 
    """Compress a directory history into a new one with at most 20 entries. 
 
    Return a new list made from the first and last 10 elements of dhist after 
    removal of duplicates. 
    """ 
    head, tail = dh[:-10], dh[-10:] 
 
    newhead = [] 
    done = set() 
    for h in head: 
        if h in done: 
            continue 
        newhead.append(h) 
        done.add(h) 
 
    return newhead + tail 
 
 
def needs_local_scope(func): 
    """Decorator to mark magic functions which need to local scope to run.""" 
    func.needs_local_scope = True 
    return func 
 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
# Class and method decorators for registering magics 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
def magics_class(cls): 
    """Class decorator for all subclasses of the main Magics class. 
 
    Any class that subclasses Magics *must* also apply this decorator, to 
    ensure that all the methods that have been decorated as line/cell magics 
    get correctly registered in the class instance.  This is necessary because 
    when method decorators run, the class does not exist yet, so they 
    temporarily store their information into a module global.  Application of 
    this class decorator copies that global data to the class instance and 
    clears the global. 
 
    Obviously, this mechanism is not thread-safe, which means that the 
    *creation* of subclasses of Magic should only be done in a single-thread 
    context.  Instantiation of the classes has no restrictions.  Given that 
    these classes are typically created at IPython startup time and before user 
    application code becomes active, in practice this should not pose any 
    problems. 
    """ 
    cls.registered = True 
    cls.magics = dict(line = magics['line'], 
                      cell = magics['cell']) 
    magics['line'] = {} 
    magics['cell'] = {} 
    return cls 
 
 
def record_magic(dct, magic_kind, magic_name, func): 
    """Utility function to store a function as a magic of a specific kind. 
 
    Parameters 
    ---------- 
    dct : dict 
      A dictionary with 'line' and 'cell' subdicts. 
 
    magic_kind : str 
      Kind of magic to be stored. 
 
    magic_name : str 
      Key to store the magic as. 
 
    func : function 
      Callable object to store. 
    """ 
    if magic_kind == 'line_cell': 
        dct['line'][magic_name] = dct['cell'][magic_name] = func 
    else: 
        dct[magic_kind][magic_name] = func 
 
 
def validate_type(magic_kind): 
    """Ensure that the given magic_kind is valid. 
 
    Check that the given magic_kind is one of the accepted spec types (stored 
    in the global `magic_spec`), raise ValueError otherwise. 
    """ 
    if magic_kind not in magic_spec: 
        raise ValueError('magic_kind must be one of %s, %s given' % 
                         magic_kinds, magic_kind) 
 
 
# The docstrings for the decorator below will be fairly similar for the two 
# types (method and function), so we generate them here once and reuse the 
# templates below. 
_docstring_template = \ 
"""Decorate the given {0} as {1} magic. 
 
The decorator can be used with or without arguments, as follows. 
 
i) without arguments: it will create a {1} magic named as the {0} being 
decorated:: 
 
    @deco 
    def foo(...) 
 
will create a {1} magic named `foo`. 
 
ii) with one string argument: which will be used as the actual name of the 
resulting magic:: 
 
    @deco('bar') 
    def foo(...) 
 
will create a {1} magic named `bar`. 
""" 
 
# These two are decorator factories.  While they are conceptually very similar, 
# there are enough differences in the details that it's simpler to have them 
# written as completely standalone functions rather than trying to share code 
# and make a single one with convoluted logic. 
 
def _method_magic_marker(magic_kind): 
    """Decorator factory for methods in Magics subclasses. 
    """ 
 
    validate_type(magic_kind) 
 
    # This is a closure to capture the magic_kind.  We could also use a class, 
    # but it's overkill for just that one bit of state. 
    def magic_deco(arg): 
        call = lambda f, *a, **k: f(*a, **k) 
 
        if callable(arg): 
            # "Naked" decorator call (just @foo, no args) 
            func = arg 
            name = func.__name__ 
            retval = decorator(call, func) 
            record_magic(magics, magic_kind, name, name) 
        elif isinstance(arg, string_types): 
            # Decorator called with arguments (@foo('bar')) 
            name = arg 
            def mark(func, *a, **kw): 
                record_magic(magics, magic_kind, name, func.__name__) 
                return decorator(call, func) 
            retval = mark 
        else: 
            raise TypeError("Decorator can only be called with " 
                            "string or function") 
        return retval 
 
    # Ensure the resulting decorator has a usable docstring 
    magic_deco.__doc__ = _docstring_template.format('method', magic_kind) 
    return magic_deco 
 
 
def _function_magic_marker(magic_kind): 
    """Decorator factory for standalone functions. 
    """ 
    validate_type(magic_kind) 
     
    # This is a closure to capture the magic_kind.  We could also use a class, 
    # but it's overkill for just that one bit of state. 
    def magic_deco(arg): 
        call = lambda f, *a, **k: f(*a, **k) 
 
        # Find get_ipython() in the caller's namespace 
        caller = sys._getframe(1) 
        for ns in ['f_locals', 'f_globals', 'f_builtins']: 
            get_ipython = getattr(caller, ns).get('get_ipython') 
            if get_ipython is not None: 
                break 
        else: 
            raise NameError('Decorator can only run in context where ' 
                            '`get_ipython` exists') 
 
        ip = get_ipython() 
 
        if callable(arg): 
            # "Naked" decorator call (just @foo, no args) 
            func = arg 
            name = func.__name__ 
            ip.register_magic_function(func, magic_kind, name) 
            retval = decorator(call, func) 
        elif isinstance(arg, string_types): 
            # Decorator called with arguments (@foo('bar')) 
            name = arg 
            def mark(func, *a, **kw): 
                ip.register_magic_function(func, magic_kind, name) 
                return decorator(call, func) 
            retval = mark 
        else: 
            raise TypeError("Decorator can only be called with " 
                             "string or function") 
        return retval 
 
    # Ensure the resulting decorator has a usable docstring 
    ds = _docstring_template.format('function', magic_kind) 
 
    ds += dedent(""" 
    Note: this decorator can only be used in a context where IPython is already 
    active, so that the `get_ipython()` call succeeds.  You can therefore use 
    it in your startup files loaded after IPython initializes, but *not* in the 
    IPython configuration file itself, which is executed before IPython is 
    fully up and running.  Any file located in the `startup` subdirectory of 
    your configuration profile will be OK in this sense. 
    """) 
     
    magic_deco.__doc__ = ds 
    return magic_deco 
 
 
# Create the actual decorators for public use 
 
# These three are used to decorate methods in class definitions 
line_magic = _method_magic_marker('line') 
cell_magic = _method_magic_marker('cell') 
line_cell_magic = _method_magic_marker('line_cell') 
 
# These three decorate standalone functions and perform the decoration 
# immediately.  They can only run where get_ipython() works 
register_line_magic = _function_magic_marker('line') 
register_cell_magic = _function_magic_marker('cell') 
register_line_cell_magic = _function_magic_marker('line_cell') 
 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
# Core Magic classes 
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
class MagicsManager(Configurable): 
    """Object that handles all magic-related functionality for IPython. 
    """ 
    # Non-configurable class attributes 
 
    # A two-level dict, first keyed by magic type, then by magic function, and 
    # holding the actual callable object as value.  This is the dict used for 
    # magic function dispatch 
    magics = Dict() 
 
    # A registry of the original objects that we've been given holding magics. 
    registry = Dict() 
 
    shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC', allow_none=True) 
 
    auto_magic = Bool(True, help=
        "Automatically call line magics without requiring explicit % prefix"
    ).tag(config=True)
    @observe('auto_magic')
    def _auto_magic_changed(self, change):
        self.shell.automagic = change['new']
     
    _auto_status = [ 
        'Automagic is OFF, % prefix IS needed for line magics.', 
        'Automagic is ON, % prefix IS NOT needed for line magics.'] 
 
    user_magics = Instance('IPython.core.magics.UserMagics', allow_none=True) 
 
    def __init__(self, shell=None, config=None, user_magics=None, **traits): 
 
        super(MagicsManager, self).__init__(shell=shell, config=config, 
                                           user_magics=user_magics, **traits) 
        self.magics = dict(line={}, cell={}) 
        # Let's add the user_magics to the registry for uniformity, so *all* 
        # registered magic containers can be found there. 
        self.registry[user_magics.__class__.__name__] = user_magics 
 
    def auto_status(self): 
        """Return descriptive string with automagic status.""" 
        return self._auto_status[self.auto_magic] 
     
    def lsmagic(self): 
        """Return a dict of currently available magic functions. 
 
        The return dict has the keys 'line' and 'cell', corresponding to the 
        two types of magics we support.  Each value is a list of names. 
        """ 
        return self.magics 
 
    def lsmagic_docs(self, brief=False, missing=''): 
        """Return dict of documentation of magic functions. 
 
        The return dict has the keys 'line' and 'cell', corresponding to the 
        two types of magics we support. Each value is a dict keyed by magic 
        name whose value is the function docstring. If a docstring is 
        unavailable, the value of `missing` is used instead. 
 
        If brief is True, only the first line of each docstring will be returned. 
        """ 
        docs = {} 
        for m_type in self.magics: 
            m_docs = {} 
            for m_name, m_func in iteritems(self.magics[m_type]): 
                if m_func.__doc__: 
                    if brief: 
                        m_docs[m_name] = m_func.__doc__.split('\n', 1)[0] 
                    else: 
                        m_docs[m_name] = m_func.__doc__.rstrip() 
                else: 
                    m_docs[m_name] = missing 
            docs[m_type] = m_docs 
        return docs 
 
    def register(self, *magic_objects): 
        """Register one or more instances of Magics. 
 
        Take one or more classes or instances of classes that subclass the main  
        `core.Magic` class, and register them with IPython to use the magic 
        functions they provide.  The registration process will then ensure that 
        any methods that have decorated to provide line and/or cell magics will 
        be recognized with the `%x`/`%%x` syntax as a line/cell magic 
        respectively. 
 
        If classes are given, they will be instantiated with the default 
        constructor.  If your classes need a custom constructor, you should 
        instanitate them first and pass the instance. 
 
        The provided arguments can be an arbitrary mix of classes and instances. 
 
        Parameters 
        ---------- 
        magic_objects : one or more classes or instances 
        """ 
        # Start by validating them to ensure they have all had their magic 
        # methods registered at the instance level 
        for m in magic_objects: 
            if not m.registered: 
                raise ValueError("Class of magics %r was constructed without " 
                                 "the @register_magics class decorator") 
            if isinstance(m, type): 
                # If we're given an uninstantiated class 
                m = m(shell=self.shell) 
 
            # Now that we have an instance, we can register it and update the 
            # table of callables 
            self.registry[m.__class__.__name__] = m 
            for mtype in magic_kinds: 
                self.magics[mtype].update(m.magics[mtype]) 
 
    def register_function(self, func, magic_kind='line', magic_name=None): 
        """Expose a standalone function as magic function for IPython. 
 
        This will create an IPython magic (line, cell or both) from a 
        standalone function.  The functions should have the following 
        signatures:  
 
        * For line magics: `def f(line)` 
        * For cell magics: `def f(line, cell)` 
        * For a function that does both: `def f(line, cell=None)` 
 
        In the latter case, the function will be called with `cell==None` when 
        invoked as `%f`, and with cell as a string when invoked as `%%f`. 
 
        Parameters 
        ---------- 
        func : callable 
          Function to be registered as a magic. 
 
        magic_kind : str 
          Kind of magic, one of 'line', 'cell' or 'line_cell' 
 
        magic_name : optional str 
          If given, the name the magic will have in the IPython namespace.  By 
          default, the name of the function itself is used. 
        """ 
 
        # Create the new method in the user_magics and register it in the 
        # global table 
        validate_type(magic_kind) 
        magic_name = func.__name__ if magic_name is None else magic_name 
        setattr(self.user_magics, magic_name, func) 
        record_magic(self.magics, magic_kind, magic_name, func) 
 
    def register_alias(self, alias_name, magic_name, magic_kind='line'): 
        """Register an alias to a magic function. 
 
        The alias is an instance of :class:`MagicAlias`, which holds the 
        name and kind of the magic it should call. Binding is done at 
        call time, so if the underlying magic function is changed the alias 
        will call the new function. 
 
        Parameters 
        ---------- 
        alias_name : str 
          The name of the magic to be registered. 
 
        magic_name : str 
          The name of an existing magic. 
 
        magic_kind : str 
          Kind of magic, one of 'line' or 'cell' 
        """ 
 
        # `validate_type` is too permissive, as it allows 'line_cell' 
        # which we do not handle. 
        if magic_kind not in magic_kinds: 
            raise ValueError('magic_kind must be one of %s, %s given' % 
                             magic_kinds, magic_kind) 
 
        alias = MagicAlias(self.shell, magic_name, magic_kind) 
        setattr(self.user_magics, alias_name, alias) 
        record_magic(self.magics, magic_kind, alias_name, alias) 
 
# Key base class that provides the central functionality for magics. 
 
 
class Magics(Configurable): 
    """Base class for implementing magic functions. 
 
    Shell functions which can be reached as %function_name. All magic 
    functions should accept a string, which they can parse for their own 
    needs. This can make some functions easier to type, eg `%cd ../` 
    vs. `%cd("../")` 
 
    Classes providing magic functions need to subclass this class, and they 
    MUST: 
 
    - Use the method decorators `@line_magic` and `@cell_magic` to decorate 
      individual methods as magic functions, AND 
 
    - Use the class decorator `@magics_class` to ensure that the magic 
      methods are properly registered at the instance level upon instance 
      initialization. 
 
    See :mod:`magic_functions` for examples of actual implementation classes. 
    """ 
    # Dict holding all command-line options for each magic. 
    options_table = None 
    # Dict for the mapping of magic names to methods, set by class decorator 
    magics = None 
    # Flag to check that the class decorator was properly applied 
    registered = False 
    # Instance of IPython shell 
    shell = None 
 
    def __init__(self, shell=None, **kwargs): 
        if not(self.__class__.registered): 
            raise ValueError('Magics subclass without registration - ' 
                             'did you forget to apply @magics_class?') 
        if shell is not None: 
            if hasattr(shell, 'configurables'): 
                shell.configurables.append(self) 
            if hasattr(shell, 'config'): 
                kwargs.setdefault('parent', shell) 
 
        self.shell = shell 
        self.options_table = {} 
        # The method decorators are run when the instance doesn't exist yet, so 
        # they can only record the names of the methods they are supposed to 
        # grab.  Only now, that the instance exists, can we create the proper 
        # mapping to bound methods.  So we read the info off the original names 
        # table and replace each method name by the actual bound method. 
        # But we mustn't clobber the *class* mapping, in case of multiple instances. 
        class_magics = self.magics 
        self.magics = {} 
        for mtype in magic_kinds: 
            tab = self.magics[mtype] = {} 
            cls_tab = class_magics[mtype] 
            for magic_name, meth_name in iteritems(cls_tab): 
                if isinstance(meth_name, string_types): 
                    # it's a method name, grab it 
                    tab[magic_name] = getattr(self, meth_name) 
                else: 
                    # it's the real thing 
                    tab[magic_name] = meth_name 
        # Configurable **needs** to be initiated at the end or the config 
        # magics get screwed up. 
        super(Magics, self).__init__(**kwargs) 
 
    def arg_err(self,func): 
        """Print docstring if incorrect arguments were passed""" 
        print('Error in arguments:') 
        print(oinspect.getdoc(func)) 
 
    def format_latex(self, strng): 
        """Format a string for latex inclusion.""" 
 
        # Characters that need to be escaped for latex: 
        escape_re = re.compile(r'(%|_|\$|#|&)',re.MULTILINE) 
        # Magic command names as headers: 
        cmd_name_re = re.compile(r'^(%s.*?):' % ESC_MAGIC, 
                                 re.MULTILINE) 
        # Magic commands 
        cmd_re = re.compile(r'(?P<cmd>%s.+?\b)(?!\}\}:)' % ESC_MAGIC, 
                            re.MULTILINE) 
        # Paragraph continue 
        par_re = re.compile(r'\\$',re.MULTILINE) 
 
        # The "\n" symbol 
        newline_re = re.compile(r'\\n') 
 
        # Now build the string for output: 
        #strng = cmd_name_re.sub(r'\n\\texttt{\\textsl{\\large \1}}:',strng) 
        strng = cmd_name_re.sub(r'\n\\bigskip\n\\texttt{\\textbf{ \1}}:', 
                                strng) 
        strng = cmd_re.sub(r'\\texttt{\g<cmd>}',strng) 
        strng = par_re.sub(r'\\\\',strng) 
        strng = escape_re.sub(r'\\\1',strng) 
        strng = newline_re.sub(r'\\textbackslash{}n',strng) 
        return strng 
 
    def parse_options(self, arg_str, opt_str, *long_opts, **kw): 
        """Parse options passed to an argument string. 
 
        The interface is similar to that of :func:`getopt.getopt`, but it 
        returns a :class:`~IPython.utils.struct.Struct` with the options as keys 
        and the stripped argument string still as a string. 
 
        arg_str is quoted as a true sys.argv vector by using shlex.split. 
        This allows us to easily expand variables, glob files, quote 
        arguments, etc. 
 
        Parameters 
        ---------- 
 
        arg_str : str 
          The arguments to parse. 
 
        opt_str : str 
          The options specification. 
 
        mode : str, default 'string' 
          If given as 'list', the argument string is returned as a list (split 
          on whitespace) instead of a string. 
 
        list_all : bool, default False 
          Put all option values in lists. Normally only options 
          appearing more than once are put in a list. 
 
        posix : bool, default True 
          Whether to split the input line in POSIX mode or not, as per the 
          conventions outlined in the :mod:`shlex` module from the standard 
          library. 
        """ 
 
        # inject default options at the beginning of the input line 
        caller = sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name 
        arg_str = '%s %s' % (self.options_table.get(caller,''),arg_str) 
 
        mode = kw.get('mode','string') 
        if mode not in ['string','list']: 
            raise ValueError('incorrect mode given: %s' % mode) 
        # Get options 
        list_all = kw.get('list_all',0) 
        posix = kw.get('posix', os.name == 'posix') 
        strict = kw.get('strict', True) 
 
        # Check if we have more than one argument to warrant extra processing: 
        odict = {}  # Dictionary with options 
        args = arg_str.split() 
        if len(args) >= 1: 
            # If the list of inputs only has 0 or 1 thing in it, there's no 
            # need to look for options 
            argv = arg_split(arg_str, posix, strict) 
            # Do regular option processing 
            try: 
                opts,args = getopt(argv, opt_str, long_opts) 
            except GetoptError as e: 
                raise UsageError('%s ( allowed: "%s" %s)' % (e.msg,opt_str, 
                                        " ".join(long_opts))) 
            for o,a in opts: 
                if o.startswith('--'): 
                    o = o[2:] 
                else: 
                    o = o[1:] 
                try: 
                    odict[o].append(a) 
                except AttributeError: 
                    odict[o] = [odict[o],a] 
                except KeyError: 
                    if list_all: 
                        odict[o] = [a] 
                    else: 
                        odict[o] = a 
 
        # Prepare opts,args for return 
        opts = Struct(odict) 
        if mode == 'string': 
            args = ' '.join(args) 
 
        return opts,args 
 
    def default_option(self, fn, optstr): 
        """Make an entry in the options_table for fn, with value optstr""" 
 
        if fn not in self.lsmagic(): 
            error("%s is not a magic function" % fn) 
        self.options_table[fn] = optstr 
 
 
class MagicAlias(object): 
    """An alias to another magic function. 
 
    An alias is determined by its magic name and magic kind. Lookup 
    is done at call time, so if the underlying magic changes the alias 
    will call the new function. 
 
    Use the :meth:`MagicsManager.register_alias` method or the 
    `%alias_magic` magic function to create and register a new alias. 
    """ 
    def __init__(self, shell, magic_name, magic_kind): 
        self.shell = shell 
        self.magic_name = magic_name 
        self.magic_kind = magic_kind 
 
        self.pretty_target = '%s%s' % (magic_escapes[self.magic_kind], self.magic_name) 
        self.__doc__ = "Alias for `%s`." % self.pretty_target 
 
        self._in_call = False 
 
    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs): 
        """Call the magic alias.""" 
        fn = self.shell.find_magic(self.magic_name, self.magic_kind) 
        if fn is None: 
            raise UsageError("Magic `%s` not found." % self.pretty_target) 
 
        # Protect against infinite recursion. 
        if self._in_call: 
            raise UsageError("Infinite recursion detected; " 
                             "magic aliases cannot call themselves.") 
        self._in_call = True 
        try: 
            return fn(*args, **kwargs) 
        finally: 
            self._in_call = False