pudb/example-shell.py

"""
This file shows how you can define a custom shell for PuDB. This is the
shell used when pressing the ! key in the debugger (it does not affect the
Ctrl-x shell that is built into PuDB).

To create a custom shell, create a file like this one with a function called
pudb_shell(_globals, _locals) defined at the module level. Note
that the file will be execfile'd.

Then, go to the PuDB preferences window (type Ctrl-p inside of PuDB) and add
the path to the file in the "Custom" field under the "Shell" heading.

The example in this file

"""

# Define this a function with this name and signature at the module level.
def pudb_shell(_globals, _locals):
    """
    This example shell runs a classic Python shell. It is based on
    run_classic_shell in pudb.shell.

    """
    # Many shells only let you pass in a single locals dictionary, rather than
    # separate globals and locals dictionaries. In this case, you can use
    # pudb.shell.SetPropagatingDict to automatically merge the two into a
    # single dictionary. It does this in such a way that assignments propogate
    # to _locals, so that when the debugger is at the module level, variables
    # can be reassigned in the shell.
    from pudb.shell import SetPropagatingDict
    ns = SetPropagatingDict([_locals, _globals], _locals)

    try:
        import readline
        import rlcompleter
        HAVE_READLINE = True
    except ImportError:
        HAVE_READLINE = False

    if HAVE_READLINE:
        readline.set_completer(
                rlcompleter.Completer(ns).complete)
        readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
        readline.clear_history()

    from code import InteractiveConsole
    cons = InteractiveConsole(ns)
    cons.interact("Press Ctrl-D to return to the debugger")
    # When the function returns, control will be returned to the debugger.