Comment 10 for bug 973844

Am 06.04.2012 21:16, schrieb Richard Stanton:
>> The cursor stays where it was and I don't get the strangely named new
>> buffers, but the completion still doesn't work. I just get the message
>> Can't find completion for "numpy.ar"
>
>
> More information: If I try to complete "ex", it works fine, giving me a
> buffer with a selection of words beginning with "ex". However, it fails if
> I try to complete "numpy.ar", and I think I know why. My main python
> buffer is called *ND 0.12*. When I press Tab, a new python buffer is
> created, called *Ipython*. I assume this is where the completion is
> performed, but the problem is that numpy was imported in *my* python
> buffer, so trying to complete numpy symbols in a new python buffer isn't
> going to work.
>
> If the current buffer is already an ipython buffer, there's no reason to
> open a new one for completion. Just use the one that's already open.
>

the second was introduced because of lp:939320 ipython-complete increments prompt counter

wanted to separate the processes