Comment 11 for bug 973844

On 4/6/12 12:38 PM, "Andreas Roehler" <email address hidden> wrote:

>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

Maybe make this an option? To me, not being able to complete any symbols
I've imported is a major problem. Having the counter increase is cosmetic.