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diff --git a/dev-python/ipython/metadata.xml b/dev-python/ipython/metadata.xml index de483c53568f..97f03a370b03 100644 --- a/dev-python/ipython/metadata.xml +++ b/dev-python/ipython/metadata.xml @@ -2,4 +2,24 @@ <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> <pkgmetadata> <herd>python</herd> +<longdescription> +IPython provides a replacement for the interactive Python interpreter with +extra functionality. + +Main features: +* Comprehensive object introspection. +* Input history, persistent across sessions. +* Caching of output results during a session with automatically generated + references. +* Readline based name completion. +* Extensible system of 'magic' commands for controlling the environment and + performing many tasks related either to IPython or the operating system. +* Configuration system with easy switching between different setups (simpler + than changing $PYTHONSTARTUP environment variables every time). +* Session logging and reloading. +* Extensible syntax processing for special purpose situations. +* Access to the system shell with user-extensible alias system. +* Easily embeddable in other Python programs. +* Integrated access to the pdb debugger and the Python profiler. +</longdescription> </pkgmetadata> |