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Does anyone know of a python IDE that has iPython as the interpreter?

Using the standard interpreter just drives me nuts, as I've just grown to love using iPython and all the features it provides. To be honest, I'd rather code with a simple text editor + ipython than an IDE, but I love being able to set breakpoints with a click of a mouse, etc., so I'd like to combine both.

Sorry if there's something out there and this is common knowledge. Any information/tips you can provide is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

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Btw, I've seen Spyder (formerly Pydee), and that indeed will have iPython integration in September, but it still lacks a debugger. ::sigh::

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pudb is a full-screen, text-mode "console" debugger with iPython integration.

I don't know of other Python debuggers (or IDEs) which integrate with iPython, which seems to be the core of your request.

Alex Martelli
Okay that's pretty archaic. Looking for something gui-based....
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http://pydev.org for eclipse is great and debugger works well. Not sure what ipython provides but the interactive terminal in pydev is pretty good (completion , etc)

iondiode
Indeed, pydev is an excellent Python IDE and it provides python shell, but it is not even close to IPython's capabilities. Pydev developer once said something about IPython's design that makes it extremely hard to integrate IPython in PyDev.
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