Should be able to get help on an object mid-command

[ipython]

Original Launchpad bug 397227: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipython/+bug/397227
Reported by: endolith (Endolith).

Currently if you type "zeros?" and press Enter, it will display help on the zeros command.

You should also be able to type things like "a = zeros?" and press Enter, and it will display the help for the zeros command, and then return you to the command you were typing when you exit.

[ipython]

[ LP comment 1 by: Fernando Perez, on 2010-04-25 23:50:12.950928+00:00 ]

Good idea. It's easier to do in a GUI, where the help can be popped up in a non-obtrusive manner.

But for a terminal, we should look at the %rep code which already puts user input back into a line, and use that same mechanism.

[takluyver]

I too often wish for this. I'll look into it, although it might not land before 0.11.

[takluyver]

In the end, it did get in before 0.11. See commit 665bef4.