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 rope, a python refactoring library ...
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Overview
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`Rope`_ is a python refactoring library.

.. _`rope`: http://rope.sf.net/


New Features
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* codeassist: better handling of unicode in docstrings
* codeassist: handling builtin unknowns, such as sys.stdout
* codeassist: proposals scopes and types revised
* fscommands: handle hg crew ui changes
* patchedast: handle ExtSlice node

Getting Started
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* List of features: `docs/rope.txt`_
* Overview of some of rope's features: `docs/overview.txt`_
* Using as a library: `docs/library.txt`_
* Contributing: `docs/contributing.txt`_

To change your project preferences edit
``$PROJECT_ROOT/.ropeproject/config.py`` where ``$PROJECT_ROOT`` is
the root folder of your project (this file is created the first time
you open a project).


Bug Reports
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Send your bug reports and feature requests to `rope-dev (at)
googlegroups.com`_.

.. _`rope-dev (at) googlegroups.com`: http://groups.google.com/group/rope-dev


License
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This program is under the terms of GPL (GNU General Public License).
Have a look at ``COPYING`` file for more information.


.. _`docs/rope.txt`: docs/rope.html
.. _`docs/overview.txt`: docs/overview.html
.. _`docs/contributing.txt`: docs/contributing.html
.. _`docs/library.txt`: docs/library.html