[IPython-dev] ipython1 -> IPython documentation merge about to begin

[Brian Granger]

> I merged the sconfig branch into ipython1b.  The tests aren't run
> automatically at the moment, so do:
>
> nosetests -v --with-doctest --doctest-tests IPython.config
>
> to make sure everything is OK.

Great!  Thanks for doing this.  Now I just to find some time to look
at this new stuff  and begin to use it.

> I wrote a first implementation of round-tripping, so a person can now:
>
> a) Instantiate a new configuration
> b) Update the configuration from a file
> c) Modify the configuration
> d) Dump the configuration back to file

This is exactly why going with ConfigObj makes sense for us.  I will
merge this stuff from ipython-ipython1b into ipython trunk soon.
Thanks again Stefan for doing this!

Brian

> The file writing is done using ConfigObj.  The one thing I haven't
> tried yet is to write back to the same file I read from (to see
> whether comments and structure are preserved).
>
> Regards
> Stéfan
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