prompt_toolkit is a library for building powerful interactive command lines and terminal applications in Python. ptpython is an interactive Python Shell, build on top of prompt_toolkit. prompt_toolkit could be a replacement for GNU readline, but it can be much more than that.
<ul>
<li>Pure Python.</li>
<li>Syntax highlighting of the input while typing. (For instance, with a Pygments lexer.)</li>
<li>Multi-line input editing.</li>
<li>Advanced code completion.</li>
<li>Both Emacs and Vi key bindings. (Similar to readline.)</li>
<li>Even some advanced Vi functionality, like named registers and digraphs.</li>
<li>Reverse and forward incremental search.</li>
<li>Runs on all Python versions from 2.6 up to 3.5.</li>
<li>Works well with Unicode double width characters. (Chinese input.)</li>
<li>Selecting text for copy/paste. (Both Emacs and Vi style.)</li>
<li>Support for <a href="https://cirw.in/blog/bracketed-paste" rel="nofollow">bracketed paste</a>.</li>
<li>Mouse support for cursor positioning and scrolling.</li>
<li>Auto suggestions. (Like <a href="http://fishshell.com/" rel="nofollow">fish shell</a>.)</li>
<li>Multiple input buffers.</li>
<li>No global state.</li>
<li>Lightweight, the only dependencies are Pygments, six and wcwidth.</li>
</ul>

prompt_toolkit is a library for building powerful interactive command lines and terminal applications in Python. ptpython is an interactive Python Shell, build on top of prompt_toolkit. prompt_toolkit could be a replacement for GNU readline, but it can be much more than that.

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