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bpython detects what libraries are installed and has autocompletion for codes that weren't previously written in the text, if you ever used bpython you know what I mean.

Sometimes i use bpython because i can't remember all the functions that a certain library has by default and bpython autocompletes it. Is that possible in emacs?

A plugin that detects what python libraries you have installed, either on the PC or in a virtualenv and predicts the name of the function you're calling based on that.

Originally I asked this question on askubuntu, it was about emacs and sublime text, and they told me that the emacs part can be answered here, so here I am!

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  • Doesn't elpy do this? Commented Jan 4, 2015 at 0:48
  • @Kirill will check it tomorrow thx :) it's 3am here, i'm not an emacs poweruser, I only use it when doing lisp and i don't do lisp that much nowadays :) Commented Jan 4, 2015 at 0:56
  • So what happened? Commented Jan 9, 2015 at 20:55
  • @Kirill well i guess jedi is my best option Commented Jan 9, 2015 at 21:31
  • No, I mean, did elpy work? What features were missing? Commented Jan 9, 2015 at 21:34

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Python autocompletion provided by Jedi (see https://github.com/tkf/emacs-jedi for emacs integration) will provide something close to bpython autocompletion.

Jedi autocompletion is pretty great, but it's not quite bpython autocompletion; in bpython, there's less guessing because the environment in a bpython REPL session already exists, unlike the environment for a line of code in a file. It's generally a harder problem to know what attributes will exist on an object if you also have to predict what the object will be - but Jedi performs pretty admirably and I find it useful enough.

You may also be interested in bpython-curtsies along with the new "send session to editor" functionality (triggered by F7) which throws your entire session in emacs for modification, then re-executes it when you close the file. I like this workflow for combining the power of a text editor with the interactive features of bpython. You might also like "reimport," (F6) which reruns the entire bpython session including reimporting imported modules - another way to combine text editor and the REPL.

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