Q-idle is a Qt version of the shell part of the Idle IDE for Python. It runs code in a different process and thus allows easier interruption of the shell (and long running code does not freeze the interface).
- syntax hilighting
- code completion, dict key & filename completion
- doc and function signature tooltips
- reload file on change (just open a file or drag and drop it onto the shell window)
- pretty printing of objects (extensible via plugins) -- pylab.figure, QtGui.QImage, PIL.Image (images, yay :-))
- multiple tabs
- editor
- session saving, history saving
- inspection tools
- debugger