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IPython Tab Completion

pymmcore-plus provides an IPython completer that allows you to use tab-completion for methods on the CMMCorePlus object. If you hit <Tab> after the parenthesis of a core method that expects the name of an existing device, you will be presented with suggestions for the names of loaded devices (of the appropriate type). The same works for property names (e.g. the second argument of getProperty), config group and preset names, and device adapter names.

IPython autocompletion for CMMCorePlus

The completer is installed automatically when you import pymmcore_plus in an IPython session (including Jupyter notebooks). You may disable this feature by setting the environment variable PYMM_DISABLE_IPYTHON_COMPLETIONS to 1 before importing pymmcore_plus.