Hi all, after a couple months down in the engine room I'm delighted to announce a new Stem feature for advanced Tor users and developers!
https://stem.torproject.org/tutorials/down_the_rabbit_hole.html
The control interpreter is a new method for interacting with Tor's control interface that combines an interactive python interpreter with raw access similar to telnet. This adds several usability features, such as...
* Irc-style commands like '/help'. * Tab completion for Tor's controller commands. * History scrollback by pressing up/down. * Transparently handles Tor authentication at startup. * Colorized output for improved readability.
This is the last major feature going into Stem's 1.2.0 release, which is coming out later this month. Until then you can easily give it a whirl with...
% git clone https://git.torproject.org/stem.git % cd stem % ./tor-prompt
Running into an issue? Got a feature request? As always feedback appreciated! -Damian