From 8033643754d3c602794776af7f78dbda7205282b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AC <ac@fabtek.cn>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:34:17 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=93=9A=20DOCS:=20Match=20longer=20IPython?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20continuation=20prompts?=
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---
 docs/conf.py                      |  2 +-
 docs/use.md                       | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 sphinx_copybutton/_static/test.js | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1f80aea..0cf17ed 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 myst_enable_extensions = ["colon_fence"]
 
 # CopyButton configuration
-copybutton_prompt_text = r">>> |\.\.\. |\$ |In \[\d*\]: | {2,5}\.\.\.: | {5,8}: "
+copybutton_prompt_text = r">>> |\.\.\. |\$ |In \[\d*\]: | {2,5}\.{3,}: | {5,8}: "
 copybutton_prompt_is_regexp = True
 copybutton_line_continuation_character = "\\"
 copybutton_here_doc_delimiter = "EOT"
diff --git a/docs/use.md b/docs/use.md
index f833200..bfe27ff 100644
--- a/docs/use.md
+++ b/docs/use.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ i.e. at [RegEx101].
 For example this documentation uses the following configuration:
 
 ```python
-copybutton_prompt_text = r">>> |\.\.\. |\$ |In \[\d*\]: | {2,5}\.\.\.: | {5,8}: "
+copybutton_prompt_text = r">>> |\.\.\. |\$ |In \[\d*\]: | {2,5}\.{3,}: | {5,8}: "
 copybutton_prompt_is_regexp = True
 ```
 
@@ -106,13 +106,16 @@ Which matches the following prompts and their continuations if they exist:
      - ``r'\$ '``
      - ``'$ '``
    * - ``ipython`` and ``qtconsole`` + continuation
-     - ``r'In \[\d*\]: | {2,5}\.\.\.: '``
-     - ``'In []: '``, ``'In [999]: '``, ``'  ...: '``, ``'     ...: '``
+     - ``r'In \[\d*\]: | {2,5}\.{3,}: '``
+     - ``'In []: '``, ``'In [999]: '``, ``'  ...: '``, ``'   ....: '``, ``'   .....: '``, ``'     ...: '``
    * - ``jupyter-console`` + continuation
      - ``r'In \[\d*\]: | {5,8}: '``
      - ``'In []: '``, ``'In [999]: '``, ``'  ...: '``, ``'     ...: '``
 ```
 
+The IPython Sphinx directive adds continuation dots as the cell number grows (for example, `In [10]:` uses `   ....: `).
+The `\.{3,}` pattern matches these longer prompts as well as the three-dot prompts used by interactive IPython and QtConsole.
+
 An example usage would be the `ipython`-directive:
 
 ```restructuredtext
@@ -123,7 +126,10 @@ An example usage would be the `ipython`-directive:
    In [1]: first
       ...: continuation
    output
-   In [2]: second
+   In [10]: first
+      ....: continuation
+   output
+   In [11]: second
 
 ``jupyter`` style:
 
@@ -141,7 +147,10 @@ An example usage would be the `ipython`-directive:
 In [1]: first
    ...: continuation
 output
-In [2]: second
+In [10]: first
+   ....: continuation
+output
+In [11]: second
 ```
 
 `jupyter` style:
diff --git a/sphinx_copybutton/_static/test.js b/sphinx_copybutton/_static/test.js
index f2158d5..47b1431 100644
--- a/sphinx_copybutton/_static/test.js
+++ b/sphinx_copybutton/_static/test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import test from 'ava';
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { join } from 'path';
 import { formatCopyText, filterText } from "./copybutton_funcs";
 
 const parameters = [
@@ -300,3 +302,21 @@ filterParameters.forEach((p) => {
 	});
 })
 */
+
+
+// Exercise the configuration that readers copy and the documentation itself uses.
+const docsConfig = readFileSync(join(__dirname, '../../docs/conf.py'), 'utf8');
+const documentedPrompt = docsConfig.match(/^copybutton_prompt_text = r"(.*)"$/m)[1];
+const usage = readFileSync(join(__dirname, '../../docs/use.md'), 'utf8');
+test('documented prompt matches the documentation configuration', t => {
+    t.true(usage.includes(`copybutton_prompt_text = r"${documentedPrompt}"`));
+});
+
+[1, 10, 100, 1000].forEach(count => {
+    test(`documented prompt copies IPython cell ${count} continuations`, t => {
+        // IPython's Sphinx directive uses two more dots than counter digits.
+        const continuation = '   ' + '.'.repeat(String(count).length + 2) + ': ';
+        const text = `In [${count}]: for value in [1, 2]:\n${continuation}    print(value)\n1\n2`;
+        t.is(formatCopyText(text, documentedPrompt, true), 'for value in [1, 2]:\n    print(value)');
+    });
+});