Module: terminal.ipapp

The Application object for the command line ipython program.

3 Classes

class IPython.terminal.ipapp.IPAppCrashHandler(app)

Bases: CrashHandler

sys.excepthook for IPython itself, leaves a detailed report on disk.

__init__(app)

Create a new crash handler

Parameters:

  • app (Application) – A running Application instance, which will be queried at crash time for internal information.

  • contact_name (str) – A string with the name of the person to contact.

  • contact_email (str) – A string with the email address of the contact.

  • bug_tracker (str) – A string with the URL for your project’s bug tracker.

  • show_crash_traceback (bool) – If false, don’t print the crash traceback on stderr, only generate the on-disk report

  • call_pdb – Whether to call pdb on crash

These instances contain some non-argument attributes which allow for
further customization of the crash handler's behavior. Please see the
source for further details.
make_report(traceback)

Return a string containing a crash report.

class IPython.terminal.ipapp.LocateIPythonApp(*args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any)

Bases: BaseIPythonApplication

start()

Start the app mainloop.

Override in subclasses.

class IPython.terminal.ipapp.TerminalIPythonApp(*args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any)

Bases: BaseIPythonApplication, InteractiveShellApp

crash_handler_class

alias of IPAppCrashHandler

display_banner

Whether to display a banner upon starting IPython.

force_interact

If a command or file is given via the command-line, e.g. ‘ipython foo.py’, start an interactive shell after executing the file or command.

init_banner()

optionally display the banner

init_shell()

initialize the InteractiveShell instance

initialize(argv=None)

Do actions after construct, but before starting the app.

interactive_shell_class

Class to use to instantiate the TerminalInteractiveShell object. Useful for custom Frontends

quick

Start IPython quickly by skipping the loading of config files.

start()

Start the app mainloop.

Override in subclasses.

1 Function

IPython.terminal.ipapp.load_default_config(ipython_dir=None)

Load the default config file from the default ipython_dir.

This is useful for embedded shells.