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Module: terminal.interactiveshell

IPython terminal interface using prompt_toolkit

1 Class

class IPython.terminal.interactiveshell.TerminalInteractiveShell(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShell

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Create a configurable given a config config.

Parameters:

• config (Config) – If this is empty, default values are used. If config is a Config instance, it will be used to configure the instance.
• parent (Configurable instance, optional) – The parent Configurable instance of this object.

Notes

Subclasses of Configurable must call the __init__() method of Configurable before doing anything else and using super():

class MyConfigurable(Configurable):
    def __init__(self, config=None):
        super(MyConfigurable, self).__init__(config=config)
        # Then any other code you need to finish initialization.

This ensures that instances will be configured properly.

auto_rewrite_input(cmd)

Overridden from the parent class to use fancy rewriting prompt

debugger_cls

Modified Pdb class, does not load readline.

for a standalone version that uses prompt_toolkit, see IPython.terminal.debugger.TerminalPdb and IPython.terminal.debugger.set_trace()

switch_doctest_mode(mode)

Switch prompts to classic for %doctest_mode

system(cmd)

Call the given cmd in a subprocess using os.system on Windows or subprocess.call using the system shell on other platforms.

Parameters:cmd (str) – Command to execute.

1 Function

IPython.terminal.interactiveshell.get_default_editor()