IPython
An enhanced Interactive Python
User Manual, v. 0.7.4.svn.r2010

Fernando Pérez¹

Overview
- Main features
- Portability and Python requirements
- Location
Installation
- Instant instructions
- Detailed Unix instructions (Linux, Mac OS X, etc.)
- Windows instructions
  - Installation procedure
    - Upgrading
    - Manual installation under Win32
- Upgrading from a previous version
Initial configuration...
- Access to the Python help system
- Editor
- Color
  - Input/Output prompts and exception tracebacks
  - Object details (types, docstrings, source code, etc.)
- (X)Emacs configuration
  - Notes
Quick tips
- Source code handling tips
  - Lightweight 'version control'
- Effective logging
Command-line use
- Special Threading Options
- Regular Options
Interactive use
- Caution for Windows users
- Magic command system
  - Magic commands
- Access to the standard Python help
- Dynamic object information
- Readline-based features
- Session logging and restoring
- System shell access
  - Manual capture of command output
- System command aliases
- Recursive reload
- Verbose and colored exception traceback printouts
- Input caching system
- Output caching system
- Directory history
- Automatic parentheses and quotes
  - Automatic parentheses
  - Automatic quoting
Customization
- Sample ipythonrc file
- Fine-tuning your prompt
  - Prompt examples
- IPython profiles
IPython as default...
Embedding IPython
Using the Python debugger (pdb)
- Running entire programs via pdb
- Automatic invocation of pdb on exceptions
Extensions for syntax processing
- Pasting of code starting with `>>> ' or `... '
- Input of physical quantities with units
IPython as a system shell
- Aliases
- Special syntax
- Useful functions and modules
- Directory management
- Prompt customization
Threading support
- Tk issues
- Signals and Threads
- I/O pitfalls
Interactive demos with IPython
Plotting with matplotlib
Plotting with Gnuplot
- Proper Gnuplot configuration
- The IPython.GnuplotRuntime module
- The numeric profile: a scientific computing environment
Reporting bugs
- Automatic crash reports
- The bug tracker
Brief history
- Origins
- Current status
- Future
License
Credits

Fernando Perez 2007-01-05