IPython
An enhanced Interactive Python
User Manual, v. 0.5.0

Fernando Pérez

• Overview
  • Main features
  • Portability and Python requirements
  • Location
  
  
• Installation
  • Instant instructions
  • Under Unix-type operating systems (Linux, Mac OS X, etc.)
    • RedHat 7.x notes
    • Mac OSX notes
  • Under Windows
  • Upgrading from a previous version
  
  
• Initial configuration of your environment
  • 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
• Command-line use
  • Options
  
  
• Interactive use
  • Magic command system
    • Magic commands
  • Access to the standard Python help
  • Dynamic object information
  • Readline-based features
    • Command line completion
    • Search command history
    • Persistent command history across sessions
    • Autoindent
    • Customizing readline behavior
  • Session logging and restoring
  • System shell access
  • 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
    • Notes on usage of these two features
  
  
• Customization
  • Sample ipythonrc file
  • IPython profiles
  
  
• Using IPython as your default Python environment.
• Embedding IPython in other programs
• Using the Python debugger (pdb)
• Extensions for syntax processing
  • Pasting of code fragments starting with '>>> ' or '... '
  • Input of physical quantities with units
  
  
• Access to 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