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Configuration and customization

Configuring IPython

• Introduction to IPython configuration
  • Setting configurable options
  • Profiles
  • The IPython directory
• IPython options
  • Terminal IPython options
  • IPython kernel options
  • IPython notebook options
  • IPython Qt console options
• Specific config details
  • Prompts
  • Terminal Colors
  • Editor configuration

See also

Overview of the IPython configuration system

Technical details of the config system.

Extending and integrating with IPython

• IPython extensions
  • Getting extensions
  • Using extensions
  • Writing extensions
  • Extensions bundled with IPython
• Integrating your objects with IPython
  • Tab completion
  • Rich display
  • Custom exception tracebacks
• Defining custom magics
• Custom input transformation
  • String based transformations
  • AST transformations
• Registering callbacks
• Integrating with GUI event loops
  • Event loops in the terminal
  • Event loops in the kernel