[IPython-dev] [RFC] I want to fix some behaviour. Hints needed

[Alexander Belchenko]

I use IPython on Windows in separate console or sometimes from FAR (file 
manager) console. And I massively use edit magic feature to make my life 
easier. For editing I use console test editor FTE (http://fte.sf.net).

FTE usually change title string of console window with their own string 
something like this:

FTE - ipython_edit_hghfjd.py - [full path to file]

After closing FTE and returning to IPython title string of console 
window remains the same as when FTE invoked. It's slightly not 
good-looking for me and I willing to fix this.

Here proposed code for changing title of console window to IPython after 
editing (probably this code should also be executed and when console 
IPython started):


# after editor closed set title of console window to 'IPython'
if sys.platform == "win32":
     try:
         import win32api # part of Mark Hammond's pywin32 package
         win32api.SetConsoleTitle('IPython')
     except ImportError:
         try:
             import ctypes
             ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleA('IPython')
         except ImportError:
             pass


Do you add this code to appropriate place of magic_edit methods or give 
me the hint where it should be so I'll create the patch? I use IPython 
only as console application but I hear that IPython also support some 
sort of GUI mode. In this case proposed code for changing title should 
not be executed when IPython in GUI mode.

What you think about?

--
Alexander