[IPython-dev] New console frontend, testing needed..

[MinRK]

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:18, Fernando Perez <fperez.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We have finally landed the two-process terminal frontend from
>
> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/864
>
> (which itself built on two previous PRs, #433 and #708).  This adds a
> terminal-based frontend which you can start with
>
> ipython console
>
> it should feel pretty much like 'plain old' ipython, and supports
> --pylab, profiles and all the same options.  But this one actually
> runs the kernel in a separate process, which means it can attach to
> kernels started by the Qt console or by the notebook.
>

I should note the principal shortcomings of this frontend (that I know of):

* Ctrl-C is wonky in pylab mode, because the sigint is still received in
the subprocess
* There is no shortcut for killing the kernel yet, but a simple
`os._exit(0)` works to restart the kernel.

-MiNRK


>
> If you're willing to test it and let us know of any problems, we'd
> greatly appreciate it.  Those of you used to running from git need
> only update master. If you want a static download, github conveniently
> provides a download of master in zip and tar.gz formats:
>
> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/zipball/master
> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/tarball/master
>
> A big thank you to those who put in all the effort to make this
> happen, starting with Omar Zapata (this was the continuation of his
> Summer of Code effort last year) and Paul Ivanov who built on top of
> Omar's work.
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
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