[IPython-dev] ipython bash interaction?

[Zoltán Vörös]

Hi Fernando,

Thanks for the pointer! Based on your comment, I could figure out what 
the solution is.
> On 09/25/2013 06:11 PM, Fernando Perez wrote:
>> I think it's possible to declare those in another one of the bash
>> startup files that does get read by the GUI systems, but I've never
>> bothered to look which one it should be. If you spend the time to make
>> it work that way, let us know!
Setting the path in .profile (for user), or in /etc/environment 
(system-wide) works for me. I suspect that .profile has to be replaced 
by something else, if one uses KDE or XCFE, but I believe, .profile 
should work for gnome-derivatives.
> A related thread for getting the proper PYTHONSTARTUP when starting IDLE from a graphical session:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2009/11/msg00071.html
> I think an equivalent IPython hack would be to modify os.environ in the ipython launcher script.
But it is quite obvious that this is not an ipython issue. As Fernando 
pointed out, the launcher doesn't know about the environmental 
variables, because it is not operating at the shell level.

Cheers,
Zoltán