Re_: Best way to run ipython inside of emacs shell?

[Fernando Perez]

Yaroslav Bulatov wrote:

>> Equis Uno wrote:
>> 
>> > I use meta-x shell to start a shell and then once I see a shell
>> > prompt I enter the python command and I get a well-behaved python
>> > shell inside of emacs.
>> > 
>> > I'm trying to figure out the best way to run ipython inside of emacs.
> 
> I had the same problem. It has to do with ipython.el not finding the
> IPython executable.
> 
> To fix it, open ipython.el, and replace line
> (when (executable-find "ipython")
> with
> (when (executable-find "ipython.bat")
> 
> Next, add file ipython.bat to your path containing something like the
> following:
> C:\Python23\python.exe "C:\Program Files\IPython\IPython_shell.py"
> 
> Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work right on windows. The prompts
> are missing so it's almost unusable.

Are you having this problem with the emacs support stuff currently available
from the ipython site?  There's a special python-mode.el in there which is
different from the default one shipped with emacs (because the maintainers have
ignored Alex Schmolck's patches for a long time).

That might help (or not, I have no way of testing under windows, though I know
it works ok in unix).

Best,

f