ipython env

[Greg Donald]

Anyone know what's up with environment variables when using ipython?

When I type 'env' and hit return I get a dictionary full of useful
information (trimmed for brevity):

In [1]: env
Out[1]:
{'EDITOR': '/usr/bin/vim',
[...]
 '_': '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/ipython',
 '__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING': '0x1F5:0:0'}


But then when try to access the information in the dictionary it
doesn't seem to exist:

In [2]: env['EDITOR']
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
exceptions.NameError                                 Traceback (most
recent call last)

/Users/destiney/<ipython console>

NameError: name 'env' is not defined


Thanks,


-- 
Greg Donald
http://destiney.com/