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+"""Quick code snippets for embedding IPython into other programs.
+
+See example-embed.py for full details, this file has the bare minimum code for
+cut and paste use once you understand how to use the system."""
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This code loads IPython but modifies a few things if it detects it's running
+# embedded in another IPython session (helps avoid confusion)
+
+try:
+    get_ipython
+except NameError:
+    banner=exit_msg=''
+else:
+    banner = '*** Nested interpreter ***'
+    exit_msg = '*** Back in main IPython ***'
+
+# First import the embed function
+from IPython.terminal.embed import InteractiveShellEmbed
+# Now create the IPython shell instance. Put ipshell() anywhere in your code
+# where you want it to open.
+ipshell = InteractiveShellEmbed(banner1=banner, exit_msg=exit_msg)
+                            
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This code will load an embeddable IPython shell always with no changes for
+# nested embededings.
+
+from IPython import embed
+# Now embed() will open IPython anywhere in the code.
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This code loads an embeddable shell only if NOT running inside
+# IPython. Inside IPython, the embeddable shell variable ipshell is just a
+# dummy function.
+
+try:
+    get_ipython
+except NameError:
+    from IPython.terminal.embed import InteractiveShellEmbed
+    ipshell = InteractiveShellEmbed()
+    # Now ipshell() will open IPython anywhere in the code
+else:
+    # Define a dummy ipshell() so the same code doesn't crash inside an
+    # interactive IPython
+    def ipshell(): pass
+
+#******************* End of file <example-embed-short.py> ********************