diff --git a/IPython/Magic.py b/IPython/Magic.py
index 5eae133..1edd16b 100644
--- a/IPython/Magic.py
+++ b/IPython/Magic.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
-$Id: Magic.py 1178 2006-02-24 17:26:36Z vivainio $"""
+$Id: Magic.py 1179 2006-02-24 18:32:09Z vivainio $"""
#*****************************************************************************
# Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <jhauser@zscout.de> and
@@ -2823,19 +2823,26 @@ Defaulting color scheme to 'NoColor'"""
This will copy the config files that don't yet exist in your
ipython dir from the system config dir. Use this after upgrading
IPython if you don't wish to delete your .ipython dir.
-
+
+ Call with -nolegacy to get rid of ipythonrc* files (recommended for
+ new users)
+
"""
ip = self.getapi()
ipinstallation = path(IPython.__file__).dirname()
upgrade_script = ipinstallation / 'upgrade_dir.py'
src_config = ipinstallation / 'UserConfig'
- cmd = upgrade_script + " " + src_config + " " + ip.options().ipythondir
+ userdir = path(ip.options().ipythondir)
+ cmd = upgrade_script + " " + src_config + " " + userdir
print ">",cmd
shell(cmd)
-
-
-
-
+ if arg == '-nolegacy':
+ legacy = userdir.files('ipythonrc*')
+ print "Nuking legacy files:",legacy
+
+ [p.remove() for p in legacy]
+ suffix = (sys.platform == 'win32' and '.ini' or '')
+ (userdir / ('ipythonrc' + suffix)).write_text('# Empty, see ipy_user_conf.py\n')
# end Magic
diff --git a/IPython/UserConfig/ipy_user_conf.py b/IPython/UserConfig/ipy_user_conf.py
index 913fe28..4202ecf 100644
--- a/IPython/UserConfig/ipy_user_conf.py
+++ b/IPython/UserConfig/ipy_user_conf.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ you can do here.
import IPython.ipapi
ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
+# You probably want to uncomment this if you did %upgrade -nolegacy
+# import ipy_sane_defaults
+
def main():
o = ip.options()
# An example on how to set options