From 2d66a78ba26ba2644d0d0b9da8941dfdab9f6f64 2009-04-23 22:24:48
From: Fernando Perez <Fernando.Perez@berkeley.edu>
Date: 2009-04-23 22:24:48
Subject: [PATCH] Make default argv for testing instances.

This simple utility lets us ensure that all testing instances of ipython can
be consistently initialized in an identical manner.

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diff --git a/IPython/testing/plugin/ipdoctest.py b/IPython/testing/plugin/ipdoctest.py
index 617de83..d3ad3d2 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/plugin/ipdoctest.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/plugin/ipdoctest.py
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # machinery into a fit.  This code should be considered a gross hack, but it
 # gets the job done.
 
+def default_argv():
+    """Return a valid default argv for creating testing instances of ipython"""
+
+    # Get the install directory for the user configuration and tell ipython to
+    # use the default profile from there.
+    from IPython import UserConfig
+    ipcdir = os.path.dirname(UserConfig.__file__)
+    #ipconf = os.path.join(ipcdir,'ipy_user_conf.py')
+    ipconf = os.path.join(ipcdir,'ipythonrc')
+    #print 'conf:',ipconf # dbg
+    
+    return ['--colors=NoColor','--noterm_title','-rcfile=%s' % ipconf]
+
 
 # Hack to modify the %run command so we can sync the user's namespace with the
 # test globals.  Once we move over to a clean magic system, this will be done
@@ -148,10 +161,11 @@ def start_ipython():
     _excepthook = sys.excepthook
     _main = sys.modules.get('__main__')
 
+    argv = default_argv()
+    
     # Start IPython instance.  We customize it to start with minimal frills.
     user_ns,global_ns = IPython.ipapi.make_user_namespaces(ipnsdict(),dict())
-    IPython.Shell.IPShell(['--colors=NoColor','--noterm_title'],
-                          user_ns,global_ns)
+    IPython.Shell.IPShell(argv,user_ns,global_ns)
 
     # Deactivate the various python system hooks added by ipython for
     # interactive convenience so we don't confuse the doctest system