From 44e25c7ed3ecdbd62dfd5798397051e11c83b24a 2024-04-13 20:22:41
From: Ian Thomas <ianthomas23@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-04-13 20:22:41
Subject: [PATCH] Fix use of --pylab=auto and --matplotlib=auto

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diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index b155744..e9e6493 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -3654,6 +3654,13 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
             make sense in all contexts, for example a terminal ipython can't
             display figures inline.
         """
+        from .pylabtools import _matplotlib_manages_backends
+
+        if not _matplotlib_manages_backends() and gui in (None, "auto"):
+            # Early import of backend_inline required for its side effect of
+            # calling _enable_matplotlib_integration()
+            import matplotlib_inline.backend_inline
+
         from IPython.core import pylabtools as pt
         gui, backend = pt.find_gui_and_backend(gui, self.pylab_gui_select)