From 70d6bef5b5cb8311ecd04d0a1263852dfc62fd86 2013-08-13 18:02:34
From: Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-08-13 18:02:34
Subject: [PATCH] Fix IPython.start_kernel()

Closes gh-4005

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diff --git a/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py b/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py
index b5ef0b9..7202f29 100644
--- a/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ class IPKernelApp(BaseIPythonApplication, InteractiveShellApp):
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             pass
 
+launch_new_instance = IPKernelApp.launch_instance
 
 def main():
     """Run an IPKernel as an application"""