From a846eadb0cdf02ace459e300ae4da7710754263f 2012-11-02 00:26:08
From: Bradley M. Froehle <brad.froehle@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-11-02 00:26:08
Subject: [PATCH] Allow starting IPython as `python -m IPython`.

Closes #2541.

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diff --git a/IPython/__main__.py b/IPython/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66af32a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+"""Terminal-based IPython entry point.
+"""
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (c) 2012, IPython Development Team.
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+#  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import launch_new_instance
+
+launch_new_instance()