From d5c08dfebc2202ba8be0264ae92c0c232d0ff473 2011-12-18 02:36:19
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-12-18 02:36:19
Subject: [PATCH] don't load gui/pylab in console frontend

---

diff --git a/IPython/frontend/terminal/console/app.py b/IPython/frontend/terminal/console/app.py
index b836abe..f1ada55 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/terminal/console/app.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/terminal/console/app.py
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ class ZMQTerminalIPythonApp(TerminalIPythonApp, IPythonConsoleApp):
                         display_banner=False, profile_dir=self.profile_dir,
                         ipython_dir=self.ipython_dir, kernel_manager=self.kernel_manager)
 
+    def init_gui_pylab(self):
+        # no-op, because we don't want to import matplotlib in the frontend.
+        pass
+
     def handle_sigint(self, *args):
         if self.shell._executing:
             if self.kernel_manager.has_kernel: