highlight input from other front ends

in qtconsole

IPython/qt/console/ipython_widget.py

@@ -219,16 +219,24 b' class IPythonWidget(FrontendWidget):'
                 items.append(cell)
                 last_cell = cell
         self._set_history(items)
-
+    
+    def _insert_other_input(self, cursor, content):
+        """Insert function for input from other frontends"""
+        cursor.beginEditBlock()
+        start = cursor.position()
+        n = content.get('execution_count', 0)
+        cursor.insertText('\n')
+        self._insert_html(cursor, self._make_in_prompt(n))
+        cursor.insertText(content['code'])
+        self._highlighter.rehighlightBlock(cursor.block())
+        cursor.endEditBlock()
+        
     def _handle_execute_input(self, msg):
         """Handle an execute_input message"""
         self.log.debug("execute_input: %s", msg.get('content', ''))
         if self.include_output(msg):
-            content = msg['content']
-            prompt_number = content.get('execution_count', 0)
-            self._append_html(self._make_in_prompt(prompt_number), True)
-            self._append_plain_text(content['code'], True)
-        
+            self._append_custom(self._insert_other_input, msg['content'], before_prompt=True)
+
     
     def _handle_execute_result(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style "display hook".