Merge pull request #5754 from takluyver/subcmd-descr-app-argv

Format command name into subcommand_description at run time, not import

IPython/config/application.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 b' if not hasattr(sys, "argv"):'
 subcommand_description = """
 Subcommands are launched as `{app} cmd [args]`. For information on using
 subcommand 'cmd', do: `{app} cmd -h`.
-""".strip().format(app=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
+"""
 # get running program name
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -310,7 +310,8 b' class Application(SingletonConfigurable):'
         lines = ["Subcommands"]
         lines.append('-'*len(lines[0]))
         lines.append('')
-        for p in wrap_paragraphs(self.subcommand_description):
+        for p in wrap_paragraphs(self.subcommand_description.format(
+                    app=os.path.basename(self.argv[0]))):
             lines.append(p)
             lines.append('')
         for subc, (cls, help) in iteritems(self.subcommands):