Added a first_reply signal to the heartbeat channel.

IPython/frontend/qt/kernelmanager.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 b''
 
 # System library imports.
 from PyQt4 import QtCore
-import zmq
 
 # IPython imports.
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Type
@@ -42,11 +41,19 b' class QtXReqSocketChannel(SocketChannelQObject, XReqSocketChannel):'
     # Emitted when any message is received.
     message_received = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
-    # Emitted when a reply has been received for the corresponding request type.
+    # Emitted when a reply has been received for the corresponding request
+    # type.
     execute_reply = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
     complete_reply = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
     object_info_reply = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
+    # Emitted when the first reply comes back
+    first_reply = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
+
+    # Used by the first_reply signal logic to determine if a reply is the 
+    # first.
+    _handlers_called = False
+
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'XReqSocketChannel' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -63,6 +70,16 b' class QtXReqSocketChannel(SocketChannelQObject, XReqSocketChannel):'
         if signal:
             signal.emit(msg)
 
+        if not self._handlers_called:
+            self.first_reply.emit()
+
+        self._handlers_called = True
+
+    def reset_first_reply(self):
+        """ Reset the first_reply signal to fire again on the next reply.
+        """
+        self._handlers_called = False
+
 
 class QtSubSocketChannel(SocketChannelQObject, SubSocketChannel):
 

IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -98,7 +98,7 b' class Kernel(Configurable):'
         # Build dict of handlers for message types
         msg_types = [ 'execute_request', 'complete_request', 
                       'object_info_request', 'history_request',
-                      'shutdown_request']
+                      'connect_request', 'shutdown_request']
         self.handlers = {}
         for msg_type in msg_types:
             self.handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)