Add %install_ext magic function.

IPython/core/extensions.py

@@ -1,125 +1,146 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """A class for managing IPython extensions.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Brian Granger
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2010-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
 import sys
+from urllib import urlretrieve
+from urlparse import urlparse
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class ExtensionManager(Configurable):
     """A class to manage IPython extensions.
 
     An IPython extension is an importable Python module that has
     a function with the signature::
 
         def load_ipython_extension(ipython):
             # Do things with ipython
 
     This function is called after your extension is imported and the
     currently active :class:`InteractiveShell` instance is passed as
     the only argument.  You can do anything you want with IPython at
     that point, including defining new magic and aliases, adding new
     components, etc.
 
     The :func:`load_ipython_extension` will be called again is you
     load or reload the extension again.  It is up to the extension
     author to add code to manage that.
 
     You can put your extension modules anywhere you want, as long as
     they can be imported by Python's standard import mechanism.  However,
     to make it easy to write extensions, you can also put your extensions
     in ``os.path.join(self.ipython_dir, 'extensions')``.  This directory
     is added to ``sys.path`` automatically.
     """
 
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
 
     def __init__(self, shell=None, config=None):
         super(ExtensionManager, self).__init__(shell=shell, config=config)
         self.shell.on_trait_change(
             self._on_ipython_dir_changed, 'ipython_dir'
         )
 
     def __del__(self):
         self.shell.on_trait_change(
             self._on_ipython_dir_changed, 'ipython_dir', remove=True
         )
 
     @property
     def ipython_extension_dir(self):
         return os.path.join(self.shell.ipython_dir, u'extensions')
 
     def _on_ipython_dir_changed(self):
         if not os.path.isdir(self.ipython_extension_dir):
             os.makedirs(self.ipython_extension_dir, mode = 0777)
 
     def load_extension(self, module_str):
         """Load an IPython extension by its module name.
 
         If :func:`load_ipython_extension` returns anything, this function
         will return that object.
         """
         from IPython.utils.syspathcontext import prepended_to_syspath
 
         if module_str not in sys.modules:
             with prepended_to_syspath(self.ipython_extension_dir):
                 __import__(module_str)
         mod = sys.modules[module_str]
         return self._call_load_ipython_extension(mod)
 
     def unload_extension(self, module_str):
         """Unload an IPython extension by its module name.
 
         This function looks up the extension's name in ``sys.modules`` and
         simply calls ``mod.unload_ipython_extension(self)``.
         """
         if module_str in sys.modules:
             mod = sys.modules[module_str]
             self._call_unload_ipython_extension(mod)
 
     def reload_extension(self, module_str):
         """Reload an IPython extension by calling reload.
 
         If the module has not been loaded before,
         :meth:`InteractiveShell.load_extension` is called. Otherwise
         :func:`reload` is called and then the :func:`load_ipython_extension`
         function of the module, if it exists is called.
         """
         from IPython.utils.syspathcontext import prepended_to_syspath
 
         with prepended_to_syspath(self.ipython_extension_dir):
             if module_str in sys.modules:
                 mod = sys.modules[module_str]
                 reload(mod)
                 self._call_load_ipython_extension(mod)
             else:
                 self.load_extension(module_str)
 
     def _call_load_ipython_extension(self, mod):
         if hasattr(mod, 'load_ipython_extension'):
             return mod.load_ipython_extension(self.shell)
 
     def _call_unload_ipython_extension(self, mod):
         if hasattr(mod, 'unload_ipython_extension'):
             return mod.unload_ipython_extension(self.shell)
+    
+    def install_extension(self, url, filename=None):
+        """Download and install an IPython extension. 
+        
+        If filename is given, the file will be so named (inside the extension
+        directory). Otherwise, the name from the URL will be used. The file must
+        have a .py or .zip extension; otherwise, a ValueError will be raised.
+        """
+        # Ensure the extension directory exists
+        if not os.path.isdir(self.ipython_extension_dir):
+            os.makedirs(self.ipython_extension_dir, mode = 0777)
+        
+        if filename is None:
+            filename = urlparse(url).path.split('/')[-1]
+        if os.path.splitext(filename)[1] not in ('.py', '.zip'):
+            raise ValueError("The file must have a .py or .zip extension", filename)
+        
+        filename = os.path.join(self.ipython_extension_dir, filename)
+        return urlretrieve(url, filename)

IPython/core/magic.py

@@ -1,3788 +1,3813 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <[e-mail]> and
 #  Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import __builtin__ as builtin_mod
 import __future__
 import bdb
 import inspect
 import imp
 import os
 import sys
 import shutil
 import re
 import time
 import gc
 from StringIO import StringIO
 from getopt import getopt,GetoptError
 from pprint import pformat
 from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy
 
 # cProfile was added in Python2.5
 try:
     import cProfile as profile
     import pstats
 except ImportError:
     # profile isn't bundled by default in Debian for license reasons
     try:
         import profile,pstats
     except ImportError:
         profile = pstats = None
 
 import IPython
 from IPython.core import debugger, oinspect
 from IPython.core.error import TryNext
 from IPython.core.error import UsageError
 from IPython.core.error import StdinNotImplementedError
 from IPython.core.fakemodule import FakeModule
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
 from IPython.core.macro import Macro
 from IPython.core import magic_arguments, page
 from IPython.core.prefilter import ESC_MAGIC
 from IPython.core.pylabtools import mpl_runner
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.io import file_read, nlprint
 from IPython.utils.module_paths import find_mod
 from IPython.utils.path import get_py_filename, unquote_filename
 from IPython.utils.process import arg_split, abbrev_cwd
 from IPython.utils.terminal import set_term_title
 from IPython.utils.text import LSString, SList, format_screen
 from IPython.utils.timing import clock, clock2
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn, error
 from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.config.application import Application
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utility functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def on_off(tag):
     """Return an ON/OFF string for a 1/0 input. Simple utility function."""
     return ['OFF','ON'][tag]
 
 class Bunch: pass
 
 def compress_dhist(dh):
     head, tail = dh[:-10], dh[-10:]
 
     newhead = []
     done = set()
     for h in head:
         if h in done:
             continue
         newhead.append(h)
         done.add(h)
 
     return newhead + tail
 
 def needs_local_scope(func):
     """Decorator to mark magic functions which need to local scope to run."""
     func.needs_local_scope = True
     return func
 
     
 # Used for exception handling in magic_edit
 class MacroToEdit(ValueError): pass
 
 # Taken from PEP 263, this is the official encoding regexp.
 _encoding_declaration_re = re.compile(r"^#.*coding[:=]\s*([-\w.]+)")
 
 #***************************************************************************
 # Main class implementing Magic functionality
 
 # XXX - for some odd reason, if Magic is made a new-style class, we get errors
 # on construction of the main InteractiveShell object.  Something odd is going
 # on with super() calls, Configurable and the MRO... For now leave it as-is, but
 # eventually this needs to be clarified.
 # BG: This is because InteractiveShell inherits from this, but is itself a
 # Configurable. This messes up the MRO in some way. The fix is that we need to
 # make Magic a configurable that InteractiveShell does not subclass.
 
 class Magic:
     """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 
     Shell functions which can be reached as %function_name. All magic
     functions should accept a string, which they can parse for their own
     needs. This can make some functions easier to type, eg `%cd ../`
     vs. `%cd("../")`
 
     ALL definitions MUST begin with the prefix magic_. The user won't need it
     at the command line, but it is is needed in the definition. """
 
     # class globals
     auto_status = ['Automagic is OFF, % prefix IS needed for magic functions.',
                    'Automagic is ON, % prefix NOT needed for magic functions.']
 
 
     configurables = None
     #......................................................................
     # some utility functions
 
     def __init__(self,shell):
 
         self.options_table = {}
         if profile is None:
             self.magic_prun = self.profile_missing_notice
         self.shell = shell
         if self.configurables is None:
             self.configurables = []
 
         # namespace for holding state we may need
         self._magic_state = Bunch()
 
     def profile_missing_notice(self, *args, **kwargs):
         error("""\
 The profile module could not be found. It has been removed from the standard
 python packages because of its non-free license. To use profiling, install the
 python-profiler package from non-free.""")
 
     def default_option(self,fn,optstr):
         """Make an entry in the options_table for fn, with value optstr"""
 
         if fn not in self.lsmagic():
             error("%s is not a magic function" % fn)
         self.options_table[fn] = optstr
 
     def lsmagic(self):
         """Return a list of currently available magic functions.
 
         Gives a list of the bare names after mangling (['ls','cd', ...], not
         ['magic_ls','magic_cd',...]"""
 
         # FIXME. This needs a cleanup, in the way the magics list is built.
 
         # magics in class definition
         class_magic = lambda fn: fn.startswith('magic_') and \
                       callable(Magic.__dict__[fn])
         # in instance namespace (run-time user additions)
         inst_magic =  lambda fn: fn.startswith('magic_') and \
                      callable(self.__dict__[fn])
         # and bound magics by user (so they can access self):
         inst_bound_magic =  lambda fn: fn.startswith('magic_') and \
                            callable(self.__class__.__dict__[fn])
         magics = filter(class_magic,Magic.__dict__.keys()) + \
                  filter(inst_magic,self.__dict__.keys()) + \
                  filter(inst_bound_magic,self.__class__.__dict__.keys())
         out = []
         for fn in set(magics):
             out.append(fn.replace('magic_','',1))
         out.sort()
         return out
 
     def extract_input_lines(self, range_str, raw=False):
         """Return as a string a set of input history slices.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         range_str : string
             The set of slices is given as a string, like "~5/6-~4/2 4:8 9",
             since this function is for use by magic functions which get their
             arguments as strings. The number before the / is the session
             number: ~n goes n back from the current session.
 
         Optional Parameters:
           - raw(False): by default, the processed input is used.  If this is
           true, the raw input history is used instead.
 
         Note that slices can be called with two notations:
 
         N:M -> standard python form, means including items N...(M-1).
 
         N-M -> include items N..M (closed endpoint)."""
         lines = self.shell.history_manager.\
                                     get_range_by_str(range_str, raw=raw)
         return "\n".join(x for _, _, x in lines)
 
     def arg_err(self,func):
         """Print docstring if incorrect arguments were passed"""
         print 'Error in arguments:'
         print oinspect.getdoc(func)
 
     def format_latex(self,strng):
         """Format a string for latex inclusion."""
 
         # Characters that need to be escaped for latex:
         escape_re = re.compile(r'(%|_|\$|#|&)',re.MULTILINE)
         # Magic command names as headers:
         cmd_name_re = re.compile(r'^(%s.*?):' % ESC_MAGIC,
                                  re.MULTILINE)
         # Magic commands
         cmd_re = re.compile(r'(?P<cmd>%s.+?\b)(?!\}\}:)' % ESC_MAGIC,
                             re.MULTILINE)
         # Paragraph continue
         par_re = re.compile(r'\\$',re.MULTILINE)
 
         # The "\n" symbol
         newline_re = re.compile(r'\\n')
 
         # Now build the string for output:
         #strng = cmd_name_re.sub(r'\n\\texttt{\\textsl{\\large \1}}:',strng)
         strng = cmd_name_re.sub(r'\n\\bigskip\n\\texttt{\\textbf{ \1}}:',
                                 strng)
         strng = cmd_re.sub(r'\\texttt{\g<cmd>}',strng)
         strng = par_re.sub(r'\\\\',strng)
         strng = escape_re.sub(r'\\\1',strng)
         strng = newline_re.sub(r'\\textbackslash{}n',strng)
         return strng
 
     def parse_options(self,arg_str,opt_str,*long_opts,**kw):
         """Parse options passed to an argument string.
 
         The interface is similar to that of getopt(), but it returns back a
         Struct with the options as keys and the stripped argument string still
         as a string.
 
         arg_str is quoted as a true sys.argv vector by using shlex.split.
         This allows us to easily expand variables, glob files, quote
         arguments, etc.
 
         Options:
           -mode: default 'string'. If given as 'list', the argument string is
           returned as a list (split on whitespace) instead of a string.
 
           -list_all: put all option values in lists. Normally only options
           appearing more than once are put in a list.
 
           -posix (True): whether to split the input line in POSIX mode or not,
           as per the conventions outlined in the shlex module from the
           standard library."""
 
         # inject default options at the beginning of the input line
         caller = sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name.replace('magic_','')
         arg_str = '%s %s' % (self.options_table.get(caller,''),arg_str)
 
         mode = kw.get('mode','string')
         if mode not in ['string','list']:
             raise ValueError,'incorrect mode given: %s' % mode
         # Get options
         list_all = kw.get('list_all',0)
         posix = kw.get('posix', os.name == 'posix')
         strict = kw.get('strict', True)
 
         # Check if we have more than one argument to warrant extra processing:
         odict = {}  # Dictionary with options
         args = arg_str.split()
         if len(args) >= 1:
             # If the list of inputs only has 0 or 1 thing in it, there's no
             # need to look for options
             argv = arg_split(arg_str, posix, strict)
             # Do regular option processing
             try:
                 opts,args = getopt(argv,opt_str,*long_opts)
             except GetoptError,e:
                 raise UsageError('%s ( allowed: "%s" %s)' % (e.msg,opt_str,
                                         " ".join(long_opts)))
             for o,a in opts:
                 if o.startswith('--'):
                     o = o[2:]
                 else:
                     o = o[1:]
                 try:
                     odict[o].append(a)
                 except AttributeError:
                     odict[o] = [odict[o],a]
                 except KeyError:
                     if list_all:
                         odict[o] = [a]
                     else:
                         odict[o] = a
 
         # Prepare opts,args for return
         opts = Struct(odict)
         if mode == 'string':
             args = ' '.join(args)
 
         return opts,args
 
     #......................................................................
     # And now the actual magic functions
 
     # Functions for IPython shell work (vars,funcs, config, etc)
     def magic_lsmagic(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """List currently available magic functions."""
         mesc = ESC_MAGIC
         print 'Available magic functions:\n'+mesc+\
               ('  '+mesc).join(self.lsmagic())
         print '\n' + Magic.auto_status[self.shell.automagic]
         return None
 
     def magic_magic(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Print information about the magic function system.
 
         Supported formats: -latex, -brief, -rest
         """
 
         mode = ''
         try:
             if parameter_s.split()[0] == '-latex':
                 mode = 'latex'
             if parameter_s.split()[0] == '-brief':
                 mode = 'brief'
             if parameter_s.split()[0] == '-rest':
                 mode = 'rest'
                 rest_docs = []
         except:
             pass
 
         magic_docs = []
         for fname in self.lsmagic():
             mname = 'magic_' + fname
             for space in (Magic,self,self.__class__):
                 try:
                     fn = space.__dict__[mname]
                 except KeyError:
                     pass
                 else:
                     break
             if mode == 'brief':
                 # only first line
                 if fn.__doc__:
                     fndoc = fn.__doc__.split('\n',1)[0]
                 else:
                     fndoc = 'No documentation'
             else:
                 if fn.__doc__:
                     fndoc = fn.__doc__.rstrip()
                 else:
                     fndoc = 'No documentation'
 
 
             if mode == 'rest':
                 rest_docs.append('**%s%s**::\n\n\t%s\n\n' %(ESC_MAGIC,
                                                     fname,fndoc))
 
             else:
                 magic_docs.append('%s%s:\n\t%s\n' %(ESC_MAGIC,
                                                     fname,fndoc))
 
         magic_docs = ''.join(magic_docs)
 
         if mode == 'rest':
             return "".join(rest_docs)
 
         if mode == 'latex':
             print self.format_latex(magic_docs)
             return
         else:
             magic_docs = format_screen(magic_docs)
         if mode == 'brief':
             return magic_docs
 
         outmsg = """
 IPython's 'magic' functions
 ===========================
 
 The magic function system provides a series of functions which allow you to
 control the behavior of IPython itself, plus a lot of system-type
 features. All these functions are prefixed with a % character, but parameters
 are given without parentheses or quotes.
 
 NOTE: If you have 'automagic' enabled (via the command line option or with the
 %automagic function), you don't need to type in the % explicitly.  By default,
 IPython ships with automagic on, so you should only rarely need the % escape.
 
 Example: typing '%cd mydir' (without the quotes) changes you working directory
 to 'mydir', if it exists.
 
 For a list of the available magic functions, use %lsmagic. For a description
 of any of them, type %magic_name?, e.g. '%cd?'.
 
 Currently the magic system has the following functions:\n"""
 
         mesc = ESC_MAGIC
         outmsg = ("%s\n%s\n\nSummary of magic functions (from %slsmagic):"
                   "\n\n%s%s\n\n%s" % (outmsg,
                                      magic_docs,mesc,mesc,
                                      ('  '+mesc).join(self.lsmagic()),
                                      Magic.auto_status[self.shell.automagic] ) )
         page.page(outmsg)
 
     def magic_automagic(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Make magic functions callable without having to type the initial %.
 
         Without argumentsl toggles on/off (when off, you must call it as
         %automagic, of course).  With arguments it sets the value, and you can
         use any of (case insensitive):
 
          - on,1,True: to activate
 
          - off,0,False: to deactivate.
 
         Note that magic functions have lowest priority, so if there's a
         variable whose name collides with that of a magic fn, automagic won't
         work for that function (you get the variable instead). However, if you
         delete the variable (del var), the previously shadowed magic function
         becomes visible to automagic again."""
 
         arg = parameter_s.lower()
         if parameter_s in ('on','1','true'):
             self.shell.automagic = True
         elif parameter_s in ('off','0','false'):
             self.shell.automagic = False
         else:
             self.shell.automagic = not self.shell.automagic
         print '\n' + Magic.auto_status[self.shell.automagic]
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_autocall(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Make functions callable without having to type parentheses.
 
         Usage:
 
            %autocall [mode]
 
         The mode can be one of: 0->Off, 1->Smart, 2->Full.  If not given, the
         value is toggled on and off (remembering the previous state).
 
         In more detail, these values mean:
 
         0 -> fully disabled
 
         1 -> active, but do not apply if there are no arguments on the line.
 
         In this mode, you get::
 
           In [1]: callable
           Out[1]: <built-in function callable>
 
           In [2]: callable 'hello'
           ------> callable('hello')
           Out[2]: False
 
         2 -> Active always.  Even if no arguments are present, the callable
         object is called::
 
           In [2]: float
           ------> float()
           Out[2]: 0.0
 
         Note that even with autocall off, you can still use '/' at the start of
         a line to treat the first argument on the command line as a function
         and add parentheses to it::
 
           In [8]: /str 43
           ------> str(43)
           Out[8]: '43'
 
         # all-random (note for auto-testing)
         """
 
         if parameter_s:
             arg = int(parameter_s)
         else:
             arg = 'toggle'
 
         if not arg in (0,1,2,'toggle'):
             error('Valid modes: (0->Off, 1->Smart, 2->Full')
             return
 
         if arg in (0,1,2):
             self.shell.autocall = arg
         else: # toggle
             if self.shell.autocall:
                 self._magic_state.autocall_save = self.shell.autocall
                 self.shell.autocall = 0
             else:
                 try:
                     self.shell.autocall = self._magic_state.autocall_save
                 except AttributeError:
                     self.shell.autocall = self._magic_state.autocall_save = 1
 
         print "Automatic calling is:",['OFF','Smart','Full'][self.shell.autocall]
 
 
     def magic_page(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Pretty print the object and display it through a pager.
 
         %page [options] OBJECT
 
         If no object is given, use _ (last output).
 
         Options:
 
           -r: page str(object), don't pretty-print it."""
 
         # After a function contributed by Olivier Aubert, slightly modified.
 
         # Process options/args
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'r')
         raw = 'r' in opts
 
         oname = args and args or '_'
         info = self._ofind(oname)
         if info['found']:
             txt = (raw and str or pformat)( info['obj'] )
             page.page(txt)
         else:
             print 'Object `%s` not found' % oname
 
     def magic_profile(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print your currently active IPython profile."""
         from IPython.core.application import BaseIPythonApplication
         if BaseIPythonApplication.initialized():
             print BaseIPythonApplication.instance().profile
         else:
             error("profile is an application-level value, but you don't appear to be in an IPython application")
 
     def magic_pinfo(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Provide detailed information about an object.
 
         '%pinfo object' is just a synonym for object? or ?object."""
 
         #print 'pinfo par: <%s>' % parameter_s  # dbg
 
 
         # detail_level: 0 -> obj? , 1 -> obj??
         detail_level = 0
         # We need to detect if we got called as 'pinfo pinfo foo', which can
         # happen if the user types 'pinfo foo?' at the cmd line.
         pinfo,qmark1,oname,qmark2 = \
                re.match('(pinfo )?(\?*)(.*?)(\??$)',parameter_s).groups()
         if pinfo or qmark1 or qmark2:
             detail_level = 1
         if "*" in oname:
             self.magic_psearch(oname)
         else:
             self.shell._inspect('pinfo', oname, detail_level=detail_level,
                                 namespaces=namespaces)
 
     def magic_pinfo2(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Provide extra detailed information about an object.
 
         '%pinfo2 object' is just a synonym for object?? or ??object."""
         self.shell._inspect('pinfo', parameter_s, detail_level=1,
                             namespaces=namespaces)
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_pdef(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Print the definition header for any callable object.
 
         If the object is a class, print the constructor information.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [3]: %pdef urllib.urlopen
           urllib.urlopen(url, data=None, proxies=None)
         """
         self._inspect('pdef',parameter_s, namespaces)
 
     def magic_pdoc(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Print the docstring for an object.
 
         If the given object is a class, it will print both the class and the
         constructor docstrings."""
         self._inspect('pdoc',parameter_s, namespaces)
 
     def magic_psource(self, parameter_s='', namespaces=None):
         """Print (or run through pager) the source code for an object."""
         self._inspect('psource',parameter_s, namespaces)
 
     def magic_pfile(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print (or run through pager) the file where an object is defined.
 
         The file opens at the line where the object definition begins. IPython
         will honor the environment variable PAGER if set, and otherwise will
         do its best to print the file in a convenient form.
 
         If the given argument is not an object currently defined, IPython will
         try to interpret it as a filename (automatically adding a .py extension
         if needed). You can thus use %pfile as a syntax highlighting code
         viewer."""
 
         # first interpret argument as an object name
         out = self._inspect('pfile',parameter_s)
         # if not, try the input as a filename
         if out == 'not found':
             try:
                 filename = get_py_filename(parameter_s)
             except IOError,msg:
                 print msg
                 return
             page.page(self.shell.inspector.format(file(filename).read()))
 
     def magic_psearch(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Search for object in namespaces by wildcard.
 
         %psearch [options] PATTERN [OBJECT TYPE]
 
         Note: ? can be used as a synonym for %psearch, at the beginning or at
         the end: both a*? and ?a* are equivalent to '%psearch a*'.  Still, the
         rest of the command line must be unchanged (options come first), so
         for example the following forms are equivalent
 
         %psearch -i a* function
         -i a* function?
         ?-i a* function
 
         Arguments:
 
           PATTERN
 
           where PATTERN is a string containing * as a wildcard similar to its
           use in a shell.  The pattern is matched in all namespaces on the
           search path. By default objects starting with a single _ are not
           matched, many IPython generated objects have a single
           underscore. The default is case insensitive matching. Matching is
           also done on the attributes of objects and not only on the objects
           in a module.
 
           [OBJECT TYPE]
 
           Is the name of a python type from the types module. The name is
           given in lowercase without the ending type, ex. StringType is
           written string. By adding a type here only objects matching the
           given type are matched. Using all here makes the pattern match all
           types (this is the default).
 
         Options:
 
           -a: makes the pattern match even objects whose names start with a
           single underscore.  These names are normally omitted from the
           search.
 
           -i/-c: make the pattern case insensitive/sensitive.  If neither of
           these options are given, the default is read from your configuration
           file, with the option ``InteractiveShell.wildcards_case_sensitive``.
           If this option is not specified in your configuration file, IPython's
           internal default is to do a case sensitive search.
 
           -e/-s NAMESPACE: exclude/search a given namespace.  The pattern you
           specify can be searched in any of the following namespaces:
           'builtin', 'user', 'user_global','internal', 'alias', where
           'builtin' and 'user' are the search defaults.  Note that you should
           not use quotes when specifying namespaces.
 
           'Builtin' contains the python module builtin, 'user' contains all
           user data, 'alias' only contain the shell aliases and no python
           objects, 'internal' contains objects used by IPython.  The
           'user_global' namespace is only used by embedded IPython instances,
           and it contains module-level globals.  You can add namespaces to the
           search with -s or exclude them with -e (these options can be given
           more than once).
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           %psearch a*            -> objects beginning with an a
           %psearch -e builtin a* -> objects NOT in the builtin space starting in a
           %psearch a* function   -> all functions beginning with an a
           %psearch re.e*         -> objects beginning with an e in module re
           %psearch r*.e*         -> objects that start with e in modules starting in r
           %psearch r*.* string   -> all strings in modules beginning with r
 
         Case sensitive search::
 
           %psearch -c a*         list all object beginning with lower case a
 
         Show objects beginning with a single _::
 
           %psearch -a _*         list objects beginning with a single underscore"""
         try:
             parameter_s.encode('ascii')
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
             print 'Python identifiers can only contain ascii characters.'
             return
 
         # default namespaces to be searched
         def_search = ['user_local', 'user_global', 'builtin']
 
         # Process options/args
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'cias:e:',list_all=True)
         opt = opts.get
         shell = self.shell
         psearch = shell.inspector.psearch
 
         # select case options
         if opts.has_key('i'):
             ignore_case = True
         elif opts.has_key('c'):
             ignore_case = False
         else:
             ignore_case = not shell.wildcards_case_sensitive
 
         # Build list of namespaces to search from user options
         def_search.extend(opt('s',[]))
         ns_exclude = ns_exclude=opt('e',[])
         ns_search = [nm for nm in def_search if nm not in ns_exclude]
 
         # Call the actual search
         try:
             psearch(args,shell.ns_table,ns_search,
                     show_all=opt('a'),ignore_case=ignore_case)
         except:
             shell.showtraceback()
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_who_ls(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Return a sorted list of all interactive variables.
 
         If arguments are given, only variables of types matching these
         arguments are returned.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         Define two variables and list them with who_ls::
 
           In [1]: alpha = 123
 
           In [2]: beta = 'test'
 
           In [3]: %who_ls
           Out[3]: ['alpha', 'beta']
 
           In [4]: %who_ls int
           Out[4]: ['alpha']
 
           In [5]: %who_ls str
           Out[5]: ['beta']
         """
 
         user_ns = self.shell.user_ns
         user_ns_hidden = self.shell.user_ns_hidden
         out = [ i for i in user_ns
                 if not i.startswith('_') \
                 and not i in user_ns_hidden ]
 
         typelist = parameter_s.split()
         if typelist:
             typeset = set(typelist)
             out = [i for i in out if type(user_ns[i]).__name__ in typeset]
 
         out.sort()
         return out
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_who(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print all interactive variables, with some minimal formatting.
 
         If any arguments are given, only variables whose type matches one of
         these are printed.  For example::
 
           %who function str
 
         will only list functions and strings, excluding all other types of
         variables.  To find the proper type names, simply use type(var) at a
         command line to see how python prints type names.  For example:
 
         ::
 
           In [1]: type('hello')\\
           Out[1]: <type 'str'>
 
         indicates that the type name for strings is 'str'.
 
         ``%who`` always excludes executed names loaded through your configuration
         file and things which are internal to IPython.
 
         This is deliberate, as typically you may load many modules and the
         purpose of %who is to show you only what you've manually defined.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         Define two variables and list them with who::
 
           In [1]: alpha = 123
 
           In [2]: beta = 'test'
 
           In [3]: %who
           alpha   beta
 
           In [4]: %who int
           alpha
 
           In [5]: %who str
           beta
         """
 
         varlist = self.magic_who_ls(parameter_s)
         if not varlist:
             if parameter_s:
                 print 'No variables match your requested type.'
             else:
                 print 'Interactive namespace is empty.'
             return
 
         # if we have variables, move on...
         count = 0
         for i in varlist:
             print i+'\t',
             count += 1
             if count > 8:
                 count = 0
                 print
         print
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_whos(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Like %who, but gives some extra information about each variable.
 
         The same type filtering of %who can be applied here.
 
         For all variables, the type is printed. Additionally it prints:
 
           - For {},[],(): their length.
 
           - For numpy arrays, a summary with shape, number of
           elements, typecode and size in memory.
 
           - Everything else: a string representation, snipping their middle if
           too long.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         Define two variables and list them with whos::
 
           In [1]: alpha = 123
 
           In [2]: beta = 'test'
 
           In [3]: %whos
           Variable   Type        Data/Info
           --------------------------------
           alpha      int         123
           beta       str         test
         """
 
         varnames = self.magic_who_ls(parameter_s)
         if not varnames:
             if parameter_s:
                 print 'No variables match your requested type.'
             else:
                 print 'Interactive namespace is empty.'
             return
 
         # if we have variables, move on...
 
         # for these types, show len() instead of data:
         seq_types = ['dict', 'list', 'tuple']
 
         # for numpy arrays, display summary info
         ndarray_type = None
         if 'numpy' in sys.modules:
             try:
                 from numpy import ndarray
             except ImportError:
                 pass
             else:
                 ndarray_type = ndarray.__name__
 
         # Find all variable names and types so we can figure out column sizes
         def get_vars(i):
             return self.shell.user_ns[i]
 
         # some types are well known and can be shorter
         abbrevs = {'IPython.core.macro.Macro' : 'Macro'}
         def type_name(v):
             tn = type(v).__name__
             return abbrevs.get(tn,tn)
 
         varlist = map(get_vars,varnames)
 
         typelist = []
         for vv in varlist:
             tt = type_name(vv)
 
             if tt=='instance':
                 typelist.append( abbrevs.get(str(vv.__class__),
                                              str(vv.__class__)))
             else:
                 typelist.append(tt)
 
         # column labels and # of spaces as separator
         varlabel = 'Variable'
         typelabel = 'Type'
         datalabel = 'Data/Info'
         colsep = 3
         # variable format strings
         vformat    = "{0:<{varwidth}}{1:<{typewidth}}"
         aformat    = "%s: %s elems, type `%s`, %s bytes"
         # find the size of the columns to format the output nicely
         varwidth = max(max(map(len,varnames)), len(varlabel)) + colsep
         typewidth = max(max(map(len,typelist)), len(typelabel)) + colsep
         # table header
         print varlabel.ljust(varwidth) + typelabel.ljust(typewidth) + \
               ' '+datalabel+'\n' + '-'*(varwidth+typewidth+len(datalabel)+1)
         # and the table itself
         kb = 1024
         Mb = 1048576  # kb**2
         for vname,var,vtype in zip(varnames,varlist,typelist):
             print vformat.format(vname, vtype, varwidth=varwidth, typewidth=typewidth),
             if vtype in seq_types:
                 print "n="+str(len(var))
             elif vtype == ndarray_type:
                 vshape = str(var.shape).replace(',','').replace(' ','x')[1:-1]
                 if vtype==ndarray_type:
                     # numpy
                     vsize  = var.size
                     vbytes = vsize*var.itemsize
                     vdtype = var.dtype
                 else:
                     # Numeric
                     vsize  = Numeric.size(var)
                     vbytes = vsize*var.itemsize()
                     vdtype = var.typecode()
 
                 if vbytes < 100000:
                     print aformat % (vshape,vsize,vdtype,vbytes)
                 else:
                     print aformat % (vshape,vsize,vdtype,vbytes),
                     if vbytes < Mb:
                         print '(%s kb)' % (vbytes/kb,)
                     else:
                         print '(%s Mb)' % (vbytes/Mb,)
             else:
                 try:
                     vstr = str(var)
                 except UnicodeEncodeError:
                     vstr = unicode(var).encode(sys.getdefaultencoding(),
                                                'backslashreplace')
                 vstr = vstr.replace('\n','\\n')
                 if len(vstr) < 50:
                     print vstr
                 else:
                     print vstr[:25] + "<...>" + vstr[-25:]
 
     def magic_reset(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Resets the namespace by removing all names defined by the user, if
         called without arguments, or by removing some types of objects, such
         as everything currently in IPython's In[] and Out[] containers (see
         the parameters for details).
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         -f : force reset without asking for confirmation.
 
         -s : 'Soft' reset: Only clears your namespace, leaving history intact.
             References to objects may be kept. By default (without this option),
             we do a 'hard' reset, giving you a new session and removing all
             references to objects from the current session.
 
         in : reset input history
        
         out : reset output history
        
         dhist : reset directory history
         
         array : reset only variables that are NumPy arrays
 
         See Also
         --------
         magic_reset_selective : invoked as ``%reset_selective``
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [6]: a = 1
 
           In [7]: a
           Out[7]: 1
 
           In [8]: 'a' in _ip.user_ns
           Out[8]: True
 
           In [9]: %reset -f
 
           In [1]: 'a' in _ip.user_ns
           Out[1]: False
 
           In [2]: %reset -f in
           Flushing input history
 
           In [3]: %reset -f dhist in
           Flushing directory history
           Flushing input history
 
         Notes
         -----
         Calling this magic from clients that do not implement standard input,
         such as the ipython notebook interface, will reset the namespace
         without confirmation.
         """
         opts, args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'sf', mode='list')
         if 'f' in opts:
             ans = True
         else:
             try:
                 ans = self.shell.ask_yes_no(
                 "Once deleted, variables cannot be recovered. Proceed (y/[n])? ", default='n')
             except StdinNotImplementedError:
                 ans = True
         if not ans:
             print 'Nothing done.'
             return
 
         if 's' in opts:                     # Soft reset
             user_ns = self.shell.user_ns
             for i in self.magic_who_ls():
                 del(user_ns[i])
         elif len(args) == 0:                # Hard reset
             self.shell.reset(new_session = False)
         
         # reset in/out/dhist/array: previously extensinions/clearcmd.py
         ip = self.shell
         user_ns = self.user_ns  # local lookup, heavily used
 
         for target in args:
             target = target.lower() # make matches case insensitive
             if target == 'out':
                 print "Flushing output cache (%d entries)" % len(user_ns['_oh'])
                 self.displayhook.flush()
 
             elif target == 'in':
                 print "Flushing input history"
                 pc = self.displayhook.prompt_count + 1
                 for n in range(1, pc):
                     key = '_i'+repr(n)
                     user_ns.pop(key,None)
                 user_ns.update(dict(_i=u'',_ii=u'',_iii=u''))
                 hm = ip.history_manager
                 # don't delete these, as %save and %macro depending on the length
                 # of these lists to be preserved
                 hm.input_hist_parsed[:] = [''] * pc
                 hm.input_hist_raw[:] = [''] * pc
                 # hm has internal machinery for _i,_ii,_iii, clear it out
                 hm._i = hm._ii = hm._iii = hm._i00 =  u''
 
             elif target == 'array':
                 # Support cleaning up numpy arrays
                 try:
                     from numpy import ndarray
                     # This must be done with items and not iteritems because we're
                     # going to modify the dict in-place.
                     for x,val in user_ns.items():
                         if isinstance(val,ndarray):
                             del user_ns[x]
                 except ImportError:
                     print "reset array only works if Numpy is available."
 
             elif target == 'dhist':
                 print "Flushing directory history"
                 del user_ns['_dh'][:]
 
             else:
                 print "Don't know how to reset ",
                 print target + ", please run `%reset?` for details"
 
         gc.collect()
 
     def magic_reset_selective(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Resets the namespace by removing names defined by the user.
 
         Input/Output history are left around in case you need them.
 
         %reset_selective [-f] regex
 
         No action is taken if regex is not included
 
         Options
           -f : force reset without asking for confirmation.
 
         See Also
         --------
         magic_reset : invoked as ``%reset``
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         We first fully reset the namespace so your output looks identical to
         this example for pedagogical reasons; in practice you do not need a
         full reset::
 
           In [1]: %reset -f
 
         Now, with a clean namespace we can make a few variables and use
         ``%reset_selective`` to only delete names that match our regexp::
 
           In [2]: a=1; b=2; c=3; b1m=4; b2m=5; b3m=6; b4m=7; b2s=8
 
           In [3]: who_ls
           Out[3]: ['a', 'b', 'b1m', 'b2m', 'b2s', 'b3m', 'b4m', 'c']
 
           In [4]: %reset_selective -f b[2-3]m
 
           In [5]: who_ls
           Out[5]: ['a', 'b', 'b1m', 'b2s', 'b4m', 'c']
 
           In [6]: %reset_selective -f d
 
           In [7]: who_ls
           Out[7]: ['a', 'b', 'b1m', 'b2s', 'b4m', 'c']
 
           In [8]: %reset_selective -f c
 
           In [9]: who_ls
           Out[9]: ['a', 'b', 'b1m', 'b2s', 'b4m']
 
           In [10]: %reset_selective -f b
 
           In [11]: who_ls
           Out[11]: ['a']
 
         Notes
         -----
         Calling this magic from clients that do not implement standard input,
         such as the ipython notebook interface, will reset the namespace
         without confirmation.
         """
 
         opts, regex = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'f')
 
         if opts.has_key('f'):
             ans = True
         else:
             try:
                 ans = self.shell.ask_yes_no(
                 "Once deleted, variables cannot be recovered. Proceed (y/[n])? ",
                 default='n')
             except StdinNotImplementedError:
                 ans = True
         if not ans:
             print 'Nothing done.'
             return
         user_ns = self.shell.user_ns
         if not regex:
             print 'No regex pattern specified. Nothing done.'
             return
         else:
             try:
                 m = re.compile(regex)
             except TypeError:
                 raise TypeError('regex must be a string or compiled pattern')
             for i in self.magic_who_ls():
                 if m.search(i):
                     del(user_ns[i])
 
     def magic_xdel(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Delete a variable, trying to clear it from anywhere that
         IPython's machinery has references to it. By default, this uses
         the identity of the named object in the user namespace to remove
         references held under other names. The object is also removed
         from the output history.
 
         Options
           -n : Delete the specified name from all namespaces, without
           checking their identity.
         """
         opts, varname = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'n')
         try:
             self.shell.del_var(varname, ('n' in opts))
         except (NameError, ValueError) as e:
             print type(e).__name__ +": "+ str(e)
 
     def magic_logstart(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Start logging anywhere in a session.
 
         %logstart [-o|-r|-t] [log_name [log_mode]]
 
         If no name is given, it defaults to a file named 'ipython_log.py' in your
         current directory, in 'rotate' mode (see below).
 
         '%logstart name' saves to file 'name' in 'backup' mode.  It saves your
         history up to that point and then continues logging.
 
         %logstart takes a second optional parameter: logging mode. This can be one
         of (note that the modes are given unquoted):\\
           append: well, that says it.\\
           backup: rename (if exists) to name~ and start name.\\
           global: single logfile in your home dir, appended to.\\
           over  : overwrite existing log.\\
           rotate: create rotating logs name.1~, name.2~, etc.
 
         Options:
 
           -o: log also IPython's output.  In this mode, all commands which
           generate an Out[NN] prompt are recorded to the logfile, right after
           their corresponding input line.  The output lines are always
           prepended with a '#[Out]# ' marker, so that the log remains valid
           Python code.
 
           Since this marker is always the same, filtering only the output from
           a log is very easy, using for example a simple awk call::
 
             awk -F'#\\[Out\\]# ' '{if($2) {print $2}}' ipython_log.py
 
           -r: log 'raw' input.  Normally, IPython's logs contain the processed
           input, so that user lines are logged in their final form, converted
           into valid Python.  For example, %Exit is logged as
           _ip.magic("Exit").  If the -r flag is given, all input is logged
           exactly as typed, with no transformations applied.
 
           -t: put timestamps before each input line logged (these are put in
           comments)."""
 
         opts,par = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'ort')
         log_output = 'o' in opts
         log_raw_input = 'r' in opts
         timestamp = 't' in opts
 
         logger = self.shell.logger
 
         # if no args are given, the defaults set in the logger constructor by
         # ipython remain valid
         if par:
             try:
                 logfname,logmode = par.split()
             except:
                 logfname = par
                 logmode = 'backup'
         else:
             logfname = logger.logfname
             logmode = logger.logmode
         # put logfname into rc struct as if it had been called on the command
         # line, so it ends up saved in the log header Save it in case we need
         # to restore it...
         old_logfile = self.shell.logfile
         if logfname:
             logfname = os.path.expanduser(logfname)
         self.shell.logfile = logfname
 
         loghead = '# IPython log file\n\n'
         try:
             started  = logger.logstart(logfname,loghead,logmode,
                                        log_output,timestamp,log_raw_input)
         except:
             self.shell.logfile = old_logfile
             warn("Couldn't start log: %s" % sys.exc_info()[1])
         else:
             # log input history up to this point, optionally interleaving
             # output if requested
 
             if timestamp:
                 # disable timestamping for the previous history, since we've
                 # lost those already (no time machine here).
                 logger.timestamp = False
 
             if log_raw_input:
                 input_hist = self.shell.history_manager.input_hist_raw
             else:
                 input_hist = self.shell.history_manager.input_hist_parsed
 
             if log_output:
                 log_write = logger.log_write
                 output_hist = self.shell.history_manager.output_hist
                 for n in range(1,len(input_hist)-1):
                     log_write(input_hist[n].rstrip() + '\n')
                     if n in output_hist:
                         log_write(repr(output_hist[n]),'output')
             else:
                 logger.log_write('\n'.join(input_hist[1:]))
                 logger.log_write('\n')
             if timestamp:
                 # re-enable timestamping
                 logger.timestamp = True
 
             print ('Activating auto-logging. '
                    'Current session state plus future input saved.')
             logger.logstate()
 
     def magic_logstop(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Fully stop logging and close log file.
 
         In order to start logging again, a new %logstart call needs to be made,
         possibly (though not necessarily) with a new filename, mode and other
         options."""
         self.logger.logstop()
 
     def magic_logoff(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Temporarily stop logging.
 
         You must have previously started logging."""
         self.shell.logger.switch_log(0)
 
     def magic_logon(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Restart logging.
 
         This function is for restarting logging which you've temporarily
         stopped with %logoff. For starting logging for the first time, you
         must use the %logstart function, which allows you to specify an
         optional log filename."""
 
         self.shell.logger.switch_log(1)
 
     def magic_logstate(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Print the status of the logging system."""
 
         self.shell.logger.logstate()
 
     def magic_pdb(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Control the automatic calling of the pdb interactive debugger.
 
         Call as '%pdb on', '%pdb 1', '%pdb off' or '%pdb 0'. If called without
         argument it works as a toggle.
 
         When an exception is triggered, IPython can optionally call the
         interactive pdb debugger after the traceback printout. %pdb toggles
         this feature on and off.
 
         The initial state of this feature is set in your configuration
         file (the option is ``InteractiveShell.pdb``).
 
         If you want to just activate the debugger AFTER an exception has fired,
         without having to type '%pdb on' and rerunning your code, you can use
         the %debug magic."""
 
         par = parameter_s.strip().lower()
 
         if par:
             try:
                 new_pdb = {'off':0,'0':0,'on':1,'1':1}[par]
             except KeyError:
                 print ('Incorrect argument. Use on/1, off/0, '
                        'or nothing for a toggle.')
                 return
         else:
             # toggle
             new_pdb = not self.shell.call_pdb
 
         # set on the shell
         self.shell.call_pdb = new_pdb
         print 'Automatic pdb calling has been turned',on_off(new_pdb)
 
     def magic_debug(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Activate the interactive debugger in post-mortem mode.
 
         If an exception has just occurred, this lets you inspect its stack
         frames interactively.  Note that this will always work only on the last
         traceback that occurred, so you must call this quickly after an
         exception that you wish to inspect has fired, because if another one
         occurs, it clobbers the previous one.
 
         If you want IPython to automatically do this on every exception, see
         the %pdb magic for more details.
         """
         self.shell.debugger(force=True)
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_prun(self, parameter_s ='',user_mode=1,
                    opts=None,arg_lst=None,prog_ns=None):
 
         """Run a statement through the python code profiler.
 
         Usage:
           %prun [options] statement
 
         The given statement (which doesn't require quote marks) is run via the
         python profiler in a manner similar to the profile.run() function.
         Namespaces are internally managed to work correctly; profile.run
         cannot be used in IPython because it makes certain assumptions about
         namespaces which do not hold under IPython.
 
         Options:
 
         -l <limit>: you can place restrictions on what or how much of the
         profile gets printed. The limit value can be:
 
           * A string: only information for function names containing this string
           is printed.
 
           * An integer: only these many lines are printed.
 
           * A float (between 0 and 1): this fraction of the report is printed
           (for example, use a limit of 0.4 to see the topmost 40% only).
 
         You can combine several limits with repeated use of the option. For
         example, '-l __init__ -l 5' will print only the topmost 5 lines of
         information about class constructors.
 
         -r: return the pstats.Stats object generated by the profiling. This
         object has all the information about the profile in it, and you can
         later use it for further analysis or in other functions.
 
        -s <key>: sort profile by given key. You can provide more than one key
         by using the option several times: '-s key1 -s key2 -s key3...'. The
         default sorting key is 'time'.
 
         The following is copied verbatim from the profile documentation
         referenced below:
 
         When more than one key is provided, additional keys are used as
         secondary criteria when the there is equality in all keys selected
         before them.
 
         Abbreviations can be used for any key names, as long as the
         abbreviation is unambiguous.  The following are the keys currently
         defined:
 
                 Valid Arg       Meaning
                   "calls"      call count
                   "cumulative" cumulative time
                   "file"       file name
                   "module"     file name
                   "pcalls"     primitive call count
                   "line"       line number
                   "name"       function name
                   "nfl"        name/file/line
                   "stdname"    standard name
                   "time"       internal time
 
         Note that all sorts on statistics are in descending order (placing
         most time consuming items first), where as name, file, and line number
         searches are in ascending order (i.e., alphabetical). The subtle
         distinction between "nfl" and "stdname" is that the standard name is a
         sort of the name as printed, which means that the embedded line
         numbers get compared in an odd way.  For example, lines 3, 20, and 40
         would (if the file names were the same) appear in the string order
         "20" "3" and "40".  In contrast, "nfl" does a numeric compare of the
         line numbers.  In fact, sort_stats("nfl") is the same as
         sort_stats("name", "file", "line").
 
         -T <filename>: save profile results as shown on screen to a text
         file. The profile is still shown on screen.
 
         -D <filename>: save (via dump_stats) profile statistics to given
         filename. This data is in a format understood by the pstats module, and
         is generated by a call to the dump_stats() method of profile
         objects. The profile is still shown on screen.
 
         -q: suppress output to the pager.  Best used with -T and/or -D above.
 
         If you want to run complete programs under the profiler's control, use
         '%run -p [prof_opts] filename.py [args to program]' where prof_opts
         contains profiler specific options as described here.
 
         You can read the complete documentation for the profile module with::
 
           In [1]: import profile; profile.help()
         """
 
         opts_def = Struct(D=[''],l=[],s=['time'],T=[''])
 
         if user_mode:  # regular user call
             opts,arg_str = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'D:l:rs:T:q',
                                               list_all=1, posix=False)
             namespace = self.shell.user_ns
         else:  # called to run a program by %run -p
             try:
                 filename = get_py_filename(arg_lst[0])
             except IOError as e:
                 try:
                     msg = str(e)
                 except UnicodeError:
                     msg = e.message
                 error(msg)
                 return
 
             arg_str = 'execfile(filename,prog_ns)'
             namespace = {
                 'execfile': self.shell.safe_execfile,
                 'prog_ns': prog_ns,
                 'filename': filename
                 }
 
         opts.merge(opts_def)
 
         prof = profile.Profile()
         try:
             prof = prof.runctx(arg_str,namespace,namespace)
             sys_exit = ''
         except SystemExit:
             sys_exit = """*** SystemExit exception caught in code being profiled."""
 
         stats = pstats.Stats(prof).strip_dirs().sort_stats(*opts.s)
 
         lims = opts.l
         if lims:
             lims = []  # rebuild lims with ints/floats/strings
             for lim in opts.l:
                 try:
                     lims.append(int(lim))
                 except ValueError:
                     try:
                         lims.append(float(lim))
                     except ValueError:
                         lims.append(lim)
 
         # Trap output.
         stdout_trap = StringIO()
 
         if hasattr(stats,'stream'):
             # In newer versions of python, the stats object has a 'stream'
             # attribute to write into.
             stats.stream = stdout_trap
             stats.print_stats(*lims)
         else:
             # For older versions, we manually redirect stdout during printing
             sys_stdout = sys.stdout
             try:
                 sys.stdout = stdout_trap
                 stats.print_stats(*lims)
             finally:
                 sys.stdout = sys_stdout
 
         output = stdout_trap.getvalue()
         output = output.rstrip()
 
         if 'q' not in opts:
             page.page(output)
         print sys_exit,
 
         dump_file = opts.D[0]
         text_file = opts.T[0]
         if dump_file:
             dump_file = unquote_filename(dump_file)
             prof.dump_stats(dump_file)
             print '\n*** Profile stats marshalled to file',\
                   `dump_file`+'.',sys_exit
         if text_file:
             text_file = unquote_filename(text_file)
             pfile = file(text_file,'w')
             pfile.write(output)
             pfile.close()
             print '\n*** Profile printout saved to text file',\
                   `text_file`+'.',sys_exit
 
         if opts.has_key('r'):
             return stats
         else:
             return None
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_run(self, parameter_s ='', runner=None,
                   file_finder=get_py_filename):
         """Run the named file inside IPython as a program.
 
         Usage:\\
           %run [-n -i -t [-N<N>] -d [-b<N>] -p [profile options]] file [args]
 
         Parameters after the filename are passed as command-line arguments to
         the program (put in sys.argv). Then, control returns to IPython's
         prompt.
 
         This is similar to running at a system prompt:\\
           $ python file args\\
         but with the advantage of giving you IPython's tracebacks, and of
         loading all variables into your interactive namespace for further use
         (unless -p is used, see below).
 
         The file is executed in a namespace initially consisting only of
         __name__=='__main__' and sys.argv constructed as indicated. It thus
         sees its environment as if it were being run as a stand-alone program
         (except for sharing global objects such as previously imported
         modules). But after execution, the IPython interactive namespace gets
         updated with all variables defined in the program (except for __name__
         and sys.argv). This allows for very convenient loading of code for
         interactive work, while giving each program a 'clean sheet' to run in.
 
         Options:
 
         -n: __name__ is NOT set to '__main__', but to the running file's name
         without extension (as python does under import).  This allows running
         scripts and reloading the definitions in them without calling code
         protected by an ' if __name__ == "__main__" ' clause.
 
         -i: run the file in IPython's namespace instead of an empty one. This
         is useful if you are experimenting with code written in a text editor
         which depends on variables defined interactively.
 
         -e: ignore sys.exit() calls or SystemExit exceptions in the script
         being run.  This is particularly useful if IPython is being used to
         run unittests, which always exit with a sys.exit() call.  In such
         cases you are interested in the output of the test results, not in
         seeing a traceback of the unittest module.
 
         -t: print timing information at the end of the run.  IPython will give
         you an estimated CPU time consumption for your script, which under
         Unix uses the resource module to avoid the wraparound problems of
         time.clock().  Under Unix, an estimate of time spent on system tasks
         is also given (for Windows platforms this is reported as 0.0).
 
         If -t is given, an additional -N<N> option can be given, where <N>
         must be an integer indicating how many times you want the script to
         run.  The final timing report will include total and per run results.
 
         For example (testing the script uniq_stable.py)::
 
             In [1]: run -t uniq_stable
 
             IPython CPU timings (estimated):\\
               User  :    0.19597 s.\\
               System:        0.0 s.\\
 
             In [2]: run -t -N5 uniq_stable
 
             IPython CPU timings (estimated):\\
             Total runs performed: 5\\
               Times :      Total       Per run\\
               User  :   0.910862 s,  0.1821724 s.\\
               System:        0.0 s,        0.0 s.
 
         -d: run your program under the control of pdb, the Python debugger.
         This allows you to execute your program step by step, watch variables,
         etc.  Internally, what IPython does is similar to calling:
 
           pdb.run('execfile("YOURFILENAME")')
 
         with a breakpoint set on line 1 of your file.  You can change the line
         number for this automatic breakpoint to be <N> by using the -bN option
         (where N must be an integer).  For example::
 
           %run -d -b40 myscript
 
         will set the first breakpoint at line 40 in myscript.py.  Note that
         the first breakpoint must be set on a line which actually does
         something (not a comment or docstring) for it to stop execution.
 
         When the pdb debugger starts, you will see a (Pdb) prompt.  You must
         first enter 'c' (without quotes) to start execution up to the first
         breakpoint.
 
         Entering 'help' gives information about the use of the debugger.  You
         can easily see pdb's full documentation with "import pdb;pdb.help()"
         at a prompt.
 
         -p: run program under the control of the Python profiler module (which
         prints a detailed report of execution times, function calls, etc).
 
         You can pass other options after -p which affect the behavior of the
         profiler itself. See the docs for %prun for details.
 
         In this mode, the program's variables do NOT propagate back to the
         IPython interactive namespace (because they remain in the namespace
         where the profiler executes them).
 
         Internally this triggers a call to %prun, see its documentation for
         details on the options available specifically for profiling.
 
         There is one special usage for which the text above doesn't apply:
         if the filename ends with .ipy, the file is run as ipython script,
         just as if the commands were written on IPython prompt.
 
         -m: specify module name to load instead of script path. Similar to
         the -m option for the python interpreter. Use this option last if you
         want to combine with other %run options. Unlike the python interpreter
         only source modules are allowed no .pyc or .pyo files.
         For example::
 
             %run -m example
 
         will run the example module.
 
         """
 
         # get arguments and set sys.argv for program to be run.
         opts, arg_lst = self.parse_options(parameter_s, 'nidtN:b:pD:l:rs:T:em:',
                                            mode='list', list_all=1)
         if "m" in opts:
             modulename = opts["m"][0]
             modpath = find_mod(modulename)
             if modpath is None:
                 warn('%r is not a valid modulename on sys.path'%modulename)
                 return
             arg_lst = [modpath] + arg_lst
         try:
             filename = file_finder(arg_lst[0])
         except IndexError:
             warn('you must provide at least a filename.')
             print '\n%run:\n', oinspect.getdoc(self.magic_run)
             return
         except IOError as e:
             try:
                 msg = str(e)
             except UnicodeError:
                 msg = e.message
             error(msg)
             return
 
         if filename.lower().endswith('.ipy'):
             self.shell.safe_execfile_ipy(filename)
             return
 
         # Control the response to exit() calls made by the script being run
         exit_ignore = 'e' in opts
 
         # Make sure that the running script gets a proper sys.argv as if it
         # were run from a system shell.
         save_argv = sys.argv # save it for later restoring
 
         # simulate shell expansion on arguments, at least tilde expansion
         args = [ os.path.expanduser(a) for a in arg_lst[1:] ]
 
         sys.argv = [filename] + args  # put in the proper filename
         # protect sys.argv from potential unicode strings on Python 2:
         if not py3compat.PY3:
             sys.argv = [ py3compat.cast_bytes(a) for a in sys.argv ]
 
         if 'i' in opts:
             # Run in user's interactive namespace
             prog_ns = self.shell.user_ns
             __name__save = self.shell.user_ns['__name__']
             prog_ns['__name__'] = '__main__'
             main_mod = self.shell.new_main_mod(prog_ns)
         else:
             # Run in a fresh, empty namespace
             if 'n' in opts:
                 name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]
             else:
                 name = '__main__'
 
             main_mod = self.shell.new_main_mod()
             prog_ns = main_mod.__dict__
             prog_ns['__name__'] = name
 
         # Since '%run foo' emulates 'python foo.py' at the cmd line, we must
         # set the __file__ global in the script's namespace
         prog_ns['__file__'] = filename
 
         # pickle fix.  See interactiveshell for an explanation.  But we need to make sure
         # that, if we overwrite __main__, we replace it at the end
         main_mod_name = prog_ns['__name__']
 
         if main_mod_name == '__main__':
             restore_main = sys.modules['__main__']
         else:
             restore_main = False
 
         # This needs to be undone at the end to prevent holding references to
         # every single object ever created.
         sys.modules[main_mod_name] = main_mod
 
         try:
             stats = None
             with self.readline_no_record:
                 if 'p' in opts:
                     stats = self.magic_prun('', 0, opts, arg_lst, prog_ns)
                 else:
                     if 'd' in opts:
                         deb = debugger.Pdb(self.shell.colors)
                         # reset Breakpoint state, which is moronically kept
                         # in a class
                         bdb.Breakpoint.next = 1
                         bdb.Breakpoint.bplist = {}
                         bdb.Breakpoint.bpbynumber = [None]
                         # Set an initial breakpoint to stop execution
                         maxtries = 10
                         bp = int(opts.get('b', [1])[0])
                         checkline = deb.checkline(filename, bp)
                         if not checkline:
                             for bp in range(bp + 1, bp + maxtries + 1):
                                 if deb.checkline(filename, bp):
                                     break
                             else:
                                 msg = ("\nI failed to find a valid line to set "
                                        "a breakpoint\n"
                                        "after trying up to line: %s.\n"
                                        "Please set a valid breakpoint manually "
                                        "with the -b option." % bp)
                                 error(msg)
                                 return
                         # if we find a good linenumber, set the breakpoint
                         deb.do_break('%s:%s' % (filename, bp))
                         # Start file run
                         print "NOTE: Enter 'c' at the",
                         print "%s prompt to start your script." % deb.prompt
                         try:
                             deb.run('execfile("%s")' % filename, prog_ns)
 
                         except:
                             etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
                             # Skip three frames in the traceback: the %run one,
                             # one inside bdb.py, and the command-line typed by the
                             # user (run by exec in pdb itself).
                             self.shell.InteractiveTB(etype, value, tb, tb_offset=3)
                     else:
                         if runner is None:
                             runner = self.shell.safe_execfile
                         if 't' in opts:
                             # timed execution
                             try:
                                 nruns = int(opts['N'][0])
                                 if nruns < 1:
                                     error('Number of runs must be >=1')
                                     return
                             except (KeyError):
                                 nruns = 1
                             twall0 = time.time()
                             if nruns == 1:
                                 t0 = clock2()
                                 runner(filename, prog_ns, prog_ns,
                                        exit_ignore=exit_ignore)
                                 t1 = clock2()
                                 t_usr = t1[0] - t0[0]
                                 t_sys = t1[1] - t0[1]
                                 print "\nIPython CPU timings (estimated):"
                                 print "  User   : %10.2f s." % t_usr
                                 print "  System : %10.2f s." % t_sys
                             else:
                                 runs = range(nruns)
                                 t0 = clock2()
                                 for nr in runs:
                                     runner(filename, prog_ns, prog_ns,
                                            exit_ignore=exit_ignore)
                                 t1 = clock2()
                                 t_usr = t1[0] - t0[0]
                                 t_sys = t1[1] - t0[1]
                                 print "\nIPython CPU timings (estimated):"
                                 print "Total runs performed:", nruns
                                 print "  Times  : %10.2f    %10.2f" % ('Total', 'Per run')
                                 print "  User   : %10.2f s, %10.2f s." % (t_usr, t_usr / nruns)
                                 print "  System : %10.2f s, %10.2f s." % (t_sys, t_sys / nruns)
                             twall1 = time.time()
                             print "Wall time: %10.2f s." % (twall1 - twall0)
 
                         else:
                             # regular execution
                             runner(filename, prog_ns, prog_ns, exit_ignore=exit_ignore)
 
                 if 'i' in opts:
                     self.shell.user_ns['__name__'] = __name__save
                 else:
                     # The shell MUST hold a reference to prog_ns so after %run
                     # exits, the python deletion mechanism doesn't zero it out
                     # (leaving dangling references).
                     self.shell.cache_main_mod(prog_ns, filename)
                     # update IPython interactive namespace
 
                     # Some forms of read errors on the file may mean the
                     # __name__ key was never set; using pop we don't have to
                     # worry about a possible KeyError.
                     prog_ns.pop('__name__', None)
 
                     self.shell.user_ns.update(prog_ns)
         finally:
             # It's a bit of a mystery why, but __builtins__ can change from
             # being a module to becoming a dict missing some key data after
             # %run.  As best I can see, this is NOT something IPython is doing
             # at all, and similar problems have been reported before:
             # http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Python/comp.lang.python/2004-10/0188.html
             # Since this seems to be done by the interpreter itself, the best
             # we can do is to at least restore __builtins__ for the user on
             # exit.
             self.shell.user_ns['__builtins__'] = builtin_mod
 
             # Ensure key global structures are restored
             sys.argv = save_argv
             if restore_main:
                 sys.modules['__main__'] = restore_main
             else:
                 # Remove from sys.modules the reference to main_mod we'd
                 # added.  Otherwise it will trap references to objects
                 # contained therein.
                 del sys.modules[main_mod_name]
 
         return stats
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_timeit(self, parameter_s =''):
         """Time execution of a Python statement or expression
 
         Usage:\\
           %timeit [-n<N> -r<R> [-t|-c]] statement
 
         Time execution of a Python statement or expression using the timeit
         module.
 
         Options:
         -n<N>: execute the given statement <N> times in a loop. If this value
         is not given, a fitting value is chosen.
 
         -r<R>: repeat the loop iteration <R> times and take the best result.
         Default: 3
 
         -t: use time.time to measure the time, which is the default on Unix.
         This function measures wall time.
 
         -c: use time.clock to measure the time, which is the default on
         Windows and measures wall time. On Unix, resource.getrusage is used
         instead and returns the CPU user time.
 
         -p<P>: use a precision of <P> digits to display the timing result.
         Default: 3
 
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [1]: %timeit pass
           10000000 loops, best of 3: 53.3 ns per loop
 
           In [2]: u = None
 
           In [3]: %timeit u is None
           10000000 loops, best of 3: 184 ns per loop
 
           In [4]: %timeit -r 4 u == None
           1000000 loops, best of 4: 242 ns per loop
 
           In [5]: import time
 
           In [6]: %timeit -n1 time.sleep(2)
           1 loops, best of 3: 2 s per loop
 
 
         The times reported by %timeit will be slightly higher than those
         reported by the timeit.py script when variables are accessed. This is
         due to the fact that %timeit executes the statement in the namespace
         of the shell, compared with timeit.py, which uses a single setup
         statement to import function or create variables. Generally, the bias
         does not matter as long as results from timeit.py are not mixed with
         those from %timeit."""
 
         import timeit
         import math
 
         # XXX: Unfortunately the unicode 'micro' symbol can cause problems in
         # certain terminals.  Until we figure out a robust way of
         # auto-detecting if the terminal can deal with it, use plain 'us' for
         # microseconds.  I am really NOT happy about disabling the proper
         # 'micro' prefix, but crashing is worse... If anyone knows what the
         # right solution for this is, I'm all ears...
         #
         # Note: using
         #
         # s = u'\xb5'
         # s.encode(sys.getdefaultencoding())
         #
         # is not sufficient, as I've seen terminals where that fails but
         # print s
         #
         # succeeds
         #
         # See bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipython/+bug/348466
 
         #units = [u"s", u"ms",u'\xb5',"ns"]
         units = [u"s", u"ms",u'us',"ns"]
 
         scaling = [1, 1e3, 1e6, 1e9]
 
         opts, stmt = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'n:r:tcp:',
                                         posix=False, strict=False)
         if stmt == "":
             return
         timefunc = timeit.default_timer
         number = int(getattr(opts, "n", 0))
         repeat = int(getattr(opts, "r", timeit.default_repeat))
         precision = int(getattr(opts, "p", 3))
         if hasattr(opts, "t"):
             timefunc = time.time
         if hasattr(opts, "c"):
             timefunc = clock
 
         timer = timeit.Timer(timer=timefunc)
         # this code has tight coupling to the inner workings of timeit.Timer,
         # but is there a better way to achieve that the code stmt has access
         # to the shell namespace?
 
         src = timeit.template % {'stmt': timeit.reindent(stmt, 8),
                                  'setup': "pass"}
         # Track compilation time so it can be reported if too long
         # Minimum time above which compilation time will be reported
         tc_min = 0.1
 
         t0 = clock()
         code = compile(src, "<magic-timeit>", "exec")
         tc = clock()-t0
 
         ns = {}
         exec code in self.shell.user_ns, ns
         timer.inner = ns["inner"]
 
         if number == 0:
             # determine number so that 0.2 <= total time < 2.0
             number = 1
             for i in range(1, 10):
                 if timer.timeit(number) >= 0.2:
                     break
                 number *= 10
 
         best = min(timer.repeat(repeat, number)) / number
 
         if best > 0.0 and best < 1000.0:
             order = min(-int(math.floor(math.log10(best)) // 3), 3)
         elif best >= 1000.0:
             order = 0
         else:
             order = 3
         print u"%d loops, best of %d: %.*g %s per loop" % (number, repeat,
                                                           precision,
                                                           best * scaling[order],
                                                           units[order])
         if tc > tc_min:
             print "Compiler time: %.2f s" % tc
 
     @skip_doctest
     @needs_local_scope
     def magic_time(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Time execution of a Python statement or expression.
 
         The CPU and wall clock times are printed, and the value of the
         expression (if any) is returned.  Note that under Win32, system time
         is always reported as 0, since it can not be measured.
 
         This function provides very basic timing functionality.  In Python
         2.3, the timeit module offers more control and sophistication, so this
         could be rewritten to use it (patches welcome).
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [1]: time 2**128
           CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s
           Wall time: 0.00
           Out[1]: 340282366920938463463374607431768211456L
 
           In [2]: n = 1000000
 
           In [3]: time sum(range(n))
           CPU times: user 1.20 s, sys: 0.05 s, total: 1.25 s
           Wall time: 1.37
           Out[3]: 499999500000L
 
           In [4]: time print 'hello world'
           hello world
           CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s
           Wall time: 0.00
 
           Note that the time needed by Python to compile the given expression
           will be reported if it is more than 0.1s.  In this example, the
           actual exponentiation is done by Python at compilation time, so while
           the expression can take a noticeable amount of time to compute, that
           time is purely due to the compilation:
 
           In [5]: time 3**9999;
           CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s
           Wall time: 0.00 s
 
           In [6]: time 3**999999;
           CPU times: user 0.00 s, sys: 0.00 s, total: 0.00 s
           Wall time: 0.00 s
           Compiler : 0.78 s
           """
 
         # fail immediately if the given expression can't be compiled
 
         expr = self.shell.prefilter(parameter_s,False)
 
         # Minimum time above which compilation time will be reported
         tc_min = 0.1
 
         try:
             mode = 'eval'
             t0 = clock()
             code = compile(expr,'<timed eval>',mode)
             tc = clock()-t0
         except SyntaxError:
             mode = 'exec'
             t0 = clock()
             code = compile(expr,'<timed exec>',mode)
             tc = clock()-t0
         # skew measurement as little as possible
         glob = self.shell.user_ns
         locs = self._magic_locals
         clk = clock2
         wtime = time.time
         # time execution
         wall_st = wtime()
         if mode=='eval':
             st = clk()
             out = eval(code, glob, locs)
             end = clk()
         else:
             st = clk()
             exec code in glob, locs
             end = clk()
             out = None
         wall_end = wtime()
         # Compute actual times and report
         wall_time = wall_end-wall_st
         cpu_user = end[0]-st[0]
         cpu_sys = end[1]-st[1]
         cpu_tot = cpu_user+cpu_sys
         print "CPU times: user %.2f s, sys: %.2f s, total: %.2f s" % \
               (cpu_user,cpu_sys,cpu_tot)
         print "Wall time: %.2f s" % wall_time
         if tc > tc_min:
             print "Compiler : %.2f s" % tc
         return out
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_macro(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Define a macro for future re-execution. It accepts ranges of history,
         filenames or string objects.
 
         Usage:\\
           %macro [options] name n1-n2 n3-n4 ... n5 .. n6 ...
 
         Options:
 
           -r: use 'raw' input.  By default, the 'processed' history is used,
           so that magics are loaded in their transformed version to valid
           Python.  If this option is given, the raw input as typed as the
           command line is used instead.
 
         This will define a global variable called `name` which is a string
         made of joining the slices and lines you specify (n1,n2,... numbers
         above) from your input history into a single string. This variable
         acts like an automatic function which re-executes those lines as if
         you had typed them. You just type 'name' at the prompt and the code
         executes.
 
         The syntax for indicating input ranges is described in %history.
 
         Note: as a 'hidden' feature, you can also use traditional python slice
         notation, where N:M means numbers N through M-1.
 
         For example, if your history contains (%hist prints it)::
 
           44: x=1
           45: y=3
           46: z=x+y
           47: print x
           48: a=5
           49: print 'x',x,'y',y
 
         you can create a macro with lines 44 through 47 (included) and line 49
         called my_macro with::
 
           In [55]: %macro my_macro 44-47 49
 
         Now, typing `my_macro` (without quotes) will re-execute all this code
         in one pass.
 
         You don't need to give the line-numbers in order, and any given line
         number can appear multiple times. You can assemble macros with any
         lines from your input history in any order.
 
         The macro is a simple object which holds its value in an attribute,
         but IPython's display system checks for macros and executes them as
         code instead of printing them when you type their name.
 
         You can view a macro's contents by explicitly printing it with::
 
           print macro_name
 
         """
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'r',mode='list')
         if not args:   # List existing macros
             return sorted(k for k,v in self.shell.user_ns.iteritems() if\
                                                         isinstance(v, Macro))
         if len(args) == 1:
             raise UsageError(
                 "%macro insufficient args; usage '%macro name n1-n2 n3-4...")
         name, codefrom = args[0], " ".join(args[1:])
 
         #print 'rng',ranges  # dbg
         try:
             lines = self.shell.find_user_code(codefrom, 'r' in opts)
         except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
             print e.args[0]
             return
         macro = Macro(lines)
         self.shell.define_macro(name, macro)
         print 'Macro `%s` created. To execute, type its name (without quotes).' % name
         print '=== Macro contents: ==='
         print macro,
 
     def magic_save(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Save a set of lines or a macro to a given filename.
 
         Usage:\\
           %save [options] filename n1-n2 n3-n4 ... n5 .. n6 ...
 
         Options:
 
           -r: use 'raw' input.  By default, the 'processed' history is used,
           so that magics are loaded in their transformed version to valid
           Python.  If this option is given, the raw input as typed as the
           command line is used instead.
 
         This function uses the same syntax as %history for input ranges,
         then saves the lines to the filename you specify.
 
         It adds a '.py' extension to the file if you don't do so yourself, and
         it asks for confirmation before overwriting existing files."""
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'r',mode='list')
         fname, codefrom = unquote_filename(args[0]), " ".join(args[1:])
         if not fname.endswith('.py'):
             fname += '.py'
         if os.path.isfile(fname):
             ans = raw_input('File `%s` exists. Overwrite (y/[N])? ' % fname)
             if ans.lower() not in ['y','yes']:
                 print 'Operation cancelled.'
                 return
         try:
             cmds = self.shell.find_user_code(codefrom, 'r' in opts)
         except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
             print e.args[0]
             return
         with py3compat.open(fname,'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
             f.write(u"# coding: utf-8\n")
             f.write(py3compat.cast_unicode(cmds))
         print 'The following commands were written to file `%s`:' % fname
         print cmds
 
     def magic_pastebin(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Upload code to the 'Lodge it' paste bin, returning the URL."""
         try:
             code = self.shell.find_user_code(parameter_s)
         except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
             print e.args[0]
             return
         pbserver = ServerProxy('http://paste.pocoo.org/xmlrpc/')
         id = pbserver.pastes.newPaste("python", code)
         return "http://paste.pocoo.org/show/" + id
 
     def magic_loadpy(self, arg_s):
         """Load a .py python script into the GUI console.
 
         This magic command can either take a local filename or a url::
 
         %loadpy myscript.py
         %loadpy http://www.example.com/myscript.py
         """
         arg_s = unquote_filename(arg_s)
         remote_url = arg_s.startswith(('http://', 'https://'))
         local_url = not remote_url
         if local_url and not arg_s.endswith('.py'):
             # Local files must be .py; for remote URLs it's possible that the
             # fetch URL doesn't have a .py in it (many servers have an opaque
             # URL, such as scipy-central.org).
             raise ValueError('%%load only works with .py files: %s' % arg_s)
         if remote_url:
             import urllib2
             fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(arg_s)
             # While responses have a .info().getencoding() way of asking for
             # their encoding, in *many* cases the return value is bogus.  In
             # the wild, servers serving utf-8 but declaring latin-1 are
             # extremely common, as the old HTTP standards specify latin-1 as
             # the default but many modern filesystems use utf-8.  So we can NOT
             # rely on the headers.  Short of building complex encoding-guessing
             # logic, going with utf-8 is a simple solution likely to be right
             # in most real-world cases.
             linesource = fileobj.read().decode('utf-8', 'replace').splitlines()
             fileobj.close()
         else:
             with open(arg_s) as fileobj:
                 linesource = fileobj.read().splitlines()
         
         # Strip out encoding declarations
         lines = [l for l in linesource if not _encoding_declaration_re.match(l)]
         
         self.set_next_input(os.linesep.join(lines))
 
     def _find_edit_target(self, args, opts, last_call):
         """Utility method used by magic_edit to find what to edit."""
 
         def make_filename(arg):
             "Make a filename from the given args"
             arg = unquote_filename(arg)
             try:
                 filename = get_py_filename(arg)
             except IOError:
                 # If it ends with .py but doesn't already exist, assume we want
                 # a new file.
                 if arg.endswith('.py'):
                     filename = arg
                 else:
                     filename = None
             return filename
 
         # Set a few locals from the options for convenience:
         opts_prev = 'p' in opts
         opts_raw = 'r' in opts
 
         # custom exceptions
         class DataIsObject(Exception): pass
 
         # Default line number value
         lineno = opts.get('n',None)
 
         if opts_prev:
             args = '_%s' % last_call[0]
             if not self.shell.user_ns.has_key(args):
                 args = last_call[1]
 
         # use last_call to remember the state of the previous call, but don't
         # let it be clobbered by successive '-p' calls.
         try:
             last_call[0] = self.shell.displayhook.prompt_count
             if not opts_prev:
                 last_call[1] = parameter_s
         except:
             pass
 
         # by default this is done with temp files, except when the given
         # arg is a filename
         use_temp = True
 
         data = ''
 
         # First, see if the arguments should be a filename.
         filename = make_filename(args)
         if filename:
             use_temp = False
         elif args:
             # Mode where user specifies ranges of lines, like in %macro.
             data = self.extract_input_lines(args, opts_raw)
             if not data:
                 try:
                     # Load the parameter given as a variable. If not a string,
                     # process it as an object instead (below)
 
                     #print '*** args',args,'type',type(args)  # dbg
                     data = eval(args, self.shell.user_ns)
                     if not isinstance(data, basestring):
                         raise DataIsObject
 
                 except (NameError,SyntaxError):
                     # given argument is not a variable, try as a filename
                     filename = make_filename(args)
                     if filename is None:
                         warn("Argument given (%s) can't be found as a variable "
                              "or as a filename." % args)
                         return
                     use_temp = False
 
                 except DataIsObject:
                     # macros have a special edit function
                     if isinstance(data, Macro):
                         raise MacroToEdit(data)
 
                     # For objects, try to edit the file where they are defined
                     try:
                         filename = inspect.getabsfile(data)
                         if 'fakemodule' in filename.lower() and inspect.isclass(data):
                             # class created by %edit? Try to find source
                             # by looking for method definitions instead, the
                             # __module__ in those classes is FakeModule.
                             attrs = [getattr(data, aname) for aname in dir(data)]
                             for attr in attrs:
                                 if not inspect.ismethod(attr):
                                     continue
                                 filename = inspect.getabsfile(attr)
                                 if filename and 'fakemodule' not in filename.lower():
                                     # change the attribute to be the edit target instead
                                     data = attr
                                     break
 
                         datafile = 1
                     except TypeError:
                         filename = make_filename(args)
                         datafile = 1
                         warn('Could not find file where `%s` is defined.\n'
                              'Opening a file named `%s`' % (args,filename))
                     # Now, make sure we can actually read the source (if it was in
                     # a temp file it's gone by now).
                     if datafile:
                         try:
                             if lineno is None:
                                 lineno = inspect.getsourcelines(data)[1]
                         except IOError:
                             filename = make_filename(args)
                             if filename is None:
                                 warn('The file `%s` where `%s` was defined cannot '
                                      'be read.' % (filename,data))
                                 return
                     use_temp = False
 
         if use_temp:
             filename = self.shell.mktempfile(data)
             print 'IPython will make a temporary file named:',filename
 
         return filename, lineno, use_temp
 
     def _edit_macro(self,mname,macro):
         """open an editor with the macro data in a file"""
         filename = self.shell.mktempfile(macro.value)
         self.shell.hooks.editor(filename)
 
         # and make a new macro object, to replace the old one
         mfile = open(filename)
         mvalue = mfile.read()
         mfile.close()
         self.shell.user_ns[mname] = Macro(mvalue)
 
     def magic_ed(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Alias to %edit."""
         return self.magic_edit(parameter_s)
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_edit(self,parameter_s='',last_call=['','']):
         """Bring up an editor and execute the resulting code.
 
         Usage:
           %edit [options] [args]
 
         %edit runs IPython's editor hook. The default version of this hook is
         set to call the editor specified by your $EDITOR environment variable.
         If this isn't found, it will default to vi under Linux/Unix and to
         notepad under Windows. See the end of this docstring for how to change
         the editor hook.
 
         You can also set the value of this editor via the
         ``TerminalInteractiveShell.editor`` option in your configuration file.
         This is useful if you wish to use a different editor from your typical
         default with IPython (and for Windows users who typically don't set
         environment variables).
 
         This command allows you to conveniently edit multi-line code right in
         your IPython session.
 
         If called without arguments, %edit opens up an empty editor with a
         temporary file and will execute the contents of this file when you
         close it (don't forget to save it!).
 
 
         Options:
 
         -n <number>: open the editor at a specified line number.  By default,
         the IPython editor hook uses the unix syntax 'editor +N filename', but
         you can configure this by providing your own modified hook if your
         favorite editor supports line-number specifications with a different
         syntax.
 
         -p: this will call the editor with the same data as the previous time
         it was used, regardless of how long ago (in your current session) it
         was.
 
         -r: use 'raw' input.  This option only applies to input taken from the
         user's history.  By default, the 'processed' history is used, so that
         magics are loaded in their transformed version to valid Python.  If
         this option is given, the raw input as typed as the command line is
         used instead.  When you exit the editor, it will be executed by
         IPython's own processor.
 
         -x: do not execute the edited code immediately upon exit. This is
         mainly useful if you are editing programs which need to be called with
         command line arguments, which you can then do using %run.
 
 
         Arguments:
 
         If arguments are given, the following possibilities exist:
 
         - If the argument is a filename, IPython will load that into the
           editor. It will execute its contents with execfile() when you exit,
           loading any code in the file into your interactive namespace.
 
         - The arguments are ranges of input history,  e.g. "7 ~1/4-6".
           The syntax is the same as in the %history magic.
 
         - If the argument is a string variable, its contents are loaded
           into the editor. You can thus edit any string which contains
           python code (including the result of previous edits).
 
         - If the argument is the name of an object (other than a string),
           IPython will try to locate the file where it was defined and open the
           editor at the point where it is defined. You can use `%edit function`
           to load an editor exactly at the point where 'function' is defined,
           edit it and have the file be executed automatically.
 
         - If the object is a macro (see %macro for details), this opens up your
           specified editor with a temporary file containing the macro's data.
           Upon exit, the macro is reloaded with the contents of the file.
 
         Note: opening at an exact line is only supported under Unix, and some
         editors (like kedit and gedit up to Gnome 2.8) do not understand the
         '+NUMBER' parameter necessary for this feature. Good editors like
         (X)Emacs, vi, jed, pico and joe all do.
 
         After executing your code, %edit will return as output the code you
         typed in the editor (except when it was an existing file). This way
         you can reload the code in further invocations of %edit as a variable,
         via _<NUMBER> or Out[<NUMBER>], where <NUMBER> is the prompt number of
         the output.
 
         Note that %edit is also available through the alias %ed.
 
         This is an example of creating a simple function inside the editor and
         then modifying it. First, start up the editor::
 
           In [1]: ed
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
           Out[1]: 'def foo():\\n    print "foo() was defined in an editing
           session"\\n'
 
         We can then call the function foo()::
 
           In [2]: foo()
           foo() was defined in an editing session
 
         Now we edit foo.  IPython automatically loads the editor with the
         (temporary) file where foo() was previously defined::
 
           In [3]: ed foo
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
 
         And if we call foo() again we get the modified version::
 
           In [4]: foo()
           foo() has now been changed!
 
         Here is an example of how to edit a code snippet successive
         times. First we call the editor::
 
           In [5]: ed
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
           hello
           Out[5]: "print 'hello'\\n"
 
         Now we call it again with the previous output (stored in _)::
 
           In [6]: ed _
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
           hello world
           Out[6]: "print 'hello world'\\n"
 
         Now we call it with the output #8 (stored in _8, also as Out[8])::
 
           In [7]: ed _8
           Editing... done. Executing edited code...
           hello again
           Out[7]: "print 'hello again'\\n"
 
 
         Changing the default editor hook:
 
         If you wish to write your own editor hook, you can put it in a
         configuration file which you load at startup time.  The default hook
         is defined in the IPython.core.hooks module, and you can use that as a
         starting example for further modifications.  That file also has
         general instructions on how to set a new hook for use once you've
         defined it."""
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'prxn:')
 
         try:
             filename, lineno, is_temp = self._find_edit_target(args, opts, last_call)
         except MacroToEdit as e:
             self._edit_macro(args, e.args[0])
             return
 
         # do actual editing here
         print 'Editing...',
         sys.stdout.flush()
         try:
             # Quote filenames that may have spaces in them
             if ' ' in filename:
                 filename = "'%s'" % filename
             self.shell.hooks.editor(filename,lineno)
         except TryNext:
             warn('Could not open editor')
             return
 
         # XXX TODO: should this be generalized for all string vars?
         # For now, this is special-cased to blocks created by cpaste
         if args.strip() == 'pasted_block':
             self.shell.user_ns['pasted_block'] = file_read(filename)
 
         if 'x' in opts:  # -x prevents actual execution
             print
         else:
             print 'done. Executing edited code...'
             if 'r' in opts:    # Untranslated IPython code
                 self.shell.run_cell(file_read(filename),
                                                     store_history=False)
             else:
                 self.shell.safe_execfile(filename,self.shell.user_ns,
                                          self.shell.user_ns)
 
         if is_temp:
             try:
                 return open(filename).read()
             except IOError,msg:
                 if msg.filename == filename:
                     warn('File not found. Did you forget to save?')
                     return
                 else:
                     self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def magic_xmode(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Switch modes for the exception handlers.
 
         Valid modes: Plain, Context and Verbose.
 
         If called without arguments, acts as a toggle."""
 
         def xmode_switch_err(name):
             warn('Error changing %s exception modes.\n%s' %
                  (name,sys.exc_info()[1]))
 
         shell = self.shell
         new_mode = parameter_s.strip().capitalize()
         try:
             shell.InteractiveTB.set_mode(mode=new_mode)
             print 'Exception reporting mode:',shell.InteractiveTB.mode
         except:
             xmode_switch_err('user')
 
     def magic_colors(self,parameter_s = ''):
         """Switch color scheme for prompts, info system and exception handlers.
 
         Currently implemented schemes: NoColor, Linux, LightBG.
 
         Color scheme names are not case-sensitive.
 
         Examples
         --------
         To get a plain black and white terminal::
 
           %colors nocolor
         """
 
         def color_switch_err(name):
             warn('Error changing %s color schemes.\n%s' %
                  (name,sys.exc_info()[1]))
 
 
         new_scheme = parameter_s.strip()
         if not new_scheme:
             raise UsageError(
                 "%colors: you must specify a color scheme. See '%colors?'")
             return
         # local shortcut
         shell = self.shell
 
         import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
 
         if not shell.colors_force and \
                 not readline.have_readline and sys.platform == "win32":
             msg = """\
 Proper color support under MS Windows requires the pyreadline library.
 You can find it at:
 http://ipython.org/pyreadline.html
 Gary's readline needs the ctypes module, from:
 http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes
 (Note that ctypes is already part of Python versions 2.5 and newer).
 
 Defaulting color scheme to 'NoColor'"""
             new_scheme = 'NoColor'
             warn(msg)
 
         # readline option is 0
         if not shell.colors_force and not shell.has_readline:
             new_scheme = 'NoColor'
 
         # Set prompt colors
         try:
             shell.prompt_manager.color_scheme = new_scheme
         except:
             color_switch_err('prompt')
         else:
             shell.colors = \
                    shell.prompt_manager.color_scheme_table.active_scheme_name
         # Set exception colors
         try:
             shell.InteractiveTB.set_colors(scheme = new_scheme)
             shell.SyntaxTB.set_colors(scheme = new_scheme)
         except:
             color_switch_err('exception')
 
         # Set info (for 'object?') colors
         if shell.color_info:
             try:
                 shell.inspector.set_active_scheme(new_scheme)
             except:
                 color_switch_err('object inspector')
         else:
             shell.inspector.set_active_scheme('NoColor')
 
     def magic_pprint(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Toggle pretty printing on/off."""
         ptformatter = self.shell.display_formatter.formatters['text/plain']
         ptformatter.pprint = bool(1 - ptformatter.pprint)
         print 'Pretty printing has been turned', \
               ['OFF','ON'][ptformatter.pprint]
 
     #......................................................................
     # Functions to implement unix shell-type things
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_alias(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Define an alias for a system command.
 
         '%alias alias_name cmd' defines 'alias_name' as an alias for 'cmd'
 
         Then, typing 'alias_name params' will execute the system command 'cmd
         params' (from your underlying operating system).
 
         Aliases have lower precedence than magic functions and Python normal
         variables, so if 'foo' is both a Python variable and an alias, the
         alias can not be executed until 'del foo' removes the Python variable.
 
         You can use the %l specifier in an alias definition to represent the
         whole line when the alias is called.  For example::
 
           In [2]: alias bracket echo "Input in brackets: <%l>"
           In [3]: bracket hello world
           Input in brackets: <hello world>
 
         You can also define aliases with parameters using %s specifiers (one
         per parameter)::
 
           In [1]: alias parts echo first %s second %s
           In [2]: %parts A B
           first A second B
           In [3]: %parts A
           Incorrect number of arguments: 2 expected.
           parts is an alias to: 'echo first %s second %s'
 
         Note that %l and %s are mutually exclusive.  You can only use one or
         the other in your aliases.
 
         Aliases expand Python variables just like system calls using ! or !!
         do: all expressions prefixed with '$' get expanded.  For details of
         the semantic rules, see PEP-215:
         http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0215.html.  This is the library used by
         IPython for variable expansion.  If you want to access a true shell
         variable, an extra $ is necessary to prevent its expansion by
         IPython::
 
           In [6]: alias show echo
           In [7]: PATH='A Python string'
           In [8]: show $PATH
           A Python string
           In [9]: show $$PATH
           /usr/local/lf9560/bin:/usr/local/intel/compiler70/ia32/bin:...
 
         You can use the alias facility to acess all of $PATH.  See the %rehash
         and %rehashx functions, which automatically create aliases for the
         contents of your $PATH.
 
         If called with no parameters, %alias prints the current alias table."""
 
         par = parameter_s.strip()
         if not par:
             stored = self.db.get('stored_aliases', {} )
             aliases = sorted(self.shell.alias_manager.aliases)
             # for k, v in stored:
             #     atab.append(k, v[0])
 
             print "Total number of aliases:", len(aliases)
             sys.stdout.flush()
             return aliases
 
         # Now try to define a new one
         try:
             alias,cmd = par.split(None, 1)
         except:
             print oinspect.getdoc(self.magic_alias)
         else:
             self.shell.alias_manager.soft_define_alias(alias, cmd)
     # end magic_alias
 
     def magic_unalias(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Remove an alias"""
 
         aname = parameter_s.strip()
         self.shell.alias_manager.undefine_alias(aname)
         stored = self.db.get('stored_aliases', {} )
         if aname in stored:
             print "Removing %stored alias",aname
             del stored[aname]
             self.db['stored_aliases'] = stored
 
     def magic_rehashx(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Update the alias table with all executable files in $PATH.
 
         This version explicitly checks that every entry in $PATH is a file
         with execute access (os.X_OK), so it is much slower than %rehash.
 
         Under Windows, it checks executability as a match against a
         '|'-separated string of extensions, stored in the IPython config
         variable win_exec_ext.  This defaults to 'exe|com|bat'.
 
         This function also resets the root module cache of module completer,
         used on slow filesystems.
         """
         from IPython.core.alias import InvalidAliasError
 
         # for the benefit of module completer in ipy_completers.py
         del self.shell.db['rootmodules']
 
         path = [os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(p)) for p in
             os.environ.get('PATH','').split(os.pathsep)]
         path = filter(os.path.isdir,path)
 
         syscmdlist = []
         # Now define isexec in a cross platform manner.
         if os.name == 'posix':
             isexec = lambda fname:os.path.isfile(fname) and \
                      os.access(fname,os.X_OK)
         else:
             try:
                 winext = os.environ['pathext'].replace(';','|').replace('.','')
             except KeyError:
                 winext = 'exe|com|bat|py'
             if 'py' not in winext:
                 winext += '|py'
             execre = re.compile(r'(.*)\.(%s)$' % winext,re.IGNORECASE)
             isexec = lambda fname:os.path.isfile(fname) and execre.match(fname)
         savedir = os.getcwdu()
 
         # Now walk the paths looking for executables to alias.
         try:
             # write the whole loop for posix/Windows so we don't have an if in
             # the innermost part
             if os.name == 'posix':
                 for pdir in path:
                     os.chdir(pdir)
                     for ff in os.listdir(pdir):
                         if isexec(ff):
                             try:
                                 # Removes dots from the name since ipython
                                 # will assume names with dots to be python.
                                 self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
                                     ff.replace('.',''), ff)
                             except InvalidAliasError:
                                 pass
                             else:
                                 syscmdlist.append(ff)
             else:
                 no_alias = self.shell.alias_manager.no_alias
                 for pdir in path:
                     os.chdir(pdir)
                     for ff in os.listdir(pdir):
                         base, ext = os.path.splitext(ff)
                         if isexec(ff) and base.lower() not in no_alias:
                             if ext.lower() == '.exe':
                                 ff = base
                                 try:
                                     # Removes dots from the name since ipython
                                     # will assume names with dots to be python.
                                     self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
                                         base.lower().replace('.',''), ff)
                                 except InvalidAliasError:
                                     pass
                                 syscmdlist.append(ff)
             self.shell.db['syscmdlist'] = syscmdlist
         finally:
             os.chdir(savedir)
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_pwd(self, parameter_s = ''):
         """Return the current working directory path.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [9]: pwd
           Out[9]: '/home/tsuser/sprint/ipython'
         """
         return os.getcwdu()
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_cd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Change the current working directory.
 
         This command automatically maintains an internal list of directories
         you visit during your IPython session, in the variable _dh. The
         command %dhist shows this history nicely formatted. You can also
         do 'cd -<tab>' to see directory history conveniently.
 
         Usage:
 
           cd 'dir': changes to directory 'dir'.
 
           cd -: changes to the last visited directory.
 
           cd -<n>: changes to the n-th directory in the directory history.
 
           cd --foo: change to directory that matches 'foo' in history
 
           cd -b <bookmark_name>: jump to a bookmark set by %bookmark
              (note: cd <bookmark_name> is enough if there is no
               directory <bookmark_name>, but a bookmark with the name exists.)
               'cd -b <tab>' allows you to tab-complete bookmark names.
 
         Options:
 
         -q: quiet.  Do not print the working directory after the cd command is
         executed.  By default IPython's cd command does print this directory,
         since the default prompts do not display path information.
 
         Note that !cd doesn't work for this purpose because the shell where
         !command runs is immediately discarded after executing 'command'.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [10]: cd parent/child
           /home/tsuser/parent/child
         """
 
         parameter_s = parameter_s.strip()
         #bkms = self.shell.persist.get("bookmarks",{})
 
         oldcwd = os.getcwdu()
         numcd = re.match(r'(-)(\d+)$',parameter_s)
         # jump in directory history by number
         if numcd:
             nn = int(numcd.group(2))
             try:
                 ps = self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][nn]
             except IndexError:
                 print 'The requested directory does not exist in history.'
                 return
             else:
                 opts = {}
         elif parameter_s.startswith('--'):
             ps = None
             fallback = None
             pat = parameter_s[2:]
             dh = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
             # first search only by basename (last component)
             for ent in reversed(dh):
                 if pat in os.path.basename(ent) and os.path.isdir(ent):
                     ps = ent
                     break
 
                 if fallback is None and pat in ent and os.path.isdir(ent):
                     fallback = ent
 
             # if we have no last part match, pick the first full path match
             if ps is None:
                 ps = fallback
 
             if ps is None:
                 print "No matching entry in directory history"
                 return
             else:
                 opts = {}
 
 
         else:
             #turn all non-space-escaping backslashes to slashes,
             # for c:\windows\directory\names\
             parameter_s = re.sub(r'\\(?! )','/', parameter_s)
             opts,ps = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'qb',mode='string')
         # jump to previous
         if ps == '-':
             try:
                 ps = self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][-2]
             except IndexError:
                 raise UsageError('%cd -: No previous directory to change to.')
         # jump to bookmark if needed
         else:
             if not os.path.isdir(ps) or opts.has_key('b'):
                 bkms = self.db.get('bookmarks', {})
 
                 if bkms.has_key(ps):
                     target = bkms[ps]
                     print '(bookmark:%s) -> %s' % (ps,target)
                     ps = target
                 else:
                     if opts.has_key('b'):
                         raise UsageError("Bookmark '%s' not found.  "
                               "Use '%%bookmark -l' to see your bookmarks." % ps)
 
         # strip extra quotes on Windows, because os.chdir doesn't like them
         ps = unquote_filename(ps)
         # at this point ps should point to the target dir
         if ps:
             try:
                 os.chdir(os.path.expanduser(ps))
                 if hasattr(self.shell, 'term_title') and self.shell.term_title:
                     set_term_title('IPython: ' + abbrev_cwd())
             except OSError:
                 print sys.exc_info()[1]
             else:
                 cwd = os.getcwdu()
                 dhist = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
                 if oldcwd != cwd:
                     dhist.append(cwd)
                     self.db['dhist'] = compress_dhist(dhist)[-100:]
 
         else:
             os.chdir(self.shell.home_dir)
             if hasattr(self.shell, 'term_title') and self.shell.term_title:
                 set_term_title('IPython: ' + '~')
             cwd = os.getcwdu()
             dhist = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
 
             if oldcwd != cwd:
                 dhist.append(cwd)
                 self.db['dhist'] = compress_dhist(dhist)[-100:]
         if not 'q' in opts and self.shell.user_ns['_dh']:
             print self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][-1]
 
 
     def magic_env(self, parameter_s=''):
         """List environment variables."""
 
         return os.environ.data
 
     def magic_pushd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Place the current dir on stack and change directory.
 
         Usage:\\
           %pushd ['dirname']
         """
 
         dir_s = self.shell.dir_stack
         tgt = os.path.expanduser(unquote_filename(parameter_s))
         cwd = os.getcwdu().replace(self.home_dir,'~')
         if tgt:
             self.magic_cd(parameter_s)
         dir_s.insert(0,cwd)
         return self.magic_dirs()
 
     def magic_popd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Change to directory popped off the top of the stack.
         """
         if not self.shell.dir_stack:
             raise UsageError("%popd on empty stack")
         top = self.shell.dir_stack.pop(0)
         self.magic_cd(top)
         print "popd ->",top
 
     def magic_dirs(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Return the current directory stack."""
 
         return self.shell.dir_stack
 
     def magic_dhist(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print your history of visited directories.
 
         %dhist       -> print full history\\
         %dhist n     -> print last n entries only\\
         %dhist n1 n2 -> print entries between n1 and n2 (n1 not included)\\
 
         This history is automatically maintained by the %cd command, and
         always available as the global list variable _dh. You can use %cd -<n>
         to go to directory number <n>.
 
         Note that most of time, you should view directory history by entering
         cd -<TAB>.
 
         """
 
         dh = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
         if parameter_s:
             try:
                 args = map(int,parameter_s.split())
             except:
                 self.arg_err(Magic.magic_dhist)
                 return
             if len(args) == 1:
                 ini,fin = max(len(dh)-(args[0]),0),len(dh)
             elif len(args) == 2:
                 ini,fin = args
             else:
                 self.arg_err(Magic.magic_dhist)
                 return
         else:
             ini,fin = 0,len(dh)
         nlprint(dh,
                 header = 'Directory history (kept in _dh)',
                 start=ini,stop=fin)
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_sc(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Shell capture - execute a shell command and capture its output.
 
         DEPRECATED. Suboptimal, retained for backwards compatibility.
 
         You should use the form 'var = !command' instead. Example:
 
          "%sc -l myfiles = ls ~" should now be written as
 
          "myfiles = !ls ~"
 
         myfiles.s, myfiles.l and myfiles.n still apply as documented
         below.
 
         --
         %sc [options] varname=command
 
         IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and
         will then update the user's interactive namespace with a variable
         called varname, containing the value of the call.  Your command can
         contain shell wildcards, pipes, etc.
 
         The '=' sign in the syntax is mandatory, and the variable name you
         supply must follow Python's standard conventions for valid names.
 
         (A special format without variable name exists for internal use)
 
         Options:
 
           -l: list output.  Split the output on newlines into a list before
           assigning it to the given variable.  By default the output is stored
           as a single string.
 
           -v: verbose.  Print the contents of the variable.
 
         In most cases you should not need to split as a list, because the
         returned value is a special type of string which can automatically
         provide its contents either as a list (split on newlines) or as a
         space-separated string.  These are convenient, respectively, either
         for sequential processing or to be passed to a shell command.
 
         For example::
 
             # Capture into variable a
             In [1]: sc a=ls *py
 
             # a is a string with embedded newlines
             In [2]: a
             Out[2]: 'setup.py\\nwin32_manual_post_install.py'
 
             # which can be seen as a list:
             In [3]: a.l
             Out[3]: ['setup.py', 'win32_manual_post_install.py']
 
             # or as a whitespace-separated string:
             In [4]: a.s
             Out[4]: 'setup.py win32_manual_post_install.py'
 
             # a.s is useful to pass as a single command line:
             In [5]: !wc -l $a.s
               146 setup.py
               130 win32_manual_post_install.py
               276 total
 
             # while the list form is useful to loop over:
             In [6]: for f in a.l:
               ...:      !wc -l $f
               ...:
             146 setup.py
             130 win32_manual_post_install.py
 
         Similarly, the lists returned by the -l option are also special, in
         the sense that you can equally invoke the .s attribute on them to
         automatically get a whitespace-separated string from their contents::
 
             In [7]: sc -l b=ls *py
 
             In [8]: b
             Out[8]: ['setup.py', 'win32_manual_post_install.py']
 
             In [9]: b.s
             Out[9]: 'setup.py win32_manual_post_install.py'
 
         In summary, both the lists and strings used for output capture have
         the following special attributes::
 
             .l (or .list) : value as list.
             .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string.
             .s (or .spstr): value as space-separated string.
         """
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'lv')
         # Try to get a variable name and command to run
         try:
             # the variable name must be obtained from the parse_options
             # output, which uses shlex.split to strip options out.
             var,_ = args.split('=',1)
             var = var.strip()
             # But the command has to be extracted from the original input
             # parameter_s, not on what parse_options returns, to avoid the
             # quote stripping which shlex.split performs on it.
             _,cmd = parameter_s.split('=',1)
         except ValueError:
             var,cmd = '',''
         # If all looks ok, proceed
         split = 'l' in opts
         out = self.shell.getoutput(cmd, split=split)
         if opts.has_key('v'):
             print '%s ==\n%s' % (var,pformat(out))
         if var:
             self.shell.user_ns.update({var:out})
         else:
             return out
 
     def magic_sx(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Shell execute - run a shell command and capture its output.
 
         %sx command
 
         IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and
         return the result formatted as a list (split on '\\n').  Since the
         output is _returned_, it will be stored in ipython's regular output
         cache Out[N] and in the '_N' automatic variables.
 
         Notes:
 
         1) If an input line begins with '!!', then %sx is automatically
         invoked.  That is, while::
 
           !ls
 
         causes ipython to simply issue system('ls'), typing::
 
           !!ls
 
         is a shorthand equivalent to::
 
           %sx ls
 
         2) %sx differs from %sc in that %sx automatically splits into a list,
         like '%sc -l'.  The reason for this is to make it as easy as possible
         to process line-oriented shell output via further python commands.
         %sc is meant to provide much finer control, but requires more
         typing.
 
         3) Just like %sc -l, this is a list with special attributes:
         ::
 
           .l (or .list) : value as list.
           .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string.
           .s (or .spstr): value as whitespace-separated string.
 
         This is very useful when trying to use such lists as arguments to
         system commands."""
 
         if parameter_s:
             return self.shell.getoutput(parameter_s)
 
 
     def magic_bookmark(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Manage IPython's bookmark system.
 
         %bookmark <name>       - set bookmark to current dir
         %bookmark <name> <dir> - set bookmark to <dir>
         %bookmark -l           - list all bookmarks
         %bookmark -d <name>    - remove bookmark
         %bookmark -r           - remove all bookmarks
 
         You can later on access a bookmarked folder with::
 
           %cd -b <name>
 
         or simply '%cd <name>' if there is no directory called <name> AND
         there is such a bookmark defined.
 
         Your bookmarks persist through IPython sessions, but they are
         associated with each profile."""
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'drl',mode='list')
         if len(args) > 2:
             raise UsageError("%bookmark: too many arguments")
 
         bkms = self.db.get('bookmarks',{})
 
         if opts.has_key('d'):
             try:
                 todel = args[0]
             except IndexError:
                 raise UsageError(
                     "%bookmark -d: must provide a bookmark to delete")
             else:
                 try:
                     del bkms[todel]
                 except KeyError:
                     raise UsageError(
                         "%%bookmark -d: Can't delete bookmark '%s'" % todel)
 
         elif opts.has_key('r'):
             bkms = {}
         elif opts.has_key('l'):
             bks = bkms.keys()
             bks.sort()
             if bks:
                 size = max(map(len,bks))
             else:
                 size = 0
             fmt = '%-'+str(size)+'s -> %s'
             print 'Current bookmarks:'
             for bk in bks:
                 print fmt % (bk,bkms[bk])
         else:
             if not args:
                 raise UsageError("%bookmark: You must specify the bookmark name")
             elif len(args)==1:
                 bkms[args[0]] = os.getcwdu()
             elif len(args)==2:
                 bkms[args[0]] = args[1]
         self.db['bookmarks'] = bkms
 
     def magic_pycat(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Show a syntax-highlighted file through a pager.
 
         This magic is similar to the cat utility, but it will assume the file
         to be Python source and will show it with syntax highlighting. """
 
         try:
             filename = get_py_filename(parameter_s)
             cont = file_read(filename)
         except IOError:
             try:
                 cont = eval(parameter_s,self.user_ns)
             except NameError:
                 cont = None
         if cont is None:
             print "Error: no such file or variable"
             return
 
         page.page(self.shell.pycolorize(cont))
 
     def magic_quickref(self,arg):
         """ Show a quick reference sheet """
         import IPython.core.usage
         qr = IPython.core.usage.quick_reference + self.magic_magic('-brief')
 
         page.page(qr)
 
     def magic_doctest_mode(self,parameter_s=''):
         """Toggle doctest mode on and off.
 
         This mode is intended to make IPython behave as much as possible like a
         plain Python shell, from the perspective of how its prompts, exceptions
         and output look.  This makes it easy to copy and paste parts of a
         session into doctests.  It does so by:
 
         - Changing the prompts to the classic ``>>>`` ones.
         - Changing the exception reporting mode to 'Plain'.
         - Disabling pretty-printing of output.
 
         Note that IPython also supports the pasting of code snippets that have
         leading '>>>' and '...' prompts in them.  This means that you can paste
         doctests from files or docstrings (even if they have leading
         whitespace), and the code will execute correctly.  You can then use
         '%history -t' to see the translated history; this will give you the
         input after removal of all the leading prompts and whitespace, which
         can be pasted back into an editor.
 
         With these features, you can switch into this mode easily whenever you
         need to do testing and changes to doctests, without having to leave
         your existing IPython session.
         """
 
         from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
 
         # Shorthands
         shell = self.shell
         pm = shell.prompt_manager
         meta = shell.meta
         disp_formatter = self.shell.display_formatter
         ptformatter = disp_formatter.formatters['text/plain']
         # dstore is a data store kept in the instance metadata bag to track any
         # changes we make, so we can undo them later.
         dstore = meta.setdefault('doctest_mode',Struct())
         save_dstore = dstore.setdefault
 
         # save a few values we'll need to recover later
         mode = save_dstore('mode',False)
         save_dstore('rc_pprint',ptformatter.pprint)
         save_dstore('xmode',shell.InteractiveTB.mode)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_out',shell.separate_out)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_out2',shell.separate_out2)
         save_dstore('rc_prompts_pad_left',pm.justify)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_in',shell.separate_in)
         save_dstore('rc_plain_text_only',disp_formatter.plain_text_only)
         save_dstore('prompt_templates',(pm.in_template, pm.in2_template, pm.out_template))
 
         if mode == False:
             # turn on
             pm.in_template = '>>> '
             pm.in2_template = '... '
             pm.out_template = ''
 
             # Prompt separators like plain python
             shell.separate_in = ''
             shell.separate_out = ''
             shell.separate_out2 = ''
 
             pm.justify = False
 
             ptformatter.pprint = False
             disp_formatter.plain_text_only = True
 
             shell.magic_xmode('Plain')
         else:
             # turn off
             pm.in_template, pm.in2_template, pm.out_template = dstore.prompt_templates
 
             shell.separate_in = dstore.rc_separate_in
 
             shell.separate_out = dstore.rc_separate_out
             shell.separate_out2 = dstore.rc_separate_out2
 
             pm.justify = dstore.rc_prompts_pad_left
 
             ptformatter.pprint = dstore.rc_pprint
             disp_formatter.plain_text_only = dstore.rc_plain_text_only
 
             shell.magic_xmode(dstore.xmode)
 
         # Store new mode and inform
         dstore.mode = bool(1-int(mode))
         mode_label = ['OFF','ON'][dstore.mode]
         print 'Doctest mode is:', mode_label
 
     def magic_gui(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Enable or disable IPython GUI event loop integration.
 
         %gui [GUINAME]
 
         This magic replaces IPython's threaded shells that were activated
         using the (pylab/wthread/etc.) command line flags.  GUI toolkits
         can now be enabled at runtime and keyboard
         interrupts should work without any problems.  The following toolkits
         are supported:  wxPython, PyQt4, PyGTK, Tk and Cocoa (OSX)::
 
             %gui wx      # enable wxPython event loop integration
             %gui qt4|qt  # enable PyQt4 event loop integration
             %gui gtk     # enable PyGTK event loop integration
             %gui tk      # enable Tk event loop integration
             %gui OSX     # enable Cocoa event loop integration
                          # (requires %matplotlib 1.1) 
             %gui         # disable all event loop integration
 
         WARNING:  after any of these has been called you can simply create
         an application object, but DO NOT start the event loop yourself, as
         we have already handled that.
         """
         opts, arg = self.parse_options(parameter_s, '')
         if arg=='': arg = None
         try:
             return self.enable_gui(arg)
         except Exception as e:
             # print simple error message, rather than traceback if we can't
             # hook up the GUI
             error(str(e))
+    
+    def magic_install_ext(self, parameter_s):
+        """Download and install an extension from a URL, e.g.::
+        
+            %install_ext https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/ipython-physics/raw/d1310a2ab15d/physics.py
+        
+        The URL should point to an importable Python module - either a .py file
+        or a .zip file.
+        
+        Parameters:
+        
+          -n filename : Specify a name for the file, rather than taking it from
+                        the URL.
+        """
+        opts, args = self.parse_options(parameter_s, 'n:')
+        try:
+            filename, headers = self.extension_manager.install_extension(args, opts.get('n'))
+        except ValueError as e:
+            print e
+            return
+        
+        filename = os.path.basename(filename)
+        print "Installed %s. To use it, type:" % filename
+        print "  %%load_ext %s" % os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
+        
 
     def magic_load_ext(self, module_str):
         """Load an IPython extension by its module name."""
         return self.extension_manager.load_extension(module_str)
 
     def magic_unload_ext(self, module_str):
         """Unload an IPython extension by its module name."""
         self.extension_manager.unload_extension(module_str)
 
     def magic_reload_ext(self, module_str):
         """Reload an IPython extension by its module name."""
         self.extension_manager.reload_extension(module_str)
 
     def magic_install_profiles(self, s):
         """%install_profiles has been deprecated."""
         print '\n'.join([
             "%install_profiles has been deprecated.",
             "Use `ipython profile list` to view available profiles.",
             "Requesting a profile with `ipython profile create <name>`",
             "or `ipython --profile=<name>` will start with the bundled",
             "profile of that name if it exists." 
         ])
 
     def magic_install_default_config(self, s):
         """%install_default_config has been deprecated."""
         print '\n'.join([
             "%install_default_config has been deprecated.",
             "Use `ipython profile create <name>` to initialize a profile",
             "with the default config files.",
             "Add `--reset` to overwrite already existing config files with defaults."
         ])
 
     # Pylab support: simple wrappers that activate pylab, load gui input
     # handling and modify slightly %run
 
     @skip_doctest
     def _pylab_magic_run(self, parameter_s=''):
         Magic.magic_run(self, parameter_s,
                         runner=mpl_runner(self.shell.safe_execfile))
 
     _pylab_magic_run.__doc__ = magic_run.__doc__
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_pylab(self, s):
         """Load numpy and matplotlib to work interactively.
 
         %pylab [GUINAME]
 
         This function lets you activate pylab (matplotlib, numpy and
         interactive support) at any point during an IPython session.
 
         It will import at the top level numpy as np, pyplot as plt, matplotlib,
         pylab and mlab, as well as all names from numpy and pylab.
 
         If you are using the inline matplotlib backend for embedded figures,
         you can adjust its behavior via the %config magic::
 
             # enable SVG figures, necessary for SVG+XHTML export in the qtconsole
             In [1]: %config InlineBackend.figure_format = 'svg'
             
             # change the behavior of closing all figures at the end of each
             # execution (cell), or allowing reuse of active figures across
             # cells:
             In [2]: %config InlineBackend.close_figures = False
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         guiname : optional
           One of the valid arguments to the %gui magic ('qt', 'wx', 'gtk',
           'osx' or 'tk').  If given, the corresponding Matplotlib backend is
           used, otherwise matplotlib's default (which you can override in your
           matplotlib config file) is used.
 
         Examples
         --------
         In this case, where the MPL default is TkAgg::
 
             In [2]: %pylab
 
             Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment.
             Backend in use: TkAgg
             For more information, type 'help(pylab)'.
 
         But you can explicitly request a different backend::
 
             In [3]: %pylab qt
 
             Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment.
             Backend in use: Qt4Agg
             For more information, type 'help(pylab)'.
         """
 
         if Application.initialized():
             app = Application.instance()
             try:
                 import_all_status = app.pylab_import_all
             except AttributeError:
                 import_all_status = True
         else:
             import_all_status = True
 
         self.shell.enable_pylab(s, import_all=import_all_status)
 
     def magic_tb(self, s):
         """Print the last traceback with the currently active exception mode.
 
         See %xmode for changing exception reporting modes."""
         self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     @skip_doctest
     def magic_precision(self, s=''):
         """Set floating point precision for pretty printing.
 
         Can set either integer precision or a format string.
 
         If numpy has been imported and precision is an int,
         numpy display precision will also be set, via ``numpy.set_printoptions``.
 
         If no argument is given, defaults will be restored.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
             In [1]: from math import pi
 
             In [2]: %precision 3
             Out[2]: u'%.3f'
 
             In [3]: pi
             Out[3]: 3.142
 
             In [4]: %precision %i
             Out[4]: u'%i'
 
             In [5]: pi
             Out[5]: 3
 
             In [6]: %precision %e
             Out[6]: u'%e'
 
             In [7]: pi**10
             Out[7]: 9.364805e+04
 
             In [8]: %precision
             Out[8]: u'%r'
 
             In [9]: pi**10
             Out[9]: 93648.047476082982
 
         """
 
         ptformatter = self.shell.display_formatter.formatters['text/plain']
         ptformatter.float_precision = s
         return ptformatter.float_format
 
 
     @magic_arguments.magic_arguments()
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         '-e', '--export', action='store_true', default=False,
         help='Export IPython history as a notebook. The filename argument '
              'is used to specify the notebook name and format. For example '
              'a filename of notebook.ipynb will result in a notebook name '
              'of "notebook" and a format of "xml". Likewise using a ".json" '
              'or ".py" file extension will write the notebook in the json '
              'or py formats.'
     )
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         '-f', '--format',
         help='Convert an existing IPython notebook to a new format. This option '
              'specifies the new format and can have the values: xml, json, py. '
              'The target filename is chosen automatically based on the new '
              'format. The filename argument gives the name of the source file.'
     )
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         'filename', type=unicode,
         help='Notebook name or filename'
     )
     def magic_notebook(self, s):
         """Export and convert IPython notebooks.
 
         This function can export the current IPython history to a notebook file
         or can convert an existing notebook file into a different format. For
         example, to export the history to "foo.ipynb" do "%notebook -e foo.ipynb".
         To export the history to "foo.py" do "%notebook -e foo.py". To convert
         "foo.ipynb" to "foo.json" do "%notebook -f json foo.ipynb". Possible
         formats include (json/ipynb, py).
         """
         args = magic_arguments.parse_argstring(self.magic_notebook, s)
 
         from IPython.nbformat import current
         args.filename = unquote_filename(args.filename)
         if args.export:
             fname, name, format = current.parse_filename(args.filename)
             cells = []
             hist = list(self.history_manager.get_range())
             for session, prompt_number, input in hist[:-1]:
                 cells.append(current.new_code_cell(prompt_number=prompt_number, input=input))
             worksheet = current.new_worksheet(cells=cells)
             nb = current.new_notebook(name=name,worksheets=[worksheet])
             with open(fname, 'w') as f:
                 current.write(nb, f, format);
         elif args.format is not None:
             old_fname, old_name, old_format = current.parse_filename(args.filename)
             new_format = args.format
             if new_format == u'xml':
                 raise ValueError('Notebooks cannot be written as xml.')
             elif new_format == u'ipynb' or new_format == u'json':
                 new_fname = old_name + u'.ipynb'
                 new_format = u'json'
             elif new_format == u'py':
                 new_fname = old_name + u'.py'
             else:
                 raise ValueError('Invalid notebook format: %s' % new_format)
             with open(old_fname, 'r') as f:
                 s = f.read()
                 try:
                     nb = current.reads(s, old_format)
                 except:
                     nb = current.reads(s, u'xml')
             with open(new_fname, 'w') as f:
                 current.write(nb, f, new_format)
 
     def magic_config(self, s):
         """configure IPython
         
             %config Class[.trait=value]
         
         This magic exposes most of the IPython config system. Any
         Configurable class should be able to be configured with the simple
         line::
         
             %config Class.trait=value
         
         Where `value` will be resolved in the user's namespace, if it is an
         expression or variable name.
         
         Examples
         --------
         
         To see what classes are available for config, pass no arguments::
 
             In [1]: %config
             Available objects for config:
                 TerminalInteractiveShell
                 HistoryManager
                 PrefilterManager
                 AliasManager
                 IPCompleter
                 PromptManager
                 DisplayFormatter
 
         To view what is configurable on a given class, just pass the class
         name::
 
             In [2]: %config IPCompleter
             IPCompleter options
             -----------------
             IPCompleter.omit__names=<Enum>
                 Current: 2
                 Choices: (0, 1, 2)
                 Instruct the completer to omit private method names
                 Specifically, when completing on ``object.<tab>``.
                 When 2 [default]: all names that start with '_' will be excluded.
                 When 1: all 'magic' names (``__foo__``) will be excluded.
                 When 0: nothing will be excluded.
             IPCompleter.merge_completions=<CBool>
                 Current: True
                 Whether to merge completion results into a single list
                 If False, only the completion results from the first non-empty completer
                 will be returned.
             IPCompleter.greedy=<CBool>
                 Current: False
                 Activate greedy completion
                 This will enable completion on elements of lists, results of function calls,
                 etc., but can be unsafe because the code is actually evaluated on TAB.
 
         but the real use is in setting values::
 
             In [3]: %config IPCompleter.greedy = True
 
         and these values are read from the user_ns if they are variables::
 
             In [4]: feeling_greedy=False
 
             In [5]: %config IPCompleter.greedy = feeling_greedy
 
         """
         from IPython.config.loader import Config
         # some IPython objects are Configurable, but do not yet have
         # any configurable traits.  Exclude them from the effects of
         # this magic, as their presence is just noise:
         configurables = [ c for c in self.configurables if c.__class__.class_traits(config=True) ]
         classnames = [ c.__class__.__name__ for c in configurables ]
         
         line = s.strip()
         if not line:
             # print available configurable names
             print "Available objects for config:"
             for name in classnames:
                 print "    ", name
             return
         elif line in classnames:
             # `%config TerminalInteractiveShell` will print trait info for
             # TerminalInteractiveShell
             c = configurables[classnames.index(line)]
             cls = c.__class__
             help = cls.class_get_help(c)
             # strip leading '--' from cl-args:
             help = re.sub(re.compile(r'^--', re.MULTILINE), '', help)
             print help
             return
         elif '=' not in line:
             raise UsageError("Invalid config statement: %r, should be Class.trait = value" % line)
             
         
         # otherwise, assume we are setting configurables.
         # leave quotes on args when splitting, because we want
         # unquoted args to eval in user_ns
         cfg = Config()
         exec "cfg."+line in locals(), self.user_ns
         
         for configurable in configurables:
             try:
                 configurable.update_config(cfg)
             except Exception as e:
                 error(e)
 
 # end Magic