Adding top level IPython.display.select_matplotlib_formats.

IPython/core/display.py

@@ -717,3 +717,20 b' def clear_output(wait=False):'
         io.stdout.flush()
         print('\033[2K\r', file=io.stderr, end='')
         io.stderr.flush()
+
+
+def select_matplotlib_formats(formats, quality=90):
+    """Select figure formats for the inline backend.
+
+    Parameters
+    ==========
+    formats : list
+        One or a set of figure formats to enable: 'png', 'retina', 'jpeg', 'svg', 'pdf'.
+    quality : int
+        A percentage for the quality of JPEG figures.
+    """
+    from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
+    from IPython.core.pylabtools import select_figure_formats
+    shell = InteractiveShell.instance()
+    select_figure_formats(shell, formats, quality=90)
+

IPython/core/pylabtools.py

@@ -166,7 +166,7 b' def mpl_runner(safe_execfile):'
     return mpl_execfile
 
 
-def select_figure_format(shell, formats, quality=90):
+def select_figure_formats(shell, formats, quality=90):
     """Select figure formats for the inline backend.
 
     Parameters
@@ -352,5 +352,5 b' def configure_inline_support(shell, backend):'
             del shell._saved_rcParams
 
     # Setup the default figure format
-    select_figure_format(shell, cfg.figure_formats, cfg.quality)
+    select_figure_formats(shell, cfg.figure_formats, cfg.quality)
 

IPython/kernel/zmq/pylab/config.py

@@ -70,14 +70,14 b' class InlineBackend(InlineBackendConfig):'
                           'retina', 'jpeg', 'svg', 'pdf'.""")
 
     def _figure_formats_changed(self, name, old, new):
-        from IPython.core.pylabtools import select_figure_format
+        from IPython.core.pylabtools import select_figure_formats
         if 'jpg' in new or 'jpeg' in new:
             if not pil_available():
                 raise TraitError("Requires PIL/Pillow for JPG figures")
         if self.shell is None:
             return
         else:
-            select_figure_format(self.shell, new)
+            select_figure_formats(self.shell, new)
 
     figure_format = Unicode(config=True, help="""The figure format to enable (deprecated
                                          use `figure_formats` instead)""")