Split swallow_argv into standalone function in lib.kernel

adds frontend_flags/aliases traits to ConsoleApp derivatives for
use in this function.

IPython/lib/tests/test_kernel.py

@@ -0,0 +1,63 b''
+"""Tests for kernel utility functions
+
+Authors
+-------
+* MinRK
+"""
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2011, the IPython Development Team.
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Stdlib imports
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+# Third-party imports
+import nose.tools as nt
+
+# Our own imports
+from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
+from IPython.lib import kernel
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Classes and functions
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
[e-mail]
+def test_swallow_argv():
+    tests = [
+        # expected  , argv       , aliases, flags
+        (['-a', '5'], ['-a', '5'], None, None),
+        (['5'], ['-a', '5'], None, ['a']),
+        ([], ['-a', '5'], ['a'], None),
+        ([], ['-a', '5'], ['a'], ['a']),
+        ([], ['--foo'], None, ['foo']),
+        (['--foo'], ['--foo'], ['foobar'], []),
+        ([], ['--foo', '5'], ['foo'], []),
+        ([], ['--foo=5'], ['foo'], []),
+        (['--foo=5'], ['--foo=5'], [], ['foo']),
+        (['5'], ['--foo', '5'], [], ['foo']),
+        (['bar'], ['--foo', '5', 'bar'], ['foo'], ['foo']),
+        (['bar'], ['--foo=5', 'bar'], ['foo'], ['foo']),
+        (['5','bar'], ['--foo', '5', 'bar'], None, ['foo']),
+        (['bar'], ['--foo', '5', 'bar'], ['foo'], None),
+        (['bar'], ['--foo=5', 'bar'], ['foo'], None),
+    ]
+    for expected, argv, aliases, flags in tests:
+        stripped = kernel.swallow_argv(argv, aliases=aliases, flags=flags)
+        message = '\n'.join(['',
+            "argv: %r" % argv,
+            "aliases: %r" % aliases,
+            "flags : %r" % flags,
+            "expected : %r" % expected,
+            "returned : %r" % stripped,
+        ])
+        yield nt.assert_equal(expected, stripped, message)
+

IPython/frontend/consoleapp.py

@@ -1,381 +1,352 b''
 """ A minimal application base mixin for all ZMQ based IPython frontends.
 
 This is not a complete console app, as subprocess will not be able to receive
 input, there is no real readline support, among other limitations. This is a
 refactoring of what used to be the IPython/frontend/qt/console/qtconsoleapp.py
 
 Authors:
 
 * Evan Patterson
 * Min RK
 * Erik Tollerud
 * Fernando Perez
 * Bussonnier Matthias
 * Thomas Kluyver
 * Paul Ivanov
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # stdlib imports
 import atexit
 import json
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
 import uuid
 
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
-from IPython.lib.kernel import tunnel_to_kernel, find_connection_file
+from IPython.lib.kernel import tunnel_to_kernel, find_connection_file, swallow_argv
 from IPython.zmq.blockingkernelmanager import BlockingKernelManager
 from IPython.utils.path import filefind
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Dict, List, Unicode, CUnicode, Int, CBool, Any
 )
 from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import (
     flags as ipkernel_flags,
     aliases as ipkernel_aliases,
     IPKernelApp
 )
 from IPython.zmq.session import Session, default_secure
 from IPython.zmq.zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Network Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST, LOCAL_IPS
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 flags = dict(ipkernel_flags)
 
 # the flags that are specific to the frontend
 # these must be scrubbed before being passed to the kernel,
 # or it will raise an error on unrecognized flags
 app_flags = {
     'existing' : ({'IPythonConsoleApp' : {'existing' : 'kernel*.json'}},
             "Connect to an existing kernel. If no argument specified, guess most recent"),
 }
 app_flags.update(boolean_flag(
     'confirm-exit', 'IPythonConsoleApp.confirm_exit',
     """Set to display confirmation dialog on exit. You can always use 'exit' or 'quit',
        to force a direct exit without any confirmation.
     """,
     """Don't prompt the user when exiting. This will terminate the kernel
        if it is owned by the frontend, and leave it alive if it is external.
     """
 ))
 flags.update(app_flags)
 
 aliases = dict(ipkernel_aliases)
 
 # also scrub aliases from the frontend
 app_aliases = dict(
     hb = 'IPythonConsoleApp.hb_port',
     shell = 'IPythonConsoleApp.shell_port',
     iopub = 'IPythonConsoleApp.iopub_port',
     stdin = 'IPythonConsoleApp.stdin_port',
     ip = 'IPythonConsoleApp.ip',
     existing = 'IPythonConsoleApp.existing',
     f = 'IPythonConsoleApp.connection_file',
 
 
     ssh = 'IPythonConsoleApp.sshserver',
 )
 aliases.update(app_aliases)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # IPythonConsole
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class IPythonConsoleApp(Configurable):
     name = 'ipython-console-mixin'
     default_config_file_name='ipython_config.py'
 
     description = """
         The IPython Mixin Console.
         
         This class contains the common portions of console client (QtConsole,
         ZMQ-based terminal console, etc).  It is not a full console, in that
         launched terminal subprocesses will not be able to accept input.
         
         The Console using this mixing supports various extra features beyond
         the single-process Terminal IPython shell, such as connecting to
         existing kernel, via:
         
             ipython <appname> --existing
         
         as well as tunnel via SSH
         
     """
 
     classes = [IPKernelApp, ZMQInteractiveShell, ProfileDir, Session]
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
     kernel_manager_class = BlockingKernelManager
 
     kernel_argv = List(Unicode)
+    # frontend flags&aliases to be stripped when building kernel_argv
+    frontend_flags = Any(app_flags)
+    frontend_aliases = Any(app_aliases)
 
     pure = CBool(False, config=True,
         help="Use a pure Python kernel instead of an IPython kernel.")
     # create requested profiles by default, if they don't exist:
     auto_create = CBool(True)
     # connection info:
     ip = Unicode(LOCALHOST, config=True,
         help="""Set the kernel\'s IP address [default localhost].
         If the IP address is something other than localhost, then
         Consoles on other machines will be able to connect
         to the Kernel, so be careful!"""
     )
     
     sshserver = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="""The SSH server to use to connect to the kernel.""")
     sshkey = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="""Path to the ssh key to use for logging in to the ssh server.""")
     
     hb_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the heartbeat port [default: random]")
     shell_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the shell (XREP) port [default: random]")
     iopub_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the iopub (PUB) port [default: random]")
     stdin_port = Int(0, config=True,
         help="set the stdin (XREQ) port [default: random]")
     connection_file = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="""JSON file in which to store connection info [default: kernel-<pid>.json]
 
         This file will contain the IP, ports, and authentication key needed to connect
         clients to this kernel. By default, this file will be created in the security-dir
         of the current profile, but can be specified by absolute path.
         """)
     def _connection_file_default(self):
         return 'kernel-%i.json' % os.getpid()
 
     existing = CUnicode('', config=True,
         help="""Connect to an already running kernel""")
 
     confirm_exit = CBool(True, config=True,
         help="""
         Set to display confirmation dialog on exit. You can always use 'exit' or 'quit',
         to force a direct exit without any confirmation.""",
     )
 
 
-    def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
-        #super(PythonBaseConsoleApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
-        # make this stuff after this a function, in case the super stuff goes
-        # away. Also, Min notes that this functionality should be moved to a
-        # generic library of kernel stuff
-        self.swallow_args(app_aliases,app_flags,argv=argv)
-
-    def swallow_args(self, aliases,flags, argv=None):
+    def build_kernel_argv(self, argv=None):
+        """build argv to be passed to kernel subprocess"""
         if argv is None:
             argv = sys.argv[1:]
-        self.kernel_argv = list(argv) # copy
+        self.kernel_argv = swallow_argv(argv, self.frontend_aliases, self.frontend_flags)
         # kernel should inherit default config file from frontend
         self.kernel_argv.append("--KernelApp.parent_appname='%s'"%self.name)
-        # Scrub frontend-specific flags
-        swallow_next = False
-        was_flag = False
-        for a in argv:
-            if swallow_next:
-                swallow_next = False
-                # last arg was an alias, remove the next one
-                # *unless* the last alias has a no-arg flag version, in which
-                # case, don't swallow the next arg if it's also a flag:
-                if not (was_flag and a.startswith('-')):
-                    self.kernel_argv.remove(a)
-                    continue
-            if a.startswith('-'):
-                split = a.lstrip('-').split('=')
-                alias = split[0]
-                if alias in aliases:
-                    self.kernel_argv.remove(a)
-                    if len(split) == 1:
-                        # alias passed with arg via space
-                        swallow_next = True
-                        # could have been a flag that matches an alias, e.g. `existing`
-                        # in which case, we might not swallow the next arg
-                        was_flag = alias in flags
-                elif alias in flags:
-                    # strip flag, but don't swallow next, as flags don't take args
-                    self.kernel_argv.remove(a)
     
     def init_connection_file(self):
         """find the connection file, and load the info if found.
         
         The current working directory and the current profile's security
         directory will be searched for the file if it is not given by
         absolute path.
         
         When attempting to connect to an existing kernel and the `--existing`
         argument does not match an existing file, it will be interpreted as a
         fileglob, and the matching file in the current profile's security dir
         with the latest access time will be used.
         
         After this method is called, self.connection_file contains the *full path*
         to the connection file, never just its name.
         """
         if self.existing:
             try:
                 cf = find_connection_file(self.existing)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.critical("Could not find existing kernel connection file %s", self.existing)
                 self.exit(1)
             self.log.info("Connecting to existing kernel: %s" % cf)
             self.connection_file = cf
         else:
             # not existing, check if we are going to write the file
             # and ensure that self.connection_file is a full path, not just the shortname
             try:
                 cf = find_connection_file(self.connection_file)
             except Exception:
                 # file might not exist
                 if self.connection_file == os.path.basename(self.connection_file):
                     # just shortname, put it in security dir
                     cf = os.path.join(self.profile_dir.security_dir, self.connection_file)
                 else:
                     cf = self.connection_file
                 self.connection_file = cf
         
         # should load_connection_file only be used for existing?
         # as it is now, this allows reusing ports if an existing
         # file is requested
         try:
             self.load_connection_file()
         except Exception:
             self.log.error("Failed to load connection file: %r", self.connection_file, exc_info=True)
             self.exit(1)
     
     def load_connection_file(self):
         """load ip/port/hmac config from JSON connection file"""
         # this is identical to KernelApp.load_connection_file
         # perhaps it can be centralized somewhere?
         try:
             fname = filefind(self.connection_file, ['.', self.profile_dir.security_dir])
         except IOError:
             self.log.debug("Connection File not found: %s", self.connection_file)
             return
         self.log.debug(u"Loading connection file %s", fname)
         with open(fname) as f:
             s = f.read()
         cfg = json.loads(s)
         if self.ip == LOCALHOST and 'ip' in cfg:
             # not overridden by config or cl_args
             self.ip = cfg['ip']
         for channel in ('hb', 'shell', 'iopub', 'stdin'):
             name = channel + '_port'
             if getattr(self, name) == 0 and name in cfg:
                 # not overridden by config or cl_args
                 setattr(self, name, cfg[name])
         if 'key' in cfg:
             self.config.Session.key = str_to_bytes(cfg['key'])
     
     def init_ssh(self):
         """set up ssh tunnels, if needed."""
         if not self.sshserver and not self.sshkey:
             return
         
         if self.sshkey and not self.sshserver:
             # specifying just the key implies that we are connecting directly
             self.sshserver = self.ip
             self.ip = LOCALHOST
         
         # build connection dict for tunnels:
         info = dict(ip=self.ip,
                     shell_port=self.shell_port,
                     iopub_port=self.iopub_port,
                     stdin_port=self.stdin_port,
                     hb_port=self.hb_port
         )
         
         self.log.info("Forwarding connections to %s via %s"%(self.ip, self.sshserver))
         
         # tunnels return a new set of ports, which will be on localhost:
         self.ip = LOCALHOST
         try:
             newports = tunnel_to_kernel(info, self.sshserver, self.sshkey)
         except:
             # even catch KeyboardInterrupt
             self.log.error("Could not setup tunnels", exc_info=True)
             self.exit(1)
         
         self.shell_port, self.iopub_port, self.stdin_port, self.hb_port = newports
         
         cf = self.connection_file
         base,ext = os.path.splitext(cf)
         base = os.path.basename(base)
         self.connection_file = os.path.basename(base)+'-ssh'+ext
         self.log.critical("To connect another client via this tunnel, use:")
         self.log.critical("--existing %s" % self.connection_file)
     
     def _new_connection_file(self):
         cf = ''
         while not cf:
             # we don't need a 128b id to distinguish kernels, use more readable
             # 48b node segment (12 hex chars).  Users running more than 32k simultaneous
             # kernels can subclass.
             ident = str(uuid.uuid4()).split('-')[-1]
             cf = os.path.join(self.profile_dir.security_dir, 'kernel-%s.json' % ident)
             # only keep if it's actually new.  Protect against unlikely collision
             # in 48b random search space
             cf = cf if not os.path.exists(cf) else ''
         return cf
 
     def init_kernel_manager(self):
         # Don't let Qt or ZMQ swallow KeyboardInterupts.
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
         # Create a KernelManager and start a kernel.
         self.kernel_manager = self.kernel_manager_class(
                                 ip=self.ip,
                                 shell_port=self.shell_port,
                                 iopub_port=self.iopub_port,
                                 stdin_port=self.stdin_port,
                                 hb_port=self.hb_port,
                                 connection_file=self.connection_file,
                                 config=self.config,
         )
         # start the kernel
         if not self.existing:
             kwargs = dict(ipython=not self.pure)
             kwargs['extra_arguments'] = self.kernel_argv
             self.kernel_manager.start_kernel(**kwargs)
         elif self.sshserver:
             # ssh, write new connection file
             self.kernel_manager.write_connection_file()
         atexit.register(self.kernel_manager.cleanup_connection_file)
         self.kernel_manager.start_channels()
 
 
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         """
         Classes which mix this class in should call:
                IPythonConsoleApp.initialize(self,argv)
         """
         self.init_connection_file()
         default_secure(self.config)
         self.init_ssh()
         self.init_kernel_manager()
 

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py

@@ -1,385 +1,369 b''
 """A tornado based IPython notebook server.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Brian Granger
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  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
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # stdlib
 import errno
 import logging
 import os
 import signal
 import socket
 import sys
 import threading
 import webbrowser
 
 # Third party
 import zmq
 
 # Install the pyzmq ioloop. This has to be done before anything else from
 # tornado is imported.
 from zmq.eventloop import ioloop
 # FIXME: ioloop.install is new in pyzmq-2.1.7, so remove this conditional
 # when pyzmq dependency is updated beyond that.
 if hasattr(ioloop, 'install'):
     ioloop.install()
 else:
     import tornado.ioloop
     tornado.ioloop.IOLoop = ioloop.IOLoop
 
 from tornado import httpserver
 from tornado import web
 
 # Our own libraries
 from .kernelmanager import MappingKernelManager
 from .handlers import (LoginHandler, LogoutHandler,
     ProjectDashboardHandler, NewHandler, NamedNotebookHandler,
     MainKernelHandler, KernelHandler, KernelActionHandler, IOPubHandler,
     ShellHandler, NotebookRootHandler, NotebookHandler, RSTHandler
 )
 from .notebookmanager import NotebookManager
 
 from IPython.config.application import catch_config_error
 from IPython.core.application import BaseIPythonApplication
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
+from IPython.lib.kernel import swallow_argv
 from IPython.zmq.session import Session, default_secure
 from IPython.zmq.zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import (
     flags as ipkernel_flags,
     aliases as ipkernel_aliases,
     IPKernelApp
 )
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Dict, Unicode, Integer, List, Enum, Bool
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Module globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _kernel_id_regex = r"(?P<kernel_id>\w+-\w+-\w+-\w+-\w+)"
 _kernel_action_regex = r"(?P<action>restart|interrupt)"
 _notebook_id_regex = r"(?P<notebook_id>\w+-\w+-\w+-\w+-\w+)"
 
 LOCALHOST = '127.0.0.1'
 
 _examples = """
 ipython notebook                       # start the notebook
 ipython notebook --profile=sympy       # use the sympy profile
 ipython notebook --pylab=inline        # pylab in inline plotting mode
 ipython notebook --certfile=mycert.pem # use SSL/TLS certificate
 ipython notebook --port=5555 --ip=*    # Listen on port 5555, all interfaces
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The Tornado web application
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class NotebookWebApplication(web.Application):
 
     def __init__(self, ipython_app, kernel_manager, notebook_manager, log):
         handlers = [
             (r"/", ProjectDashboardHandler),
             (r"/login", LoginHandler),
             (r"/logout", LogoutHandler),
             (r"/new", NewHandler),
             (r"/%s" % _notebook_id_regex, NamedNotebookHandler),
             (r"/kernels", MainKernelHandler),
             (r"/kernels/%s" % _kernel_id_regex, KernelHandler),
             (r"/kernels/%s/%s" % (_kernel_id_regex, _kernel_action_regex), KernelActionHandler),
             (r"/kernels/%s/iopub" % _kernel_id_regex, IOPubHandler),
             (r"/kernels/%s/shell" % _kernel_id_regex, ShellHandler),
             (r"/notebooks", NotebookRootHandler),
             (r"/notebooks/%s" % _notebook_id_regex, NotebookHandler),
             (r"/rstservice/render", RSTHandler)
         ]
         settings = dict(
             template_path=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "templates"),
             static_path=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static"),
             cookie_secret=os.urandom(1024),
             login_url="/login",
         )
         web.Application.__init__(self, handlers, **settings)
 
         self.kernel_manager = kernel_manager
         self.log = log
         self.notebook_manager = notebook_manager
         self.ipython_app = ipython_app
         self.read_only = self.ipython_app.read_only
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 flags = dict(ipkernel_flags)
 flags['no-browser']=(
     {'NotebookApp' : {'open_browser' : False}},
     "Don't open the notebook in a browser after startup."
 )
 flags['no-mathjax']=(
     {'NotebookApp' : {'enable_mathjax' : False}},
     """Disable MathJax
     
     MathJax is the javascript library IPython uses to render math/LaTeX. It is
     very large, so you may want to disable it if you have a slow internet
     connection, or for offline use of the notebook.
     
     When disabled, equations etc. will appear as their untransformed TeX source.
     """
 )
 flags['read-only'] = (
     {'NotebookApp' : {'read_only' : True}},
     """Allow read-only access to notebooks.
     
     When using a password to protect the notebook server, this flag
     allows unauthenticated clients to view the notebook list, and
     individual notebooks, but not edit them, start kernels, or run
     code.
     
     If no password is set, the server will be entirely read-only.
     """
 )
 
 # the flags that are specific to the frontend
 # these must be scrubbed before being passed to the kernel,
 # or it will raise an error on unrecognized flags
 notebook_flags = ['no-browser', 'no-mathjax', 'read-only']
 
 aliases = dict(ipkernel_aliases)
 
 aliases.update({
     'ip': 'NotebookApp.ip',
     'port': 'NotebookApp.port',
     'keyfile': 'NotebookApp.keyfile',
     'certfile': 'NotebookApp.certfile',
     'notebook-dir': 'NotebookManager.notebook_dir',
 })
 
 # remove ipkernel flags that are singletons, and don't make sense in
 # multi-kernel evironment:
 aliases.pop('f', None)
 
 notebook_aliases = [u'port', u'ip', u'keyfile', u'certfile',
                     u'notebook-dir']
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # NotebookApp
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class NotebookApp(BaseIPythonApplication):
 
     name = 'ipython-notebook'
     default_config_file_name='ipython_notebook_config.py'
     
     description = """
         The IPython HTML Notebook.
         
         This launches a Tornado based HTML Notebook Server that serves up an
         HTML5/Javascript Notebook client.
     """
     examples = _examples
     
     classes = [IPKernelApp, ZMQInteractiveShell, ProfileDir, Session,
                MappingKernelManager, NotebookManager]
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
 
     kernel_argv = List(Unicode)
 
     log_level = Enum((0,10,20,30,40,50,'DEBUG','INFO','WARN','ERROR','CRITICAL'),
                     default_value=logging.INFO,
                     config=True,
                     help="Set the log level by value or name.")
 
     # Network related information.
 
     ip = Unicode(LOCALHOST, config=True,
         help="The IP address the notebook server will listen on."
     )
 
     def _ip_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new == u'*': self.ip = u''
 
     port = Integer(8888, config=True,
         help="The port the notebook server will listen on."
     )
 
     certfile = Unicode(u'', config=True, 
         help="""The full path to an SSL/TLS certificate file."""
     )
     
     keyfile = Unicode(u'', config=True, 
         help="""The full path to a private key file for usage with SSL/TLS."""
     )
 
     password = Unicode(u'', config=True,
                       help="""Hashed password to use for web authentication.
 
                       To generate, type in a python/IPython shell:
 
                         from IPython.lib import passwd; passwd()
 
                       The string should be of the form type:salt:hashed-password.
                       """
     )
     
     open_browser = Bool(True, config=True,
                         help="Whether to open in a browser after starting.")
     
     read_only = Bool(False, config=True,
         help="Whether to prevent editing/execution of notebooks."
     )
     
     enable_mathjax = Bool(True, config=True,
         help="""Whether to enable MathJax for typesetting math/TeX
 
         MathJax is the javascript library IPython uses to render math/LaTeX. It is
         very large, so you may want to disable it if you have a slow internet
         connection, or for offline use of the notebook.
 
         When disabled, equations etc. will appear as their untransformed TeX source.
         """
     )
     def _enable_mathjax_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """set mathjax url to empty if mathjax is disabled"""
         if not new:
             self.mathjax_url = u''
     
     mathjax_url = Unicode("", config=True,
         help="""The url for MathJax.js."""
     )
     def _mathjax_url_default(self):
         if not self.enable_mathjax:
             return u''
         static_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static")
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(static_path, 'mathjax', "MathJax.js")):
             self.log.info("Using local MathJax")
             return u"static/mathjax/MathJax.js"
         else:
             self.log.info("Using MathJax from CDN")
             return u"http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js"
     
     def _mathjax_url_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new and not self.enable_mathjax:
             # enable_mathjax=False overrides mathjax_url
             self.mathjax_url = u''
         else:
             self.log.info("Using MathJax: %s", new)
 
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         super(NotebookApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
         if argv is None:
             argv = sys.argv[1:]
 
-        self.kernel_argv = list(argv) # copy
+        # Scrub frontend-specific flags
+        self.kernel_argv = swallow_argv(argv, notebook_aliases, notebook_flags)
         # Kernel should inherit default config file from frontend
         self.kernel_argv.append("--KernelApp.parent_appname='%s'"%self.name)
-        # Scrub frontend-specific flags
-        for a in argv:
-            if a.startswith('-') and a.lstrip('-') in notebook_flags:
-                self.kernel_argv.remove(a)
-        swallow_next = False
-        for a in argv:
-            if swallow_next:
-                self.kernel_argv.remove(a)
-                swallow_next = False
-                continue
-            if a.startswith('-'):
-                split = a.lstrip('-').split('=')
-                alias = split[0]
-                if alias in notebook_aliases:
-                    self.kernel_argv.remove(a)
-                    if len(split) == 1:
-                        # alias passed with arg via space
-                        swallow_next = True
 
     def init_configurables(self):
         # Don't let Qt or ZMQ swallow KeyboardInterupts.
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
         # force Session default to be secure
         default_secure(self.config)
         # Create a KernelManager and start a kernel.
         self.kernel_manager = MappingKernelManager(
             config=self.config, log=self.log, kernel_argv=self.kernel_argv,
             connection_dir = self.profile_dir.security_dir,
         )
         self.notebook_manager = NotebookManager(config=self.config, log=self.log)
         self.notebook_manager.list_notebooks()
 
     def init_logging(self):
         super(NotebookApp, self).init_logging()
         # This prevents double log messages because tornado use a root logger that
         # self.log is a child of. The logging module dipatches log messages to a log
         # and all of its ancenstors until propagate is set to False.
         self.log.propagate = False
 
     @catch_config_error
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         super(NotebookApp, self).initialize(argv)
         self.init_configurables()
         self.web_app = NotebookWebApplication(
             self, self.kernel_manager, self.notebook_manager, self.log
         )
         if self.certfile:
             ssl_options = dict(certfile=self.certfile)
             if self.keyfile:
                 ssl_options['keyfile'] = self.keyfile
         else:
             ssl_options = None
         self.web_app.password = self.password
         self.http_server = httpserver.HTTPServer(self.web_app, ssl_options=ssl_options)
         if ssl_options is None and not self.ip:
             self.log.critical('WARNING: the notebook server is listening on all IP addresses '
                               'but not using any encryption or authentication. This is highly '
                               'insecure and not recommended.')
 
         # Try random ports centered around the default.
         from random import randint
         n = 50  # Max number of attempts, keep reasonably large.
         for port in range(self.port, self.port+5) + [self.port + randint(-2*n, 2*n) for i in range(n-5)]:
             try:
                 self.http_server.listen(port, self.ip)
             except socket.error, e:
                 if e.errno != errno.EADDRINUSE:
                     raise
                 self.log.info('The port %i is already in use, trying another random port.' % port)
             else:
                 self.port = port
                 break
 
     def start(self):
         ip = self.ip if self.ip else '[all ip addresses on your system]'
         proto = 'https' if self.certfile else 'http'
         self.log.info("The IPython Notebook is running at: %s://%s:%i" % (proto,
                                                                           ip,
                                                                           self.port))
         if self.open_browser:
             ip = self.ip or '127.0.0.1'
             b = lambda : webbrowser.open("%s://%s:%i" % (proto, ip, self.port),
                                          new=2)
             threading.Thread(target=b).start()
 
         ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main entry point
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def launch_new_instance():
     app = NotebookApp()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 

IPython/frontend/qt/console/qtconsoleapp.py

@@ -1,350 +1,352 b''
 """ A minimal application using the Qt console-style IPython frontend.
 
 This is not a complete console app, as subprocess will not be able to receive
 input, there is no real readline support, among other limitations.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Evan Patterson
 * Min RK
 * Erik Tollerud
 * Fernando Perez
 * Bussonnier Matthias
 * Thomas Kluyver
 * Paul Ivanov
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # stdlib imports
 import json
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
 import uuid
 
 # System library imports
 from IPython.external.qt import QtCore, QtGui
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag, catch_config_error
 from IPython.core.application import BaseIPythonApplication
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
 from IPython.lib.kernel import tunnel_to_kernel, find_connection_file
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.frontend_widget import FrontendWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.ipython_widget import IPythonWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.rich_ipython_widget import RichIPythonWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console import styles
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.mainwindow import MainWindow
 from IPython.frontend.qt.kernelmanager import QtKernelManager
 from IPython.utils.path import filefind
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Dict, List, Unicode, Integer, CaselessStrEnum, CBool, Any
 )
 from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import IPKernelApp
 from IPython.zmq.session import Session, default_secure
 from IPython.zmq.zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 from IPython.frontend.consoleapp import (
         IPythonConsoleApp, app_aliases, app_flags, flags, aliases
     )
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Network Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST, LOCAL_IPS
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _examples = """
 ipython qtconsole                 # start the qtconsole
 ipython qtconsole --pylab=inline  # start with pylab in inline plotting mode
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # start with copy of flags
 flags = dict(flags)
 qt_flags = {
     'pure' : ({'IPythonQtConsoleApp' : {'pure' : True}},
             "Use a pure Python kernel instead of an IPython kernel."),
     'plain' : ({'ConsoleWidget' : {'kind' : 'plain'}},
             "Disable rich text support."),
 }
 qt_flags.update(boolean_flag(
     'gui-completion', 'ConsoleWidget.gui_completion',
     "use a GUI widget for tab completion",
     "use plaintext output for completion"
 ))
 # and app_flags from the Console Mixin
 qt_flags.update(app_flags)
 # add frontend flags to the full set
 flags.update(qt_flags)
 
 # start with copy of front&backend aliases list
 aliases = dict(aliases)
 qt_aliases = dict(
 
     style = 'IPythonWidget.syntax_style',
     stylesheet = 'IPythonQtConsoleApp.stylesheet',
     colors = 'ZMQInteractiveShell.colors',
 
     editor = 'IPythonWidget.editor',
     paging = 'ConsoleWidget.paging',
 )
 # and app_aliases from the Console Mixin
 qt_aliases.update(app_aliases)
 # add frontend aliases to the full set
 aliases.update(qt_aliases)
 
 # get flags&aliases into sets, and remove a couple that
 # shouldn't be scrubbed from backend flags:
 qt_aliases = set(qt_aliases.keys())
 qt_aliases.remove('colors')
 qt_flags = set(qt_flags.keys())
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # IPythonQtConsole
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class IPythonQtConsoleApp(BaseIPythonApplication, IPythonConsoleApp):
     name = 'ipython-qtconsole'
 
     description = """
         The IPython QtConsole.
         
         This launches a Console-style application using Qt.  It is not a full
         console, in that launched terminal subprocesses will not be able to accept
         input.
         
         The QtConsole supports various extra features beyond the Terminal IPython
         shell, such as inline plotting with matplotlib, via:
         
             ipython qtconsole --pylab=inline
         
         as well as saving your session as HTML, and printing the output.
         
     """
     examples = _examples
 
     classes = [IPKernelApp, IPythonWidget, ZMQInteractiveShell, ProfileDir, Session]
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
+    frontend_flags = Any(qt_flags)
+    frontend_aliases = Any(qt_aliases)
     kernel_manager_class = QtKernelManager
 
     stylesheet = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="path to a custom CSS stylesheet")
 
     plain = CBool(False, config=True,
         help="Use a plaintext widget instead of rich text (plain can't print/save).")
 
     def _pure_changed(self, name, old, new):
         kind = 'plain' if self.plain else 'rich'
         self.config.ConsoleWidget.kind = kind
         if self.pure:
             self.widget_factory = FrontendWidget
         elif self.plain:
             self.widget_factory = IPythonWidget
         else:
             self.widget_factory = RichIPythonWidget
 
     _plain_changed = _pure_changed
 
     # the factory for creating a widget
     widget_factory = Any(RichIPythonWidget)
 
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         super(IPythonQtConsoleApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
-        self.swallow_args(qt_aliases,qt_flags,argv=argv)
+        self.build_kernel_argv(argv)
 
 
     def new_frontend_master(self):
         """ Create and return new frontend attached to new kernel, launched on localhost.
         """
         ip = self.ip if self.ip in LOCAL_IPS else LOCALHOST
         kernel_manager = QtKernelManager(
                                 ip=ip,
                                 connection_file=self._new_connection_file(),
                                 config=self.config,
         )
         # start the kernel
         kwargs = dict(ipython=not self.pure)
         kwargs['extra_arguments'] = self.kernel_argv
         kernel_manager.start_kernel(**kwargs)
         kernel_manager.start_channels()
         widget = self.widget_factory(config=self.config,
                                    local_kernel=True)
         widget.kernel_manager = kernel_manager
         widget._existing = False
         widget._may_close = True
         widget._confirm_exit = self.confirm_exit
         return widget
 
     def new_frontend_slave(self, current_widget):
         """Create and return a new frontend attached to an existing kernel.
         
         Parameters
         ----------
         current_widget : IPythonWidget
             The IPythonWidget whose kernel this frontend is to share
         """
         kernel_manager = QtKernelManager(
                                 connection_file=current_widget.kernel_manager.connection_file,
                                 config = self.config,
         )
         kernel_manager.load_connection_file()
         kernel_manager.start_channels()
         widget = self.widget_factory(config=self.config,
                                 local_kernel=False)
         widget._existing = True
         widget._may_close = False
         widget._confirm_exit = False
         widget.kernel_manager = kernel_manager
         return widget
 
     def init_qt_elements(self):
         # Create the widget.
         self.app = QtGui.QApplication([])
 
         base_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
         icon_path = os.path.join(base_path, 'resources', 'icon', 'IPythonConsole.svg')
         self.app.icon = QtGui.QIcon(icon_path)
         QtGui.QApplication.setWindowIcon(self.app.icon)
 
         local_kernel = (not self.existing) or self.ip in LOCAL_IPS
         self.widget = self.widget_factory(config=self.config,
                                         local_kernel=local_kernel)
         self.widget._existing = self.existing
         self.widget._may_close = not self.existing
         self.widget._confirm_exit = self.confirm_exit
 
         self.widget.kernel_manager = self.kernel_manager
         self.window = MainWindow(self.app,
                                 confirm_exit=self.confirm_exit,
                                 new_frontend_factory=self.new_frontend_master,
                                 slave_frontend_factory=self.new_frontend_slave,
                                 )
         self.window.log = self.log
         self.window.add_tab_with_frontend(self.widget)
         self.window.init_menu_bar()
 
         self.window.setWindowTitle('Python' if self.pure else 'IPython')
 
     def init_colors(self):
         """Configure the coloring of the widget"""
         # Note: This will be dramatically simplified when colors
         # are removed from the backend.
 
         if self.pure:
             # only IPythonWidget supports styling
             return
 
         # parse the colors arg down to current known labels
         try:
             colors = self.config.ZMQInteractiveShell.colors
         except AttributeError:
             colors = None
         try:
             style = self.config.IPythonWidget.syntax_style
         except AttributeError:
             style = None
 
         # find the value for colors:
         if colors:
             colors=colors.lower()
             if colors in ('lightbg', 'light'):
                 colors='lightbg'
             elif colors in ('dark', 'linux'):
                 colors='linux'
             else:
                 colors='nocolor'
         elif style:
             if style=='bw':
                 colors='nocolor'
             elif styles.dark_style(style):
                 colors='linux'
             else:
                 colors='lightbg'
         else:
             colors=None
 
         # Configure the style.
         widget = self.widget
         if style:
             widget.style_sheet = styles.sheet_from_template(style, colors)
             widget.syntax_style = style
             widget._syntax_style_changed()
             widget._style_sheet_changed()
         elif colors:
             # use a default style
             widget.set_default_style(colors=colors)
         else:
             # this is redundant for now, but allows the widget's
             # defaults to change
             widget.set_default_style()
 
         if self.stylesheet:
             # we got an expicit stylesheet
             if os.path.isfile(self.stylesheet):
                 with open(self.stylesheet) as f:
                     sheet = f.read()
                 widget.style_sheet = sheet
                 widget._style_sheet_changed()
             else:
                 raise IOError("Stylesheet %r not found."%self.stylesheet)
 
     def init_signal(self):
         """allow clean shutdown on sigint"""
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, lambda sig, frame: self.exit(-2))
         # need a timer, so that QApplication doesn't block until a real
         # Qt event fires (can require mouse movement)
         # timer trick from http://stackoverflow.com/q/4938723/938949
         timer = QtCore.QTimer()
          # Let the interpreter run each 200 ms:
         timer.timeout.connect(lambda: None)
         timer.start(200)
         # hold onto ref, so the timer doesn't get cleaned up
         self._sigint_timer = timer
 
     @catch_config_error
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         super(IPythonQtConsoleApp, self).initialize(argv)
         IPythonConsoleApp.initialize(self,argv)
         self.init_qt_elements()
         self.init_colors()
         self.init_signal()
 
     def start(self):
 
         # draw the window
         self.window.show()
 
         # Start the application main loop.
         self.app.exec_()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main entry point
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def main():
     app = IPythonQtConsoleApp()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

IPython/frontend/terminal/console/app.py

@@ -1,149 +1,152 b''
 """ A minimal application using the ZMQ-based terminal IPython frontend.
 
 This is not a complete console app, as subprocess will not be able to receive
 input, there is no real readline support, among other limitations.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Min RK
 * Paul Ivanov
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import signal
 import sys
 import time
 
 from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import TerminalIPythonApp, frontend_flags as term_flags
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Dict, List, Unicode, Int, CaselessStrEnum, CBool, Any
 )
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn,error
 
 from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import IPKernelApp
 from IPython.zmq.session import Session, default_secure
 from IPython.zmq.zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 from IPython.frontend.consoleapp import (
         IPythonConsoleApp, app_aliases, app_flags, aliases, app_aliases, flags
     )
 
 from IPython.frontend.terminal.console.interactiveshell import ZMQTerminalInteractiveShell
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _examples = """
 ipython console # start the ZMQ-based console
 ipython console --existing # connect to an existing ipython session
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Flags and Aliases
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # copy flags from mixin:
 flags = dict(flags)
 # start with mixin frontend flags:
 frontend_flags = dict(app_flags)
 # add TerminalIPApp flags:
 frontend_flags.update(term_flags)
 # pylab is not frontend-specific in two-process IPython
 frontend_flags.pop('pylab')
 # disable quick startup, as it won't propagate to the kernel anyway
 frontend_flags.pop('quick')
 # update full dict with frontend flags:
 flags.update(frontend_flags)
 
 # copy flags from mixin
 aliases = dict(aliases)
 # start with mixin frontend flags
 frontend_aliases = dict(app_aliases)
 # load updated frontend flags into full dict
 aliases.update(frontend_aliases)
 
 # get flags&aliases into sets, and remove a couple that
 # shouldn't be scrubbed from backend flags:
 frontend_aliases = set(frontend_aliases.keys())
 frontend_flags = set(frontend_flags.keys())
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class ZMQTerminalIPythonApp(TerminalIPythonApp, IPythonConsoleApp):
     name = "ipython-console"
     """Start a terminal frontend to the IPython zmq kernel."""
 
     description = """
         The IPython terminal-based Console.
 
         This launches a Console application inside a terminal.
 
         The Console supports various extra features beyond the traditional
         single-process Terminal IPython shell, such as connecting to an
         existing ipython session, via:
 
             ipython console --existing
 
         where the previous session could have been created by another ipython
         console, an ipython qtconsole, or by opening an ipython notebook.
 
     """
     examples = _examples
 
     classes = List([IPKernelApp, ZMQTerminalInteractiveShell, Session])
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
+    frontend_aliases = Any(frontend_aliases)
+    frontend_flags = Any(frontend_flags)
+    
     subcommands = Dict()
 
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         super(ZMQTerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
-        self.swallow_args(frontend_aliases,frontend_flags,argv=argv)
+        self.build_kernel_argv(argv)
 
     def init_shell(self):
         IPythonConsoleApp.initialize(self)
         # relay sigint to kernel
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.handle_sigint)
         self.shell = ZMQTerminalInteractiveShell.instance(config=self.config,
                         display_banner=False, profile_dir=self.profile_dir,
                         ipython_dir=self.ipython_dir, kernel_manager=self.kernel_manager)
 
     def handle_sigint(self, *args):
         if self.shell._executing:
             if self.kernel_manager.has_kernel:
                 # interrupt already gets passed to subprocess by signal handler.
                 # Only if we prevent that should we need to explicitly call
                 # interrupt_kernel, until which time, this would result in a 
                 # double-interrupt:
                 # self.kernel_manager.interrupt_kernel()
                 pass
             else:
                 self.shell.write_err('\n')
                 error("Cannot interrupt kernels we didn't start.\n")
         else:
             # raise the KeyboardInterrupt if we aren't waiting for execution,
             # so that the interact loop advances, and prompt is redrawn, etc.
             raise KeyboardInterrupt
             
 
     def init_code(self):
         # no-op in the frontend, code gets run in the backend
         pass
 
 def launch_new_instance():
     """Create and run a full blown IPython instance"""
     app = ZMQTerminalIPythonApp.instance()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     launch_new_instance()
 

IPython/lib/kernel.py

@@ -1,255 +1,315 b''
 """Utilities for connecting to kernels
 
 Authors:
 
 * Min Ragan-Kelley
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 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 glob
 import json
 import os
 import sys
 from getpass import getpass
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 
 # external imports
 from IPython.external.ssh import tunnel
 
 # IPython imports
 from IPython.core.profiledir import ProfileDir
 from IPython.utils.path import filefind, get_ipython_dir
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def get_connection_file(app=None):
     """Return the path to the connection file of an app
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     app : KernelApp instance [optional]
         If unspecified, the currently running app will be used
     """
     if app is None:
         from IPython.zmq.kernelapp import KernelApp
         if not KernelApp.initialized():
             raise RuntimeError("app not specified, and not in a running Kernel")
 
         app = KernelApp.instance()
     return filefind(app.connection_file, ['.', app.profile_dir.security_dir])
 
 def find_connection_file(filename, profile=None):
     """find a connection file, and return its absolute path.
     
     The current working directory and the profile's security
     directory will be searched for the file if it is not given by
     absolute path.
     
     If profile is unspecified, then the current running application's
     profile will be used, or 'default', if not run from IPython.
     
     If the argument does not match an existing file, it will be interpreted as a
     fileglob, and the matching file in the profile's security dir with
     the latest access time will be used.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     filename : str
         The connection file or fileglob to search for.
     profile : str [optional]
         The name of the profile to use when searching for the connection file,
         if different from the current IPython session or 'default'.
     
     Returns
     -------
     str : The absolute path of the connection file.
     """
     from IPython.core.application import BaseIPythonApplication as IPApp
     try:
         # quick check for absolute path, before going through logic
         return filefind(filename)
     except IOError:
         pass
     
     if profile is None:
         # profile unspecified, check if running from an IPython app
         if IPApp.initialized():
             app = IPApp.instance()
             profile_dir = app.profile_dir
         else:
             # not running in IPython, use default profile
             profile_dir = ProfileDir.find_profile_dir_by_name(get_ipython_dir(), 'default')
     else:
         # find profiledir by profile name:
         profile_dir = ProfileDir.find_profile_dir_by_name(get_ipython_dir(), profile)
     security_dir = profile_dir.security_dir
     
     try:
         # first, try explicit name
         return filefind(filename, ['.', security_dir])
     except IOError:
         pass
     
     # not found by full name
     
     if '*' in filename:
         # given as a glob already
         pat = filename
     else:
         # accept any substring match
         pat = '*%s*' % filename
     matches = glob.glob( os.path.join(security_dir, pat) )
     if not matches:
         raise IOError("Could not find %r in %r" % (filename, security_dir))
     elif len(matches) == 1:
         return matches[0]
     else:
         # get most recent match, by access time:
         return sorted(matches, key=lambda f: os.stat(f).st_atime)[-1]
 
 def get_connection_info(connection_file=None, unpack=False, profile=None):
     """Return the connection information for the current Kernel.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     connection_file : str [optional]
         The connection file to be used. Can be given by absolute path, or
         IPython will search in the security directory of a given profile.
         If run from IPython, 
         
         If unspecified, the connection file for the currently running
         IPython Kernel will be used, which is only allowed from inside a kernel.
     unpack : bool [default: False]
         if True, return the unpacked dict, otherwise just the string contents
         of the file.
     profile : str [optional]
         The name of the profile to use when searching for the connection file,
         if different from the current IPython session or 'default'.
         
     
     Returns
     -------
     The connection dictionary of the current kernel, as string or dict,
     depending on `unpack`.
     """
     if connection_file is None:
         # get connection file from current kernel
         cf = get_connection_file()
     else:
         # connection file specified, allow shortnames:
         cf = find_connection_file(connection_file, profile=profile)
     
     with open(cf) as f:
         info = f.read()
     
     if unpack:
         info = json.loads(info)
         # ensure key is bytes:
         info['key'] = str_to_bytes(info.get('key', ''))
     return info
 
 def connect_qtconsole(connection_file=None, argv=None, profile=None):
     """Connect a qtconsole to the current kernel.
     
     This is useful for connecting a second qtconsole to a kernel, or to a
     local notebook.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     connection_file : str [optional]
         The connection file to be used. Can be given by absolute path, or
         IPython will search in the security directory of a given profile.
         If run from IPython, 
         
         If unspecified, the connection file for the currently running
         IPython Kernel will be used, which is only allowed from inside a kernel.
     argv : list [optional]
         Any extra args to be passed to the console.
     profile : str [optional]
         The name of the profile to use when searching for the connection file,
         if different from the current IPython session or 'default'.
     
     
     Returns
     -------
     subprocess.Popen instance running the qtconsole frontend
     """
     argv = [] if argv is None else argv
     
     if connection_file is None:
         # get connection file from current kernel
         cf = get_connection_file()
     else:
         cf = find_connection_file(connection_file, profile=profile)
     
     cmd = ';'.join([
         "from IPython.frontend.qt.console import qtconsoleapp",
         "qtconsoleapp.main()"
     ])
     
     return Popen([sys.executable, '-c', cmd, '--existing', cf] + argv, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
 
 def tunnel_to_kernel(connection_info, sshserver, sshkey=None):
     """tunnel connections to a kernel via ssh
     
     This will open four SSH tunnels from localhost on this machine to the
     ports associated with the kernel.  They can be either direct
     localhost-localhost tunnels, or if an intermediate server is necessary,
     the kernel must be listening on a public IP.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     connection_info : dict or str (path)
         Either a connection dict, or the path to a JSON connection file
     sshserver : str
         The ssh sever to use to tunnel to the kernel. Can be a full
         `user@server:port` string. ssh config aliases are respected.
     sshkey : str [optional]
         Path to file containing ssh key to use for authentication.
         Only necessary if your ssh config does not already associate
         a keyfile with the host.
     
     Returns
     -------
     
     (shell, iopub, stdin, hb) : ints
         The four ports on localhost that have been forwarded to the kernel.
     """
     if isinstance(connection_info, basestring):
         # it's a path, unpack it
         with open(connection_info) as f:
             connection_info = json.loads(f.read())
     
     cf = connection_info
     
     lports = tunnel.select_random_ports(4)
     rports = cf['shell_port'], cf['iopub_port'], cf['stdin_port'], cf['hb_port']
     
     remote_ip = cf['ip']
     
     if tunnel.try_passwordless_ssh(sshserver, sshkey):
         password=False
     else:
         password = getpass("SSH Password for %s: "%sshserver)
     
     for lp,rp in zip(lports, rports):
         tunnel.ssh_tunnel(lp, rp, sshserver, remote_ip, sshkey, password)
     
     return tuple(lports)
     
 
+def swallow_argv(argv, aliases=None, flags=None):
+    """strip frontend-specific aliases and flags from an argument list
+    
+    For use primarily in frontend apps that want to pass a subset of command-line
+    arguments through to a subprocess, where frontend-specific flags and aliases
+    should be removed from the list.
+    
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    
+    argv : list(str)
+        The starting argv, to be filtered
+    aliases : container of aliases (dict, list, set, etc.)
+        The frontend-specific aliases to be removed
+    flags : container of flags (dict, list, set, etc.)
+        The frontend-specific flags to be removed
+    
+    Returns
+    -------
+    
+    argv : list(str)
+        The argv list, excluding flags and aliases that have been stripped
+    """
+    
+    if aliases is None:
+        aliases = set()
+    if flags is None:
+        flags = set()
+    
+    stripped = list(argv) # copy
+    
+    swallow_next = False
+    was_flag = False
+    for a in argv:
+        if swallow_next:
+            swallow_next = False
+            # last arg was an alias, remove the next one
+            # *unless* the last alias has a no-arg flag version, in which
+            # case, don't swallow the next arg if it's also a flag:
+            if not (was_flag and a.startswith('-')):
+                stripped.remove(a)
+                continue
+        if a.startswith('-'):
+            split = a.lstrip('-').split('=')
+            alias = split[0]
+            if alias in aliases:
+                stripped.remove(a)
+                if len(split) == 1:
+                    # alias passed with arg via space
+                    swallow_next = True
+                    # could have been a flag that matches an alias, e.g. `existing`
+                    # in which case, we might not swallow the next arg
+                    was_flag = alias in flags
+            elif alias in flags and len(split) == 1:
+                # strip flag, but don't swallow next, as flags don't take args
+                stripped.remove(a)
+    
+    # return shortened list
+    return stripped
+