Make import_all configurable in InteractiveShellApp

IPython/core/shellapp.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 b' from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag'
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.config.loader import Config
 from IPython.utils.path import filefind
-from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Instance, List
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Instance, List, Bool
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
@@ -133,6 +133,10 b' class InteractiveShellApp(Configurable):'
     code_to_run = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="Execute the given command string."
     )
+    pylab_import_all = Bool(True, config=True,
+        help="""If true, an 'import *' is done from numpy and pylab,
+        when using pylab"""
+    )
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
 
     def init_shell(self):

IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py

@@ -346,7 +346,10 b' class TerminalIPythonApp(BaseIPythonApplication, InteractiveShellApp):'
             try:
                 self.log.info("Enabling GUI event loop integration, "
                               "toolkit=%s, pylab=%s" % (gui, self.pylab) )
-                activate(gui)
+                if self.pylab:
+                    activate(gui, import_all=self.pylab_import_all)
+                else:
+                    activate(gui)
             except:
                 self.log.warn("Error in enabling GUI event loop integration:")
                 self.shell.showtraceback()

IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -623,10 +623,6 b' class IPKernelApp(KernelApp, InteractiveShellApp):'
         selecting a particular matplotlib backend and loop integration.
         """
     )
-    pylab_import_all = Bool(True, config=True,
-        help="""If true, an 'import *' is done from numpy and pylab,
-        when using pylab"""
-    )
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         super(IPKernelApp, self).initialize(argv)
         self.init_shell()