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 =================
 IPython reference
 =================
 
 .. _command_line_options:
 
 Command-line usage
 ==================
 
 You start IPython with the command::
 
     $ ipython [options] files
 
 If invoked with no options, it executes all the files listed in sequence
 and drops you into the interpreter while still acknowledging any options
 you may have set in your ipython_config.py. This behavior is different from
 standard Python, which when called as python -i will only execute one
 file and ignore your configuration setup.
 
 Please note that some of the configuration options are not available at
 the command line, simply because they are not practical here. Look into
 your ipythonrc configuration file for details on those. This file is typically 
 installed in the IPYTHON_DIR directory. For Linux
 users, this will be $HOME/.config/ipython, and for other users it will be
 $HOME/.ipython.  For Windows users, $HOME resolves to C:\\Documents and
 Settings\\YourUserName in most instances.
 
 
 Eventloop integration
 ---------------------
 
 Previously IPython had command line options for controlling GUI event loop
 integration (-gthread, -qthread, -q4thread, -wthread, -pylab). As of IPython
 version 0.11, these have been removed. Please see the new ``%gui``
 magic command or :ref:`this section <gui_support>` for details on the new
 interface, or specify the gui at the commandline::
 
     $ ipython --gui=qt
 
 
 Regular Options
 ---------------
 
 After the above threading options have been given, regular options can
 follow in any order. All options can be abbreviated to their shortest
 non-ambiguous form and are case-sensitive. One or two dashes can be
 used. Some options have an alternate short form, indicated after a ``|``.
 
 Most options can also be set from your ipythonrc configuration file. See
 the provided example for more details on what the options do. Options
 given at the command line override the values set in the ipythonrc file.
 
 All options with a [no] prepended can be specified in negated form
 (--no-option instead of --option) to turn the feature off.
 
     ``-h, --help``  print a help message and exit.
 
     ``--pylab, pylab=<name>``
     See :ref:`Matplotlib support <matplotlib_support>`
     for more details.
 
     ``--autocall=<val>``
 	Make IPython automatically call any callable object even if you
 	didn't type explicit parentheses. For example, 'str 43' becomes
 	'str(43)' automatically. The value can be '0' to disable the feature,
 	'1' for smart autocall, where it is not applied if there are no more
 	arguments on the line, and '2' for full autocall, where all callable
 	objects are automatically called (even if no arguments are
 	present). The default is '1'.
 
     ``--[no-]autoindent``
 	Turn automatic indentation on/off.
 
     ``--[no-]automagic``
 	make magic commands automatic (without needing their first character
 	to be %). Type %magic at the IPython prompt for more information.
 
     ``--[no-]autoedit_syntax``
 	When a syntax error occurs after editing a file, automatically
 	open the file to the trouble causing line for convenient
 	fixing.
 
     ``--[no-]banner``
 	Print the initial information banner (default on).
 
     ``--c=<command>``
 	execute the given command string. This is similar to the -c
 	option in the normal Python interpreter.
 
     ``--cache-size=<n>``
 	size of the output cache (maximum number of entries to hold in
 	memory). The default is 1000, you can change it permanently in your
 	config file. Setting it to 0 completely disables the caching system,
 	and the minimum value accepted is 20 (if you provide a value less than
 	20, it is reset to 0 and a warning is issued) This limit is defined
 	because otherwise you'll spend more time re-flushing a too small cache
 	than working.
 
     ``--classic``
 	Gives IPython a similar feel to the classic Python
 	prompt.
 
     ``--colors=<scheme>``
 	Color scheme for prompts and exception reporting. Currently
 	implemented: NoColor, Linux and LightBG.
 
     ``--[no-]color_info``
 	IPython can display information about objects via a set of functions,
 	and optionally can use colors for this, syntax highlighting source
 	code and various other elements.  However, because this information is
 	passed through a pager (like 'less') and many pagers get confused with
 	color codes, this option is off by default. You can test it and turn
 	it on permanently in your ipythonrc file if it works for you. As a
 	reference, the 'less' pager supplied with Mandrake 8.2 works ok, but
 	that in RedHat 7.2 doesn't.
 
 	Test it and turn it on permanently if it works with your
 	system. The magic function %color_info allows you to toggle this
 	interactively for testing.
 
     ``--[no-]debug``
 	Show information about the loading process. Very useful to pin down
 	problems with your configuration files or to get details about
 	session restores.
 
     ``--[no-]deep_reload``
 	IPython can use the deep_reload module which reloads changes in
 	modules recursively (it replaces the reload() function, so you don't
 	need to change anything to use it).  deep_reload() forces a full
 	reload of modules whose code may have changed, which the default
 	reload() function does not.
 
 	When deep_reload is off, IPython will use the normal reload(),
 	but deep_reload will still be available as dreload(). This
 	feature is off by default [which means that you have both
 	normal reload() and dreload()].
 
     ``--editor=<name>``
 	Which editor to use with the %edit command. By default,
 	IPython will honor your EDITOR environment variable (if not
 	set, vi is the Unix default and notepad the Windows one).
 	Since this editor is invoked on the fly by IPython and is
 	meant for editing small code snippets, you may want to use a
 	small, lightweight editor here (in case your default EDITOR is
 	something like Emacs).
 
     ``--ipython_dir=<name>``
 	name of your IPython configuration directory IPYTHON_DIR. This
 	can also be specified through the environment variable
 	IPYTHON_DIR.
 
     ``--logfile=<name>``
         specify the name of your logfile.
         
         This implies ``%logstart`` at the beginning of your session
         
         generate a log file of all input. The file is named
         ipython_log.py in your current directory (which prevents logs
         from multiple IPython sessions from trampling each other). You
         can use this to later restore a session by loading your
         logfile with ``ipython --i ipython_log.py``
 
     ``--logplay=<name>``
     
       NOT AVAILABLE in 0.11
 
       you can replay a previous log. For restoring a session as close as
       possible to the state you left it in, use this option (don't just run
       the logfile). With -logplay, IPython will try to reconstruct the
       previous working environment in full, not just execute the commands in
       the logfile.
 
       When a session is restored, logging is automatically turned on
       again with the name of the logfile it was invoked with (it is
       read from the log header). So once you've turned logging on for
       a session, you can quit IPython and reload it as many times as
       you want and it will continue to log its history and restore
       from the beginning every time.
       
       Caveats: there are limitations in this option. The history
       variables _i*,_* and _dh don't get restored properly. In the
       future we will try to implement full session saving by writing
       and retrieving a 'snapshot' of the memory state of IPython. But
       our first attempts failed because of inherent limitations of
       Python's Pickle module, so this may have to wait.
 
     ``--[no-]messages``
 	Print messages which IPython collects about its startup
 	process (default on).
 
     ``--[no-]pdb``
 	Automatically call the pdb debugger after every uncaught
 	exception. If you are used to debugging using pdb, this puts
 	you automatically inside of it after any call (either in
 	IPython or in code called by it) which triggers an exception
 	which goes uncaught.
 
     ``--[no-]pprint``
 	ipython can optionally use the pprint (pretty printer) module
 	for displaying results. pprint tends to give a nicer display
 	of nested data structures. If you like it, you can turn it on
 	permanently in your config file (default off).
 
     ``--profile=<name>``
 
 	Select the IPython profile by name.
     
 	This is a quick way to keep and load multiple
 	config files for different tasks, especially if you use the
 	include option of config files. You can keep a basic
 	:file:`IPYTHON_DIR/profile_default/ipython_config.py` file 
 	and then have other 'profiles' which
 	include this one and load extra things for particular
 	tasks. For example:
 
 	1. $IPYTHON_DIR/profile_default : load basic things you always want.
 	2. $IPYTHON_DIR/profile_math : load (1) and basic math-related modules.
 	3. $IPYTHON_DIR/profile_numeric : load (1) and Numeric and plotting modules.
 
 	Since it is possible to create an endless loop by having
 	circular file inclusions, IPython will stop if it reaches 15
 	recursive inclusions.
 
     ``InteractiveShell.prompt_in1=<string>``
 
 	Specify the string used for input prompts. Note that if you are using
 	numbered prompts, the number is represented with a '\#' in the
 	string. Don't forget to quote strings with spaces embedded in
 	them. Default: 'In [\#]:'.  The :ref:`prompts section <prompts>`
 	discusses in detail all the available escapes to customize your
 	prompts.
 
     ``InteractiveShell.prompt_in2=<string>``
 	Similar to the previous option, but used for the continuation
 	prompts. The special sequence '\D' is similar to '\#', but
 	with all digits replaced dots (so you can have your
 	continuation prompt aligned with your input prompt).  Default:
 	' .\D.:' (note three spaces at the start for alignment with
 	'In [\#]').
 
     ``InteractiveShell.prompt_out=<string>``
 	String used for output prompts, also uses numbers like
 	prompt_in1. Default: 'Out[\#]:'
 
     ``--quick``
         start in bare bones mode (no config file loaded).
 
     ``config_file=<name>``
 	name of your IPython resource configuration file. Normally
 	IPython loads ipython_config.py (from current directory) or
 	IPYTHON_DIR/profile_default.
 
 	If the loading of your config file fails, IPython starts with
 	a bare bones configuration (no modules loaded at all).
 
     ``--[no-]readline``
 	use the readline library, which is needed to support name
 	completion and command history, among other things.  It is
 	enabled by default, but may cause problems for users of
 	X/Emacs in Python comint or shell buffers.
 
 	Note that X/Emacs 'eterm' buffers (opened with M-x term) support
 	IPython's readline and syntax coloring fine, only 'emacs' (M-x
 	shell and C-c !) buffers do not.
 
     ``--TerminalInteractiveShell.screen_length=<n>``
 	number of lines of your screen. This is used to control
 	printing of very long strings. Strings longer than this number
 	of lines will be sent through a pager instead of directly
 	printed.
 
 	The default value for this is 0, which means IPython will
 	auto-detect your screen size every time it needs to print certain
 	potentially long strings (this doesn't change the behavior of the
 	'print' keyword, it's only triggered internally). If for some
 	reason this isn't working well (it needs curses support), specify
 	it yourself. Otherwise don't change the default.
 
     ``--TerminalInteractiveShell.separate_in=<string>``
 
 	separator before input prompts.
 	Default: '\n'
 
     ``--TerminalInteractiveShell.separate_out=<string>``
         separator before output prompts.
         Default: nothing.
 
     ``--TerminalInteractiveShell.separate_out2=<string>``
 	separator after output prompts.
 	Default: nothing.
 	For these three options, use the value 0 to specify no separator.
 
     ``--nosep``
 	shorthand for setting the above separators to empty strings.
 	
 	Simply removes all input/output separators.
 
     ``--init``
 	allows you to initialize a profile dir for configuration when you
 	install a new version of IPython or want to use a new profile.
 	Since new versions may include new command line options or example
 	files, this copies updated config files. Note that you should probably
 	use %upgrade instead,it's a safer alternative.
 
     ``--version``    print version information and exit.
 
     ``--xmode=<modename>``
 
 	Mode for exception reporting.
 
 	Valid modes: Plain, Context and Verbose.
 
 	* Plain: similar to python's normal traceback printing.
 	* Context: prints 5 lines of context source code around each
 	  line in the traceback.
 	* Verbose: similar to Context, but additionally prints the
 	  variables currently visible where the exception happened
 	  (shortening their strings if too long). This can potentially be
 	  very slow, if you happen to have a huge data structure whose
 	  string representation is complex to compute. Your computer may
 	  appear to freeze for a while with cpu usage at 100%. If this
 	  occurs, you can cancel the traceback with Ctrl-C (maybe hitting it
 	  more than once).
 
 Interactive use
 ===============
 
-IPython is meant to work as a drop-in
-replacement for the standard interactive interpreter. As such, any code
-which is valid python should execute normally under IPython (cases where
-this is not true should be reported as bugs). It does, however, offer
-many features which are not available at a standard python prompt. What
-follows is a list of these.
+IPython is meant to work as a drop-in replacement for the standard interactive
+interpreter. As such, any code which is valid python should execute normally
+under IPython (cases where this is not true should be reported as bugs). It
+does, however, offer many features which are not available at a standard python
+prompt. What follows is a list of these.
 
 
 Caution for Windows users
 -------------------------
 
-Windows, unfortunately, uses the '\\' character as a path
-separator. This is a terrible choice, because '\\' also represents the
-escape character in most modern programming languages, including
-Python. For this reason, using '/' character is recommended if you
-have problems with ``\``.  However, in Windows commands '/' flags
-options, so you can not use it for the root directory. This means that
-paths beginning at the root must be typed in a contrived manner like:
-``%copy \opt/foo/bar.txt \tmp``
+Windows, unfortunately, uses the '\\' character as a path separator. This is a
+terrible choice, because '\\' also represents the escape character in most
+modern programming languages, including Python. For this reason, using '/'
+character is recommended if you have problems with ``\``.  However, in Windows
+commands '/' flags options, so you can not use it for the root directory. This
+means that paths beginning at the root must be typed in a contrived manner
+like: ``%copy \opt/foo/bar.txt \tmp``
 
 .. _magic:
 
 Magic command system
 --------------------
 
 IPython will treat any line whose first character is a % as a special
 call to a 'magic' function. These allow you to control the behavior of
 IPython itself, plus a lot of system-type features. They are all
 prefixed with a % character, but parameters are given without
 parentheses or quotes.
 
 Example: typing ``%cd mydir`` changes your working directory to 'mydir', if it
 exists.
 
 If you have 'automagic' enabled (as it by default), you don't need
 to type in the % explicitly. IPython will scan its internal list of
 magic functions and call one if it exists. With automagic on you can
 then just type ``cd mydir`` to go to directory 'mydir'. The automagic
 system has the lowest possible precedence in name searches, so defining
 an identifier with the same name as an existing magic function will
 shadow it for automagic use. You can still access the shadowed magic
 function by explicitly using the % character at the beginning of the line.
 
 An example (with automagic on) should clarify all this:
 
 .. sourcecode:: ipython
 
     In [1]: cd ipython # %cd is called by automagic
 
     /home/fperez/ipython
 
     In [2]: cd=1 # now cd is just a variable
 
     In [3]: cd .. # and doesn't work as a function anymore
 
     ------------------------------
 
         File "<console>", line 1
 
           cd ..
 
               ^
 
     SyntaxError: invalid syntax
 
     In [4]: %cd .. # but %cd always works
 
     /home/fperez
 
     In [5]: del cd # if you remove the cd variable
 
     In [6]: cd ipython # automagic can work again
 
     /home/fperez/ipython
 
 You can define your own magic functions to extend the system. The
 following example defines a new magic command, %impall:
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     ip = get_ipython()
 
     def doimp(self, arg):
 
         ip = self.api
 
         ip.ex("import %s; reload(%s); from %s import *" % (
 
         arg,arg,arg)
 
         )
 
     ip.expose_magic('impall', doimp)
 
-Type %magic for more information, including a list of all available
-magic functions at any time and their docstrings. You can also type
-%magic_function_name? (see sec. 6.4 <#sec:dyn-object-info> for
-information on the '?' system) to get information about any particular
-magic function you are interested in.
+Type `%magic` for more information, including a list of all available magic
+functions at any time and their docstrings. You can also type
+%magic_function_name? (see :ref:`below <dynamic_object_info` for information on
+the '?' system) to get information about any particular magic function you are
+interested in.
 
 The API documentation for the :mod:`IPython.core.magic` module contains the full
 docstrings of all currently available magic commands.
 
 
 Access to the standard Python help
 ----------------------------------
 
 As of Python 2.1, a help system is available with access to object docstrings
 and the Python manuals. Simply type 'help' (no quotes) to access it. You can
 also type help(object) to obtain information about a given object, and
 help('keyword') for information on a keyword. As noted :ref:`here
 <accessing_help>`, you need to properly configure your environment variable
 PYTHONDOCS for this feature to work correctly.
 
 .. _dynamic_object_info:
 
 Dynamic object information
 --------------------------
 
-Typing ?word or word? prints detailed information about an object. If
-certain strings in the object are too long (docstrings, code, etc.) they
-get snipped in the center for brevity. This system gives access variable
-types and values, full source code for any object (if available),
-function prototypes and other useful information.
+Typing ``?word`` or ``word?`` prints detailed information about an object. If
+certain strings in the object are too long (docstrings, code, etc.) they get
+snipped in the center for brevity. This system gives access variable types and
+values, full source code for any object (if available), function prototypes and
+other useful information.
 
-Typing ??word or word?? gives access to the full information without
+Typing ``??word`` or ``word??`` gives access to the full information without
 snipping long strings. Long strings are sent to the screen through the
 less pager if longer than the screen and printed otherwise. On systems
 lacking the less command, IPython uses a very basic internal pager.
 
 The following magic functions are particularly useful for gathering
 information about your working environment. You can get more details by
-typing %magic or querying them individually (use %function_name? with or
+typing ``%magic`` or querying them individually (use %function_name? with or
 without the %), this is just a summary:
 
     * **%pdoc <object>**: Print (or run through a pager if too long) the
       docstring for an object. If the given object is a class, it will
       print both the class and the constructor docstrings.
     * **%pdef <object>**: Print the definition header for any callable
       object. If the object is a class, print the constructor information.
     * **%psource <object>**: Print (or run through a pager if too long)
       the source code for an object.
     * **%pfile <object>**: Show the entire source file where an object was
       defined via a pager, opening it at the line where the object
       definition begins.
     * **%who/%whos**: These functions give information about identifiers
       you have defined interactively (not things you loaded or defined
       in your configuration files). %who just prints a list of
       identifiers and %whos prints a table with some basic details about
       each identifier.
 
-Note that the dynamic object information functions (?/??, %pdoc, %pfile,
-%pdef, %psource) give you access to documentation even on things which
-are not really defined as separate identifiers. Try for example typing
-{}.get? or after doing import os, type os.path.abspath??.
-
+Note that the dynamic object information functions (?/??, ``%pdoc``,
+``%pfile``, ``%pdef``, ``%psource``) give you access to documentation even on
+things which are not really defined as separate identifiers. Try for example
+typing {}.get? or after doing import os, type ``os.path.abspath??``.
 
 .. _readline:
 
 Readline-based features
 -----------------------
 
-These features require the GNU readline library, so they won't work if
-your Python installation lacks readline support. We will first describe
-the default behavior IPython uses, and then how to change it to suit
-your preferences.
+These features require the GNU readline library, so they won't work if your
+Python installation lacks readline support. We will first describe the default
+behavior IPython uses, and then how to change it to suit your preferences.
 
 
 Command line completion
 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 At any time, hitting TAB will complete any available python commands or
 variable names, and show you a list of the possible completions if
 there's no unambiguous one. It will also complete filenames in the
 current directory if no python names match what you've typed so far.
 
 
 Search command history
 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 IPython provides two ways for searching through previous input and thus
 reduce the need for repetitive typing:
 
    1. Start typing, and then use Ctrl-p (previous,up) and Ctrl-n
       (next,down) to search through only the history items that match
       what you've typed so far. If you use Ctrl-p/Ctrl-n at a blank
       prompt, they just behave like normal arrow keys.
    2. Hit Ctrl-r: opens a search prompt. Begin typing and the system
       searches your history for lines that contain what you've typed so
       far, completing as much as it can.
 
 
 Persistent command history across sessions
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 IPython will save your input history when it leaves and reload it next
 time you restart it. By default, the history file is named
 $IPYTHON_DIR/profile_<name>/history.sqlite. This allows you to keep
 separate histories related to various tasks: commands related to
 numerical work will not be clobbered by a system shell history, for
 example.
 
 
 Autoindent
 ++++++++++
 
 IPython can recognize lines ending in ':' and indent the next line,
 while also un-indenting automatically after 'raise' or 'return'.
 
-This feature uses the readline library, so it will honor your ~/.inputrc
-configuration (or whatever file your INPUTRC variable points to). Adding
-the following lines to your .inputrc file can make indenting/unindenting
-more convenient (M-i indents, M-u unindents)::
+This feature uses the readline library, so it will honor your
+:file:`~/.inputrc` configuration (or whatever file your INPUTRC variable points
+to). Adding the following lines to your :file:`.inputrc` file can make
+indenting/unindenting more convenient (M-i indents, M-u unindents)::
 
     $if Python 
     "\M-i": "    "  
     "\M-u": "\d\d\d\d"  
     $endif
 
 Note that there are 4 spaces between the quote marks after "M-i" above.
 
 .. warning::
 
-    Setting the above indents will cause problems with unicode text entry in the terminal.
+    Setting the above indents will cause problems with unicode text entry in
+    the terminal.
 
 .. warning::
 
-    Autoindent is ON by default, but it can cause problems with
-    the pasting of multi-line indented code (the pasted code gets
-    re-indented on each line). A magic function %autoindent allows you to
-    toggle it on/off at runtime. You can also disable it permanently on in
-    your :file:`ipython_config.py` file (set TerminalInteractiveShell.autoindent=False).
+    Autoindent is ON by default, but it can cause problems with the pasting of
+    multi-line indented code (the pasted code gets re-indented on each line). A
+    magic function %autoindent allows you to toggle it on/off at runtime. You
+    can also disable it permanently on in your :file:`ipython_config.py` file
+    (set TerminalInteractiveShell.autoindent=False).
     
-    If you want to paste multiple lines, it is recommended that you use ``%paste``.
+    If you want to paste multiple lines, it is recommended that you use
+    ``%paste``.
 
 
 Customizing readline behavior
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 All these features are based on the GNU readline library, which has an
 extremely customizable interface. Normally, readline is configured via a
 file which defines the behavior of the library; the details of the
 syntax for this can be found in the readline documentation available
 with your system or on the Internet. IPython doesn't read this file (if
 it exists) directly, but it does support passing to readline valid
 options via a simple interface. In brief, you can customize readline by
 setting the following options in your ipythonrc configuration file (note
 that these options can not be specified at the command line):
 
     * **readline_parse_and_bind**: this option can appear as many times as
       you want, each time defining a string to be executed via a
       readline.parse_and_bind() command. The syntax for valid commands
       of this kind can be found by reading the documentation for the GNU
       readline library, as these commands are of the kind which readline
       accepts in its configuration file.
     * **readline_remove_delims**: a string of characters to be removed
       from the default word-delimiters list used by readline, so that
       completions may be performed on strings which contain them. Do not
       change the default value unless you know what you're doing.
     * **readline_omit__names**: when tab-completion is enabled, hitting
       <tab> after a '.' in a name will complete all attributes of an
       object, including all the special methods whose names include
       double underscores (like __getitem__ or __class__). If you'd
       rather not see these names by default, you can set this option to
       1. Note that even when this option is set, you can still see those
       names by explicitly typing a _ after the period and hitting <tab>:
       'name._<tab>' will always complete attribute names starting with '_'.
       
       This option is off by default so that new users see all
       attributes of any objects they are dealing with.
 
 You will find the default values along with a corresponding detailed
 explanation in your ipythonrc file.
 
 
 Session logging and restoring
 -----------------------------
 
 You can log all input from a session either by starting IPython with the
 command line switch ``--logfile=foo.py`` (see :ref:`here <command_line_options>`)
 or by activating the logging at any moment with the magic function %logstart.
 
 Log files can later be reloaded by running them as scripts and IPython
 will attempt to 'replay' the log by executing all the lines in it, thus
 restoring the state of a previous session. This feature is not quite
 perfect, but can still be useful in many cases.
 
 The log files can also be used as a way to have a permanent record of
 any code you wrote while experimenting. Log files are regular text files
 which you can later open in your favorite text editor to extract code or
 to 'clean them up' before using them to replay a session.
 
-The %logstart function for activating logging in mid-session is used as
-follows:
+The `%logstart` function for activating logging in mid-session is used as
+follows::
 
-%logstart [log_name [log_mode]]
+    %logstart [log_name [log_mode]]
 
 If no name is given, it defaults to a file named 'ipython_log.py' in your
 current working 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):
 
     * [over:] overwrite existing log_name.
     * [backup:] rename (if exists) to log_name~ and start log_name.
     * [append:] well, that says it.
     * [rotate:] create rotating logs log_name.1~, log_name.2~, etc.
 
 The %logoff and %logon functions allow you to temporarily stop and
 resume logging to a file which had previously been started with
 %logstart. They will fail (with an explanation) if you try to use them
 before logging has been started.
 
 .. _system_shell_access:
 
 System shell access
 -------------------
 
 Any input line beginning with a ! character is passed verbatim (minus
 the !, of course) to the underlying operating system. For example,
 typing ``!ls`` will run 'ls' in the current directory.
 
 Manual capture of command output
 --------------------------------
 
 If the input line begins with two exclamation marks, !!, the command is
 executed but its output is captured and returned as a python list, split
 on newlines. Any output sent by the subprocess to standard error is
 printed separately, so that the resulting list only captures standard
 output. The !! syntax is a shorthand for the %sx magic command.
 
 Finally, the %sc magic (short for 'shell capture') is similar to %sx,
 but allowing more fine-grained control of the capture details, and
 storing the result directly into a named variable. The direct use of 
 %sc is now deprecated, and you should ise the ``var = !cmd`` syntax
 instead.
 
 IPython also allows you to expand the value of python variables when
 making system calls. Any python variable or expression which you prepend
 with $ will get expanded before the system call is made::
 
     In [1]: pyvar='Hello world' 
     In [2]: !echo "A python variable: $pyvar"  
     A python variable: Hello world
 
 If you want the shell to actually see a literal $, you need to type it
 twice::
 
     In [3]: !echo "A system variable: $$HOME"  
     A system variable: /home/fperez
 
 You can pass arbitrary expressions, though you'll need to delimit them
 with {} if there is ambiguity as to the extent of the expression::
 
     In [5]: x=10 
     In [6]: y=20 
     In [13]: !echo $x+y  
     10+y  
     In [7]: !echo ${x+y}  
     30
 
 Even object attributes can be expanded::
 
     In [12]: !echo $sys.argv  
     [/home/fperez/usr/bin/ipython]
 
 
 System command aliases
 ----------------------
 
 The %alias magic function and the alias option in the ipythonrc
 configuration file allow you to define magic functions which are in fact
 system shell commands. These aliases can have parameters.
 
 ``%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).
 
 You can also define aliases with parameters using %s specifiers (one per
 parameter). The following example defines the %parts function as an
 alias to the command 'echo first %s second %s' where each %s will be
 replaced by a positional parameter to the call to %parts::
 
     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'
 
 If called with no parameters, %alias prints the table of currently
 defined aliases.
 
 The %rehashx magic allows you to load your entire $PATH as
 ipython aliases. See its docstring for further details.
 
 
 .. _dreload:
 
 Recursive reload
 ----------------
 
 The dreload function does a recursive reload of a module: changes made
 to the module since you imported will actually be available without
 having to exit.
 
 
 Verbose and colored exception traceback printouts
 -------------------------------------------------
 
 IPython provides the option to see very detailed exception tracebacks,
 which can be especially useful when debugging large programs. You can
 run any Python file with the %run function to benefit from these
 detailed tracebacks. Furthermore, both normal and verbose tracebacks can
 be colored (if your terminal supports it) which makes them much easier
 to parse visually.
 
 See the magic xmode and colors functions for details (just type %magic).
 
 These features are basically a terminal version of Ka-Ping Yee's cgitb
 module, now part of the standard Python library.
 
 
 .. _input_caching:
 
 Input caching system
 --------------------
 
 IPython offers numbered prompts (In/Out) with input and output caching
 (also referred to as 'input history'). All input is saved and can be 
 retrieved as variables (besides the usual arrow key recall), in 
 addition to the %rep magic command that brings a history entry
 up for editing on the next  command line.
 
 The following GLOBAL variables always exist (so don't overwrite them!):
 
 * _i, _ii, _iii: store previous, next previous and next-next previous inputs.
 * In, _ih : a list of all inputs; _ih[n] is the input from line n. If you
   overwrite In with a variable of your own, you can remake the assignment to the
   internal list with a simple ``In=_ih``.
 
 Additionally, global variables named _i<n> are dynamically created (<n>
 being the prompt counter), so ``_i<n> == _ih[<n>] == In[<n>]``.
 
 For example, what you typed at prompt 14 is available as _i14, _ih[14]
 and In[14].
 
 This allows you to easily cut and paste multi line interactive prompts
 by printing them out: they print like a clean string, without prompt
 characters. You can also manipulate them like regular variables (they
 are strings), modify or exec them (typing ``exec _i9`` will re-execute the
 contents of input prompt 9.
 
 You can also re-execute multiple lines of input easily by using the
 magic %macro function (which automates the process and allows
 re-execution without having to type 'exec' every time). The macro system
 also allows you to re-execute previous lines which include magic
 function calls (which require special processing). Type %macro? for more details
 on the macro system.
 
 A history function %hist allows you to see any part of your input
 history by printing a range of the _i variables.
 
 You can also search ('grep') through your history by typing 
 ``%hist -g somestring``. This is handy for searching for URLs, IP addresses,
 etc. You can bring history entries listed by '%hist -g' up for editing
 with the %recall command, or run them immediately with %rerun.
 
 .. _output_caching:
 
 Output caching system
 ---------------------
 
 For output that is returned from actions, a system similar to the input
 cache exists but using _ instead of _i. Only actions that produce a
 result (NOT assignments, for example) are cached. If you are familiar
 with Mathematica, IPython's _ variables behave exactly like
 Mathematica's % variables.
 
 The following GLOBAL variables always exist (so don't overwrite them!):
 
     * [_] (a single underscore) : stores previous output, like Python's
       default interpreter.
     * [__] (two underscores): next previous.
     * [___] (three underscores): next-next previous.
 
 Additionally, global variables named _<n> are dynamically created (<n>
 being the prompt counter), such that the result of output <n> is always
 available as _<n> (don't use the angle brackets, just the number, e.g.
 _21).
 
 These global variables are all stored in a global dictionary (not a
 list, since it only has entries for lines which returned a result)
 available under the names _oh and Out (similar to _ih and In). So the
 output from line 12 can be obtained as _12, Out[12] or _oh[12]. If you
 accidentally overwrite the Out variable you can recover it by typing
 'Out=_oh' at the prompt.
 
 This system obviously can potentially put heavy memory demands on your
 system, since it prevents Python's garbage collector from removing any
 previously computed results. You can control how many results are kept
 in memory with the option (at the command line or in your ipythonrc
 file) cache_size. If you set it to 0, the whole system is completely
 disabled and the prompts revert to the classic '>>>' of normal Python.
 
 
 Directory history
 -----------------
 
 Your history of visited directories is kept in the global list _dh, and
 the magic %cd command can be used to go to any entry in that list. The
 %dhist command allows you to view this history. Do ``cd -<TAB>`` to
 conveniently view the directory history.
 
 
 Automatic parentheses and quotes
 --------------------------------
 
 These features were adapted from Nathan Gray's LazyPython. They are
 meant to allow less typing for common situations.
 
 
 Automatic parentheses
 ---------------------
 
 Callable objects (i.e. functions, methods, etc) can be invoked like this
 (notice the commas between the arguments)::
 
     >>> callable_ob arg1, arg2, arg3
 
 and the input will be translated to this::
 
     -> callable_ob(arg1, arg2, arg3)
 
 You can force automatic parentheses by using '/' as the first character
 of a line. For example::
 
     >>> /globals # becomes 'globals()'
 
 Note that the '/' MUST be the first character on the line! This won't work::
 
     >>> print /globals # syntax error
 
 In most cases the automatic algorithm should work, so you should rarely
 need to explicitly invoke /. One notable exception is if you are trying
 to call a function with a list of tuples as arguments (the parenthesis
 will confuse IPython)::
 
     In [1]: zip (1,2,3),(4,5,6) # won't work
 
 but this will work::
 
     In [2]: /zip (1,2,3),(4,5,6) 
     ---> zip ((1,2,3),(4,5,6))  
     Out[2]= [(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)]
 
 IPython tells you that it has altered your command line by displaying
 the new command line preceded by ->. e.g.::
 
     In [18]: callable list 
     ----> callable (list)
 
 
 Automatic quoting
 -----------------
 
 You can force automatic quoting of a function's arguments by using ','
 or ';' as the first character of a line. For example::
 
     >>> ,my_function /home/me # becomes my_function("/home/me")
 
 If you use ';' instead, the whole argument is quoted as a single string
 (while ',' splits on whitespace)::
 
     >>> ,my_function a b c # becomes my_function("a","b","c")
 
     >>> ;my_function a b c # becomes my_function("a b c")
 
 Note that the ',' or ';' MUST be the first character on the line! This
 won't work::
 
     >>> x = ,my_function /home/me # syntax error
 
 IPython as your default Python environment
 ==========================================
 
 Python honors the environment variable PYTHONSTARTUP and will execute at
 startup the file referenced by this variable. If you put at the end of
 this file the following two lines of code::
 
     from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import launch_new_instance
     launch_new_instance()
     raise SystemExit
 
 then IPython will be your working environment anytime you start Python.
 The ``raise SystemExit`` is needed to exit Python when
 it finishes, otherwise you'll be back at the normal Python '>>>'
 prompt.
 
 This is probably useful to developers who manage multiple Python
 versions and don't want to have correspondingly multiple IPython
 versions. Note that in this mode, there is no way to pass IPython any
 command-line options, as those are trapped first by Python itself.
 
 .. _Embedding:
 
 Embedding IPython
 =================
 
 It is possible to start an IPython instance inside your own Python
 programs. This allows you to evaluate dynamically the state of your
 code, operate with your variables, analyze them, etc. Note however that
 any changes you make to values while in the shell do not propagate back
 to the running code, so it is safe to modify your values because you
 won't break your code in bizarre ways by doing so.
 
 This feature allows you to easily have a fully functional python
 environment for doing object introspection anywhere in your code with a
 simple function call. In some cases a simple print statement is enough,
 but if you need to do more detailed analysis of a code fragment this
 feature can be very valuable.
 
 It can also be useful in scientific computing situations where it is
 common to need to do some automatic, computationally intensive part and
 then stop to look at data, plots, etc.
 Opening an IPython instance will give you full access to your data and
 functions, and you can resume program execution once you are done with
 the interactive part (perhaps to stop again later, as many times as
 needed).
 
 The following code snippet is the bare minimum you need to include in
 your Python programs for this to work (detailed examples follow later)::
 
     from IPython import embed
 
     embed() # this call anywhere in your program will start IPython
 
 You can run embedded instances even in code which is itself being run at
 the IPython interactive prompt with '%run <filename>'. Since it's easy
 to get lost as to where you are (in your top-level IPython or in your
 embedded one), it's a good idea in such cases to set the in/out prompts
 to something different for the embedded instances. The code examples
 below illustrate this.
 
 You can also have multiple IPython instances in your program and open
 them separately, for example with different options for data
 presentation. If you close and open the same instance multiple times,
 its prompt counters simply continue from each execution to the next.
 
 Please look at the docstrings in the :mod:`~IPython.frontend.terminal.embed` 
 module for more details on the use of this system.
 
 The following sample file illustrating how to use the embedding
 functionality is provided in the examples directory as example-embed.py.
 It should be fairly self-explanatory:
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/core/example-embed.py
     :language: python
 
 Once you understand how the system functions, you can use the following
 code fragments in your programs which are ready for cut and paste:
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/core/example-embed-short.py
     :language: python
 
 Using the Python debugger (pdb)
 ===============================
 
 Running entire programs via pdb
 -------------------------------
 
 pdb, the Python debugger, is a powerful interactive debugger which
 allows you to step through code, set breakpoints, watch variables,
 etc.  IPython makes it very easy to start any script under the control
 of pdb, regardless of whether you have wrapped it into a 'main()'
 function or not. For this, simply type '%run -d myscript' at an
 IPython prompt. See the %run command's documentation (via '%run?' or
 in Sec. magic_ for more details, including how to control where pdb
 will stop execution first.
 
 For more information on the use of the pdb debugger, read the included
 pdb.doc file (part of the standard Python distribution). On a stock
 Linux system it is located at /usr/lib/python2.3/pdb.doc, but the
 easiest way to read it is by using the help() function of the pdb module
 as follows (in an IPython prompt)::
 
     In [1]: import pdb
     In [2]: pdb.help()
 
 This will load the pdb.doc document in a file viewer for you automatically.
 
 
 Automatic invocation of pdb on exceptions
 -----------------------------------------
 
 IPython, if started with the -pdb option (or if the option is set in
 your rc file) can call the Python pdb debugger every time your code
 triggers an uncaught exception. This feature
 can also be toggled at any time with the %pdb magic command. This can be
 extremely useful in order to find the origin of subtle bugs, because pdb
 opens up at the point in your code which triggered the exception, and
 while your program is at this point 'dead', all the data is still
 available and you can walk up and down the stack frame and understand
 the origin of the problem.
 
 Furthermore, you can use these debugging facilities both with the
 embedded IPython mode and without IPython at all. For an embedded shell
 (see sec. Embedding_), simply call the constructor with
 '--pdb' in the argument string and automatically pdb will be called if an
 uncaught exception is triggered by your code.
 
 For stand-alone use of the feature in your programs which do not use
 IPython at all, put the following lines toward the top of your 'main'
 routine::
 
     import sys
     from IPython.core import ultratb
     sys.excepthook = ultratb.FormattedTB(mode='Verbose',
     color_scheme='Linux', call_pdb=1)
 
 The mode keyword can be either 'Verbose' or 'Plain', giving either very
 detailed or normal tracebacks respectively. The color_scheme keyword can
 be one of 'NoColor', 'Linux' (default) or 'LightBG'. These are the same
 options which can be set in IPython with -colors and -xmode.
 
 This will give any of your programs detailed, colored tracebacks with
 automatic invocation of pdb.
 
 
 Extensions for syntax processing
 ================================
 
 This isn't for the faint of heart, because the potential for breaking
 things is quite high. But it can be a very powerful and useful feature.
 In a nutshell, you can redefine the way IPython processes the user input
 line to accept new, special extensions to the syntax without needing to
 change any of IPython's own code.
 
 In the IPython/extensions directory you will find some examples
 supplied, which we will briefly describe now. These can be used 'as is'
 (and both provide very useful functionality), or you can use them as a
 starting point for writing your own extensions.
 
 
 Pasting of code starting with '>>> ' or '... '
 ----------------------------------------------
 
 In the python tutorial it is common to find code examples which have
 been taken from real python sessions. The problem with those is that all
 the lines begin with either '>>> ' or '... ', which makes it impossible
 to paste them all at once. One must instead do a line by line manual
 copying, carefully removing the leading extraneous characters.
 
 This extension identifies those starting characters and removes them
 from the input automatically, so that one can paste multi-line examples
 directly into IPython, saving a lot of time. Please look at the file
 InterpreterPasteInput.py in the IPython/extensions directory for details
 on how this is done.
 
 IPython comes with a special profile enabling this feature, called
 tutorial. Simply start IPython via 'ipython -p tutorial' and the feature
 will be available. In a normal IPython session you can activate the
 feature by importing the corresponding module with:
 In [1]: import IPython.extensions.InterpreterPasteInput
 
 The following is a 'screenshot' of how things work when this extension
 is on, copying an example from the standard tutorial::
 
     IPython profile: tutorial 
 
     *** Pasting of code with ">>>" or "..." has been enabled. 
 
     In [1]: >>> def fib2(n): # return Fibonacci series up to n 
        ...: ...     """Return a list containing the Fibonacci series up to
     n.""" 
        ...: ...     result = [] 
        ...: ...     a, b = 0, 1 
        ...: ...     while b < n: 
        ...: ...         result.append(b)    # see below 
        ...: ...         a, b = b, a+b 
        ...: ...     return result 
        ...: 
 
     In [2]: fib2(10) 
     Out[2]: [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8]
 
 Note that as currently written, this extension does not recognize
 IPython's prompts for pasting. Those are more complicated, since the
 user can change them very easily, they involve numbers and can vary in
 length. One could however extract all the relevant information from the
 IPython instance and build an appropriate regular expression. This is
 left as an exercise for the reader.
 
 .. _gui_support:
 
 GUI event loop support
 ======================
 
 .. versionadded:: 0.11
     The ``%gui`` magic and :mod:`IPython.lib.inputhook`.
 
 IPython has excellent support for working interactively with Graphical User
 Interface (GUI) toolkits, such as wxPython, PyQt4, PyGTK and Tk. This is
 implemented using Python's builtin ``PyOSInputHook`` hook. This implementation
 is extremely robust compared to our previous thread-based version. The
 advantages of this are:
 
 * GUIs can be enabled and disabled dynamically at runtime.
 * The active GUI can be switched dynamically at runtime.
 * In some cases, multiple GUIs can run simultaneously with no problems.
 * There is a developer API in :mod:`IPython.lib.inputhook` for customizing 
   all of these things.
 
 For users, enabling GUI event loop integration is simple.  You simple use the
 ``%gui`` magic as follows::
 
     %gui [GUINAME]
 
 With no arguments, ``%gui`` removes all GUI support.  Valid ``GUINAME``
 arguments are ``wx``, ``qt4``, ``gtk`` and ``tk``.
 
 Thus, to use wxPython interactively and create a running :class:`wx.App`
 object, do::
 
     %gui wx
 
 For information on IPython's Matplotlib integration (and the ``pylab`` mode)
 see :ref:`this section <matplotlib_support>`.
 
 For developers that want to use IPython's GUI event loop integration in
 the form of a library, these capabilities are exposed in library form
 in the :mod:`IPython.lib.inputhook`.  Interested developers should see the
 module docstrings for more information, but there are a few points that
 should be mentioned here.
 
 First, the ``PyOSInputHook`` approach only works in command line settings 
 where readline is activated.
 
 Second, when using the ``PyOSInputHook`` approach, a GUI application should
 *not* start its event loop. Instead all of this is handled by the
 ``PyOSInputHook``. This means that applications that are meant to be used both
 in IPython and as standalone apps need to have special code to detects how the
 application is being run. We highly recommend using IPython's
 :func:`enable_foo` functions for this. Here is a simple example that shows the
 recommended code that should be at the bottom of a wxPython using GUI
 application::
 
   try:
       from IPython.lib.inputhook import enable_wx
       enable_wx(app)
   except ImportError:
       app.MainLoop()
 
 This pattern should be used instead of the simple ``app.MainLoop()`` code
 that a standalone wxPython application would have.
 
 Third, unlike previous versions of IPython, we no longer "hijack" (replace
 them with no-ops) the event loops. This is done to allow applications that
 actually need to run the real event loops to do so. This is often needed to
 process pending events at critical points.
 
 Finally, we also have a number of examples in our source directory
 :file:`docs/examples/lib` that demonstrate these capabilities.
 
 PyQt and PySide
 ---------------
 
 .. attempt at explanation of the complete mess that is Qt support
 
 When you use ``--gui=qt`` or ``--pylab=qt``, IPython can work with either
 PyQt4 or PySide.  There are three options for configuration here, because
 PyQt4 has two APIs for QString and QVariant - v1, which is the default on
 Python 2, and the more natural v2, which is the only API supported by PySide.
 v2 is also the default for PyQt4 on Python 3.  IPython's code for the QtConsole
 uses v2, but you can still use any interface in your code, since the
 Qt frontend is in a different process.
 
 The default will be to import PyQt4 without configuration of the APIs, thus
 matching what most applications would expect. It will fall back of PySide if
 PyQt4 is unavailable.
 
 If specified, IPython will respect the environment variable ``QT_API`` used
 by ETS.  ETS 4.0 also works with both PyQt4 and PySide, but it requires
 PyQt4 to use its v2 API.  So if ``QT_API=pyside`` PySide will be used,
 and if ``QT_API=pyqt`` then PyQt4 will be used *with the v2 API* for
 QString and QVariant, so ETS codes like MayaVi will also work with IPython.
 
 If you launch IPython in pylab mode with ``ipython --pylab=qt``, then IPython
 will ask matplotlib which Qt library to use (only if QT_API is *not set*), via
 the 'backend.qt4' rcParam.  If matplotlib is version 1.0.1 or older, then
 IPython will always use PyQt4 without setting the v2 APIs, since neither v2
 PyQt nor PySide work.
 
 .. warning::
 
     Note that this means for ETS 4 to work with PyQt4, ``QT_API`` *must* be set
     to work with IPython's qt integration, because otherwise PyQt4 will be
     loaded in an incompatible mode.
     
     It also means that you must *not* have ``QT_API`` set if you want to
     use ``--gui=qt`` with code that requires PyQt4 API v1.
 
 
 .. _matplotlib_support:
 
 Plotting with matplotlib
 ========================
 
 `Matplotlib`_ provides high quality 2D and 3D plotting for Python. Matplotlib
 can produce plots on screen using a variety of GUI toolkits, including Tk,
 PyGTK, PyQt4 and wxPython. It also provides a number of commands useful for
 scientific computing, all with a syntax compatible with that of the popular
 Matlab program.
 
 To start IPython with matplotlib support, use the ``--pylab`` switch.  If no
 arguments are given, IPython will automatically detect your choice of
 matplotlib backend.  You can also request a specific backend with
 ``--pylab=backend``, where ``backend`` must be one of: 'tk', 'qt', 'wx', 'gtk',
 'osx'.
 
 .. _Matplotlib: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net
 
 .. _interactive_demos:
 
 Interactive demos with IPython
 ==============================
 
 IPython ships with a basic system for running scripts interactively in
 sections, useful when presenting code to audiences. A few tags embedded
 in comments (so that the script remains valid Python code) divide a file
 into separate blocks, and the demo can be run one block at a time, with
 IPython printing (with syntax highlighting) the block before executing
 it, and returning to the interactive prompt after each block. The
 interactive namespace is updated after each block is run with the
 contents of the demo's namespace.
 
 This allows you to show a piece of code, run it and then execute
 interactively commands based on the variables just created. Once you
 want to continue, you simply execute the next block of the demo. The
 following listing shows the markup necessary for dividing a script into
 sections for execution as a demo:
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/lib/example-demo.py
     :language: python
 
-
 In order to run a file as a demo, you must first make a Demo object out
 of it. If the file is named myscript.py, the following code will make a
 demo::
 
     from IPython.lib.demo import Demo
 
     mydemo = Demo('myscript.py')
 
 This creates the mydemo object, whose blocks you run one at a time by
 simply calling the object with no arguments. If you have autocall active
 in IPython (the default), all you need to do is type::
 
     mydemo 
 
 and IPython will call it, executing each block. Demo objects can be
 restarted, you can move forward or back skipping blocks, re-execute the
 last block, etc. Simply use the Tab key on a demo object to see its
 methods, and call '?' on them to see their docstrings for more usage
 details. In addition, the demo module itself contains a comprehensive
 docstring, which you can access via::
 
     from IPython.lib import demo
 
     demo?
 
 Limitations: It is important to note that these demos are limited to
 fairly simple uses. In particular, you can not put division marks in
 indented code (loops, if statements, function definitions, etc.)
 Supporting something like this would basically require tracking the
 internal execution state of the Python interpreter, so only top-level
 divisions are allowed. If you want to be able to open an IPython
 instance at an arbitrary point in a program, you can use IPython's
 embedding facilities, see :func:`IPython.embed` for details.
 

docs/source/whatsnew/version0.11.txt

@@ -1,748 +1,752 b''
 =============
  0.11 Series
 =============
 
 Release 0.11
 ============
 
 IPython 0.11 is a *major* overhaul of IPython, two years in the making.  Most
 of the code base has been rewritten or at least reorganized, breaking backward
 compatibility with several APIs in previous versions.  It is the first major
 release in two years, and probably the most significant change to IPython since
 its inception.  We plan to have a relatively quick succession of releases, as
 people discover new bugs and regressions.  Once we iron out any significant
 bugs in this process and settle down the new APIs, this series will become
 IPython 1.0.  We encourage feedback now on the core APIs, which we hope to
 maintain stable during the 1.0 series.
 
 Since the internal APIs have changed so much, projects using IPython as a
 library (as opposed to end-users of the application) are the most likely to
 encounter regressions or changes that break their existing use patterns.  We
 will make every effort to provide updated versions of the APIs to facilitate
 the transition, and we encourage you to contact us on the `development mailing
 list`__ with questions and feedback.
 
 .. __: http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/ipython-dev
 
 Chris Fonnesbeck recently wrote an `excellent post`__ that highlights some of
 our major new features, with examples and screenshots.  We encourage you to
 read it as it provides an illustrated, high-level overview complementing the
 detailed feature breakdown in this document.
 
 .. __: http://stronginference.com/weblog/2011/7/15/innovations-in-ipython.html
 
 A quick summary of the major changes (see below for details):
 
 * **Standalone Qt console**: a new rich console has been added to IPython,
   started with `ipython qtconsole`.  In this application we have tried to
   retain the feel of a terminal for fast and efficient workflows, while adding
   many features that a plain text terminal simply can not support, such as
   inline figures, full multiline editing with syntax highlighting, tooltips for
   function calls and much more.  This development was sponsored by `Enthought
   Inc.`__. See :ref:`below <qtconsole_011>` for details.
 
 .. __: http://enthought.com
 
 * **High-level parallel computing with ZeroMQ**. Using the same architecture
   that our Qt console is based on, we have completely rewritten our high-level
   parallel computing machinery that in prior versions used the Twisted
   networking framework.  While this change will require users to update their
   codes, the improvements in performance, memory control and internal
   consistency across our codebase convinced us it was a price worth paying.  We
   have tried to explain how to best proceed with this update, and will be happy
   to answer questions that may arise.  A full tutorial describing these
   features `was presented at SciPy'11`__.
 
 .. __: http://minrk.github.com/scipy-tutorial-2011
 
 * **New model for GUI/plotting support in the terminal**.  Now instead of the
   various `-Xthread` flags we had before, GUI support is provided without the
   use of any threads, by directly integrating GUI event loops with Python's
   `PyOS_InputHook` API.  A new command-line flag `--gui` controls GUI support,
   and it can also be enabled after IPython startup via the new `%gui` magic.
   This requires some changes if you want to execute GUI-using scripts inside
   IPython, see :ref:`the GUI support section <gui_support>` for more details.
 
-* **Integration into Microsoft Visual Studio**. Thanks to the work of the
-  Microsoft `Python Tools for Visual Studio`__ team, this version of IPython
-  has been integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio's Python tools open source
-  plug-in.  `Details below`_
-
-.. __: http://pytools.codeplex.com
-.. _details below: ms_visual_studio_011_
-
 * **A two-process architecture.** The Qt console is the first example of using
   a new model that splits IPython between a kernel process where code is
   executed and a client that handles user interaction.  We plan on also
   providing terminal and web-browser based clients using this infrastructure in
   future releases.  This model allows multiple clients to interact with an
   IPython process through a well-documented protocol using the ZeroMQ
   networking library.
 
 * **Refactoring.** the entire codebase has been refactored, in order to make it
   more modular and easier to contribute to.  IPython has traditionally been a
   hard project to participate because the old codebase was very monolithic.  We
   hope this (ongoing) restructuring will make it easier for new developers to
   join us.
 
+* **Vim integration**. Vim can be configured to seamlessly control an IPython
+  kernel, see the files in :file:`docs/examples/vim` for the full details.
+  This work was done by Paul Ivanov, who prepared a nice `video
+  demonstration`__ of the features it provides.
+
+.. __: http://pirsquared.org/blog/2011/07/28/vim-ipython/
+  
+* **Integration into Microsoft Visual Studio**. Thanks to the work of the
+  Microsoft `Python Tools for Visual Studio`__ team, this version of IPython
+  has been integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio's Python tools open source
+  plug-in.  `Details below`_
+
+.. __: http://pytools.codeplex.com
+.. _details below: ms_visual_studio_011_
+
 * **Improved unicode support**. We closed many bugs related to unicode input.
 
 * **Python 3**. IPython now runs on Python 3.x. See :ref:`python3_011` for
   details.
 
 * **New profile model**. Profiles are now directories that contain all relevant
   infromation for that session, and thus better isolate IPython use-cases.
 
 * **SQLite storage for history**. All history is now stored in a SQLite
   database, providing support for multiple simultaneous sessions that won't
   clobber each other as well as the ability to perform queries on all stored
   data.
 
 * **New configuration system**. All parts of IPython are now configured via a
   mechanism inspired by the Enthought Traits library.  Any configurable element
   can have its attributes set either via files that now use real Python syntax
   or from the command-line.
 
-* **Vim integration**. Vim can be configured to seamlessly control an IPython
-  kernel, see the files in :file:`docs/examples/vim` for the full details.
-  This work was done by Paul Ivanov, who prepared a nice `video
-  demonstration`__ of the features it provides.
-
-.. __: http://pirsquared.org/blog/2011/07/28/vim-ipython/
 
 Authors and support
 -------------------
 
 Over 60 separate authors have contributed to this release, see :ref:`below
 <credits_011>` for a full list.  In particular, we want to highlight the
 extremely active participation of two new core team members: Evan Patterson
 implemented the Qt console, and Thomas Kluyver started with our Python 3 port
 and by now has made major contributions to just about every area of IPython.
 
 We are also grateful for the support we have received during this development
 cycle from several institutions:
 
 - `Enthought Inc`__ funded the development of our new Qt console, an effort that
   required developing major pieces of underlying infrastructure, which now
   power not only the Qt console but also our new parallel machinery.  We'd like
   to thank Eric Jones and Travis Oliphant for their support, as well as Ilan
   Schnell for his tireless work integrating and testing IPython in the
   `Enthought Python Distribution`_.
 
 .. __: http://enthought.com
 .. _Enthought Python Distribution: http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php
 
 - Nipy/NIH: funding via the `NiPy project`__ (NIH grant 5R01MH081909-02) helped
   us jumpstart the development of this series by restructuring the entire
   codebase two years ago in a way that would make modular development and
   testing more approachable.  Without this initial groundwork, all the new
   features we have added would have been impossible to develop.
 
 .. __: http://nipy.org
 
 - Sage/NSF: funding via the grant `Sage: Unifying Mathematical Software for
   Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians`__ (NSF grant DMS-1015114)
   supported a meeting in spring 2011 of several of the core IPython developers
   where major progress was made integrating the last key pieces leading to this
   release.
 
 .. __: http://modular.math.washington.edu/grants/compmath09
 
 - Microsoft's team working on `Python Tools for Visual Studio`__ developed the 
   integraton of IPython into the Python plugin for Visual Studio 2010.
 
 .. __: http://pytools.codeplex.com
 
 - Google Summer of Code: in 2010, we had two students developing prototypes of
   the new machinery that is now maturing in this release: `Omar Zapata`_ and
   `Gerardo Gutiérrez`_.
 
 .. _Omar Zapata: http://ipythonzmq.blogspot.com/2010/08/ipython-zmq-status.html
 .. _Gerardo Gutiérrez: http://ipythonqt.blogspot.com/2010/04/ipython-qt-interface-gsoc-2010-proposal.html>
 
 
 Development summary
 -------------------
 
 In April 2010, after `one breakage too many with bzr`__, we decided to move our
 entire development process to Git and Github.com.  This has proven to be one of
 the best decisions in the project's history, as the combination of git and
 github have made us far, far more productive than we could be with our previous
 tools.  We first converted our bzr repo to a git one without losing history,
 and a few weeks later ported all open Launchpad bugs to github issues with
 their comments mostly intact (modulo some formatting changes).  This ensured a
 smooth transition where no development history or submitted bugs were lost.
 
 .. __: http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/ipython-dev/2010-April/005944.html
 
 These simple statistics show how much work has been done on the new release, by
 comparing the current code to the last point it had in common with the 0.10
 series.  A huge diff and over 2000 commits make up this development::
 
     git diff $(git merge-base 0.10.2 HEAD)  | wc -l
     287676
 
     git log $(git merge-base 0.10.2 HEAD) --oneline | wc -l
     2046
 
 Since our move to github, 510 issues were closed, 225 of which were pull
 requests and 285 regular issues (see :ref:`below <issues_list_011>` for a full
 list).  Github's pull requests are a fantastic mechanism for reviewing code and
 building a shared ownership of the project, and we are making enthusiastic use
 of it.
 
-Note: this undercounts the number of issues closed in this development cycle,
-since we only moved to github for issue tracking in May 2010, but we have no
-way of collecting statistics on the number of issues closed in the old
-Launchpad bug tracker prior to that.
+.. Note::
 
+   This undercounts the number of issues closed in this development cycle,
+   since we only moved to github for issue tracking in May 2010, but we have no
+   way of collecting statistics on the number of issues closed in the old
+   Launchpad bug tracker prior to that.
+
+   
 .. _qtconsole_011:
 
 Qt Console
 ----------
 
 IPython now ships with a Qt application that feels very much like a terminal,
 but is in fact a rich GUI that runs an IPython client but supports inline
 figures, saving sessions to PDF and HTML, multiline editing with syntax
 highlighting, graphical calltips and much more:
 
 .. figure:: ../_static/qtconsole.png
     :width: 400px
     :alt: IPython Qt console with embedded plots
     :align: center
     :target: ../_static/qtconsole.png
 
     The Qt console for IPython, using inline matplotlib plots.
 
 We hope that many projects will embed this widget, which we've kept
 deliberately very lightweight, into their own environments.  In the future we
 may also offer a slightly more featureful application (with menus and other GUI
 elements), but we remain committed to always shipping this easy to embed
 widget.
 
 See the :ref:`Qt console section <qtconsole>` of the docs for a detailed
 description of the console's features and use.
 
 
 High-level parallel computing with ZeroMQ
 -----------------------------------------
 
 We have completely rewritten the Twisted-based code for high-level parallel
 computing to work atop our new ZeroMQ architecture.  While we realize this will
 break compatibility for a number of users, we hope to make the transition as
 easy as possible with our docs, and we are convinced the change is worth it.
 ZeroMQ provides us with much tighter control over memory, higher performance,
 and its communications are impervious to the Python Global Interpreter Lock
 because they take place in a system-level C++ thread.  The impact of the GIL in
 our previous code was something we could simply not work around, given that
 Twisted is itself a Python library.  So while Twisted is a very capable
 framework, we think ZeroMQ fits our needs much better and we hope you will find
 the change to be a significant improvement in the long run.
 
 Our manual contains :ref:`a full description of how to use IPython for parallel
 computing <parallel_overview>`, and the `tutorial`__ presented by Min
 Ragan-Kelley at the SciPy 2011 conference provides a hands-on complement to the
 reference docs.
 
 .. __: http://minrk.github.com/scipy-tutorial-2011
 
 
 Refactoring
 -----------
 
-As of the 0.11 version of IPython, a signifiant portion of the core has been
-refactored.  This refactoring is founded on a number of new abstractions.
-The main new classes that implement these abstractions are:
+As of this release, a signifiant portion of IPython has been refactored.  This
+refactoring is founded on a number of new abstractions.  The main new classes
+that implement these abstractions are:
 
 * :class:`IPython.utils.traitlets.HasTraits`.
 * :class:`IPython.config.configurable.Configurable`.
 * :class:`IPython.config.application.Application`.
 * :class:`IPython.config.loader.ConfigLoader`.
 * :class:`IPython.config.loader.Config`
 
 We are still in the process of writing developer focused documentation about
 these classes, but for now our :ref:`configuration documentation
 <config_overview>` contains a high level overview of the concepts that these
 classes express.
 
 The biggest user-visible change is likely the move to using the config system to
 determine the command-line arguments for IPython applications. The benefit of
 this is that *all* configurable values in IPython are exposed on the
 command-line, but the syntax for specifying values has changed. The gist is that
 assigning values is pure Python assignment, so there is always an '=', and never
 a leading '-', nor a space separating key from value. Flags exist, to set
 multiple values or boolean flags, and these are always prefixed with '--', and
 never take arguments.
 
-ZMQ architecture
-----------------
+ZeroMQ architecture
+-------------------
 
 There is a new GUI framework for IPython, based on a client-server model in
 which multiple clients can communicate with one IPython kernel, using the
 ZeroMQ messaging framework. There is already a Qt console client, which can
 be started by calling ``ipython qtconsole``. The protocol is :ref:`documented
 <messaging>`.
 
 The parallel computing framework has also been rewritten using ZMQ. The
 protocol is described :ref:`here <parallel_messages>`, and the code is in the
 new :mod:`IPython.parallel` module.
 
 .. _python3_011:
 
 Python 3 support
 ----------------
 
 A Python 3 version of IPython has been prepared. For the time being, this is
 maintained separately and updated from the main codebase. Its code can be found
 `here <https://github.com/ipython/ipython-py3k>`_. The parallel computing
 components are not perfect on Python3, but most functionality appears to be
 working.  As this work is evolving quickly, the best place to find updated
 information about it is our `Python 3 wiki page`__.
 
 .. __: http://wiki.ipython.org/index.php?title=Python_3
 
 
 Unicode
 -------
 
 Entering non-ascii characters in unicode literals (``u"€ø"``) now works
 properly on all platforms. However, entering these in byte/string literals
 (``"€ø"``) will not work as expected on Windows (or any platform where the
 terminal encoding is not UTF-8, as it typically is for Linux & Mac OS X). You
 can use escape sequences (``"\xe9\x82"``) to get bytes above 128, or use
 unicode literals and encode them. This is a limitation of Python 2 which we
 cannot easily work around.
 
 .. _ms_visual_studio_011:
 
 Integration with Microsoft Visual Studio
 ----------------------------------------
 
 IPython can be used as the interactive shell in the `Python plugin for
 Microsoft Visual Studio`__, as seen here:
 
 .. figure:: ../_static/ms_visual_studio.png
     :width: 500px
     :alt: IPython console embedded in Microsoft Visual Studio.
     :align: center
     :target: ../_static/ms_visual_studio.png
 
     IPython console embedded in Microsoft Visual Studio.
 
 The Microsoft team developing this currently has a release candidate out using
 IPython 0.11. We will continue to collaborate with them to ensure that as they
-approach full release time, the integration with IPython is as smooth as
-possible.  We'd like to thank Dino Viehland and Shahrokh Mortazavi for the work
-they have done towards this feature, as well as Wenming Ye for his support of
-our WinHPC features.
+approach their final release date, the integration with IPython remains smooth.
+We'd like to thank Dino Viehland and Shahrokh Mortazavi for the work they have
+done towards this feature, as well as Wenming Ye for his support of our WinHPC
+capabilities.
 
 .. __: http://pytools.codeplex.com
 
 
 Additional new features
 -----------------------
 
 * Added ``Bytes`` traitlet, removing ``Str``.  All 'string' traitlets should
   either be ``Unicode`` if a real string, or ``Bytes`` if a C-string. This
   removes ambiguity and helps the Python 3 transition.
 
 * New magic ``%loadpy`` loads a python file from disk or web URL into
   the current input buffer.
 
 * New magic ``%pastebin`` for sharing code via the 'Lodge it' pastebin.
 
 * New magic ``%precision`` for controlling float and numpy pretty printing.
 
 * IPython applications initiate logging, so any object can gain access to
   a the logger of the currently running Application with:
 
 .. sourcecode:: python
 
     from IPython.config.application import Application
     logger = Application.instance().log
 
 * You can now get help on an object halfway through typing a command. For
   instance, typing ``a = zip?`` shows the details of :func:`zip`. It also
   leaves the command at the next prompt so you can carry on with it.
 
 * The input history is now written to an SQLite database. The API for
   retrieving items from the history has also been redesigned.
 
 * The :mod:`IPython.extensions.pretty` extension has been moved out of
   quarantine and fully updated to the new extension API.
 
 * New magics for loading/unloading/reloading extensions have been added:
   ``%load_ext``, ``%unload_ext`` and ``%reload_ext``.
 
 * The configuration system and configuration files are brand new. See the
   configuration system :ref:`documentation <config_index>` for more details.
 
 * The :class:`~IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShell` class is now a
   :class:`~IPython.config.configurable.Configurable` subclass and has traitlets
   that determine the defaults and runtime environment. The ``__init__`` method
   has also been refactored so this class can be instantiated and run without
   the old :mod:`ipmaker` module.
 
 * The methods of :class:`~IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShell` have
   been organized into sections to make it easier to turn more sections
   of functionality into components.
 
 * The embedded shell has been refactored into a truly standalone subclass of
   :class:`InteractiveShell` called :class:`InteractiveShellEmbed`.  All
   embedding logic has been taken out of the base class and put into the 
   embedded subclass.
 
 * Added methods of :class:`~IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShell` to
   help it cleanup after itself. The :meth:`cleanup` method controls this. We
   couldn't do this in :meth:`__del__` because we have cycles in our object
   graph that prevent it from being called.
 
 * Created a new module :mod:`IPython.utils.importstring` for resolving
   strings like ``foo.bar.Bar`` to the actual class.
 
 * Completely refactored the :mod:`IPython.core.prefilter` module into
   :class:`~IPython.config.configurable.Configurable` subclasses. Added a new
   layer into the prefilter system, called "transformations" that all new
   prefilter logic should use (rather than the older "checker/handler"
   approach).
 
 * Aliases are now components (:mod:`IPython.core.alias`).
 
 * New top level :func:`~IPython.frontend.terminal.embed.embed` function that can
   be called to embed IPython at any place in user's code. On the first call it
   will create an :class:`~IPython.frontend.terminal.embed.InteractiveShellEmbed`
   instance and call it. In later calls, it just calls the previously created
   :class:`~IPython.frontend.terminal.embed.InteractiveShellEmbed`.
 
 * Created a configuration system (:mod:`IPython.config.configurable`) that is
   based on :mod:`IPython.utils.traitlets`. Configurables are arranged into a
   runtime containment tree (not inheritance) that i) automatically propagates
   configuration information and ii) allows singletons to discover each other in
   a loosely coupled manner. In the future all parts of IPython will be
   subclasses of :class:`~IPython.config.configurable.Configurable`. All IPython
   developers should become familiar with the config system.
 
 * Created a new :class:`~IPython.config.loader.Config` for holding
   configuration information. This is a dict like class with a few extras: i)
   it supports attribute style access, ii) it has a merge function that merges
   two :class:`~IPython.config.loader.Config` instances recursively and iii) it
   will automatically create sub-:class:`~IPython.config.loader.Config`
   instances for attributes that start with an uppercase character.
 
 * Created new configuration loaders in :mod:`IPython.config.loader`. These
   loaders provide a unified loading interface for all configuration
   information including command line arguments and configuration files. We
   have two default implementations based on :mod:`argparse` and plain python
   files.  These are used to implement the new configuration system.
 
 * Created a top-level :class:`Application` class in
   :mod:`IPython.core.application` that is designed to encapsulate the starting
   of any basic Python program. An application loads and merges all the
   configuration objects, constructs the main application, configures and
   initiates logging, and creates and configures any :class:`Configurable`
   instances and then starts the application running. An extended
   :class:`BaseIPythonApplication` class adds logic for handling the
   IPython directory as well as profiles, and all IPython entry points
   extend it.
 
 * The :class:`Type` and :class:`Instance` traitlets now handle classes given
   as strings, like ``foo.bar.Bar``. This is needed for forward declarations.
   But, this was implemented in a careful way so that string to class
   resolution is done at a single point, when the parent
   :class:`~IPython.utils.traitlets.HasTraitlets` is instantiated.
 
 * :mod:`IPython.utils.ipstruct` has been refactored to be a subclass of 
   dict.  It also now has full docstrings and doctests.
 
 * Created a Traits like implementation in :mod:`IPython.utils.traitlets`.  This
   is a pure Python, lightweight version of a library that is similar to
   Enthought's Traits project, but has no dependencies on Enthought's code.  We
   are using this for validation, defaults and notification in our new component
   system.  Although it is not 100% API compatible with Enthought's Traits, we
   plan on moving in this direction so that eventually our implementation could
   be replaced by a (yet to exist) pure Python version of Enthought Traits.
 
 * Added a new module :mod:`IPython.lib.inputhook` to manage the integration
   with GUI event loops using `PyOS_InputHook`.  See the docstrings in this
   module or the main IPython docs for details.
 
 * For users, GUI event loop integration is now handled through the new
   :command:`%gui` magic command.  Type ``%gui?`` at an IPython prompt for
   documentation.
 
 * For developers :mod:`IPython.lib.inputhook` provides a simple interface
   for managing the event loops in their interactive GUI applications.
   Examples can be found in our :file:`docs/examples/lib` directory.
 
 Backwards incompatible changes
 ------------------------------
 
 * The Twisted-based :mod:`IPython.kernel` has been removed, and completely
   rewritten as :mod:`IPython.parallel`, using ZeroMQ.
 
 * Profiles are now directories. Instead of a profile being a single config file,
   profiles are now self-contained directories. By default, profiles get their
   own IPython history, log files, and everything. To create a new profile, do
   ``ipython profile create <name>``.
 
 * All IPython applications have been rewritten to use
   :class:`~IPython.config.loader.KeyValueConfigLoader`. This means that
   command-line options have changed. Now, all configurable values are accessible
   from the command-line with the same syntax as in a configuration file.
 
 * The command line options ``-wthread``, ``-qthread`` and
   ``-gthread`` have been removed. Use ``--gui=wx``, ``--gui=qt``, ``--gui=gtk``
   instead.
 
 * The extension loading functions have been renamed to
   :func:`load_ipython_extension` and :func:`unload_ipython_extension`.
 
 * :class:`~IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShell` no longer takes an
   ``embedded`` argument. Instead just use the
   :class:`~IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellEmbed` class.
 
 * ``__IPYTHON__`` is no longer injected into ``__builtin__``.
 
 * :meth:`Struct.__init__` no longer takes `None` as its first argument.  It
   must be a :class:`dict` or :class:`Struct`.
 
 * :meth:`~IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShell.ipmagic` has been
   renamed :meth:`~IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShell.magic.`
 
 * The functions :func:`ipmagic` and :func:`ipalias` have been removed from
   :mod:`__builtins__`.
 
 * The references to the global
   :class:`~IPython.core.interactivehell.InteractiveShell` instance (``_ip``, and
   ``__IP``) have been removed from the user's namespace. They are replaced by a
   new function called :func:`get_ipython` that returns the current
   :class:`~IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShell` instance. This
   function is injected into the user's namespace and is now the main way of
   accessing the running IPython.
 
 * Old style configuration files :file:`ipythonrc` and :file:`ipy_user_conf.py`
   are no longer supported. Users should migrate there configuration files to
   the new format described :ref:`here <config_overview>` and :ref:`here
   <configuring_ipython>`.
 
 * The old IPython extension API that relied on :func:`ipapi` has been
   completely removed. The new extension API is described :ref:`here
   <configuring_ipython>`.
 
 * Support for ``qt3`` has been dropped.  Users who need this should use
   previous versions of IPython.
 
 * Removed :mod:`shellglobals` as it was obsolete.
 
 * Removed all the threaded shells in :mod:`IPython.core.shell`. These are no
   longer needed because of the new capabilities in
   :mod:`IPython.lib.inputhook`.
 
 * New top-level sub-packages have been created: :mod:`IPython.core`, 
   :mod:`IPython.lib`, :mod:`IPython.utils`, :mod:`IPython.deathrow`,
   :mod:`IPython.quarantine`.  All existing top-level modules have been
   moved to appropriate sub-packages.  All internal import statements
   have been updated and tests have been added.  The build system (setup.py
   and friends) have been updated.  See :ref:`this section <module_reorg>` of the
   documentation for descriptions of these new sub-packages.
 
 * :mod:`IPython.ipapi` has been moved to :mod:`IPython.core.ipapi`.
   :mod:`IPython.Shell` and :mod:`IPython.iplib` have been split and removed as
   part of the refactor.
 
 * :mod:`Extensions` has been moved to :mod:`extensions` and all existing
   extensions have been moved to either :mod:`IPython.quarantine` or
   :mod:`IPython.deathrow`. :mod:`IPython.quarantine` contains modules that we
   plan on keeping but that need to be updated. :mod:`IPython.deathrow` contains
   modules that are either dead or that should be maintained as third party
   libraries. More details about this can be found :ref:`here <module_reorg>`.
 
 * Previous IPython GUIs in :mod:`IPython.frontend` and :mod:`IPython.gui` are
   likely broken, and have been removed to :mod:`IPython.deathrow` because of the
   refactoring in the core. With proper updates, these should still work.
 
 
 Known Regressions
 -----------------
 
 We do our best to improve IPython, but there are some known regressions in 0.11
 relative to 0.10.2.  First of all, there are features that have yet to be
 ported to the new APIs, and in order to ensure that all of the installed code
 runs for our users, we have moved them to two separate directories in the
 source distribution, `quarantine` and `deathrow`.  Finally, we have some other
 miscellaneous regressions that we hope to fix as soon as possible.  We now
 describe all of these in more detail.
 
 Quarantine
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
 These are tools and extensions that we consider relatively easy to update to
 the new classes and APIs, but that we simply haven't had time for.  Any user
 who is interested in one of these is encouraged to help us by porting it and
 submitting a pull request on our `development site`_.
 
 .. _development site:: http://github.com/ipython/ipython
 
 Currently, the quarantine directory contains::
 
     clearcmd.py            ipy_fsops.py            ipy_signals.py
     envpersist.py          ipy_gnuglobal.py        ipy_synchronize_with.py
     ext_rescapture.py      ipy_greedycompleter.py  ipy_system_conf.py
     InterpreterExec.py     ipy_jot.py              ipy_which.py
     ipy_app_completers.py  ipy_lookfor.py          ipy_winpdb.py
     ipy_autoreload.py      ipy_profile_doctest.py  ipy_workdir.py
     ipy_completers.py      ipy_pydb.py             jobctrl.py
     ipy_editors.py         ipy_rehashdir.py        ledit.py
     ipy_exportdb.py        ipy_render.py           pspersistence.py
     ipy_extutil.py         ipy_server.py           win32clip.py
 
 Deathrow
 ~~~~~~~~
 
 These packages may be harder to update or make most sense as third-party
 libraries.  Some of them are completely obsolete and have been already replaced
 by better functionality (we simply haven't had the time to carefully weed them
 out so they are kept here for now). Others simply require fixes to code that
 the current core team may not be familiar with.  If a tool you were used to is
 included here, we encourage you to contact the dev list and we can discuss
 whether it makes sense to keep it in IPython (if it can be maintained).
 
 Currently, the deathrow directory contains::
 
     astyle.py              ipy_defaults.py          ipy_vimserver.py
     dtutils.py             ipy_kitcfg.py            numeric_formats.py
     Gnuplot2.py            ipy_legacy.py            numutils.py
     GnuplotInteractive.py  ipy_p4.py                outputtrap.py
     GnuplotRuntime.py      ipy_profile_none.py      PhysicalQInput.py
     ibrowse.py             ipy_profile_numpy.py     PhysicalQInteractive.py
     igrid.py               ipy_profile_scipy.py     quitter.py*
     ipipe.py               ipy_profile_sh.py        scitedirector.py
     iplib.py               ipy_profile_zope.py      Shell.py
     ipy_constants.py       ipy_traits_completer.py  twshell.py
 
 
 Other regressions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * The machinery that adds functionality to the 'sh' profile for using IPython
   as your system shell has not been updated to use the new APIs.  As a result,
   only the aesthetic (prompt) changes are still implemented. We intend to fix
   this by 0.12.  Tracked as issue 547_.
 
 .. _547: https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/547
 
 * The installation of scripts on Windows was broken without setuptools, so we
   now depend on setuptools on Windows.  We hope to fix setuptools-less
   installation, and then remove the setuptools dependency.  Issue 539_.
 
 .. _539: https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/539
 
 * The directory history `_dh` is not saved between sessions.  Issue 634_.
 
 .. _634: https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/634
 
 
 Removed Features
 ----------------
 
 As part of the updating of IPython, we have removed a few features for the
 purpsoes of cleaning up the codebase and interfaces.  These removals are
 permanent, but for any item listed below, equivalent functionality is
 available.
 
 * The magics Exit and Quit have been dropped as ways to exit IPython. Instead,
   the lowercase forms of both work either as a bare name (``exit``) or a
   function call (``exit()``).  You can assign these to other names using
   exec_lines in the config file.
 
 
 .. _credits_011::
 
 Credits
 -------
 
 Many users and developers contributed code, features, bug reports and ideas to
 this release.  Please do not hesitate in contacting us if we've failed to
 acknowledge your contribution here.  In particular, for this release we have
 contribution from the following people, a mix of new and regular names (in
 alphabetical order by first name):
 
 * Aenugu Sai Kiran Reddy <saikrn08-at-gmail.com>
 * andy wilson <wilson.andrew.j+github-at-gmail.com>
 * Antonio Cuni <antocuni>
 * Barry Wark <barrywark-at-gmail.com>
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 .. include:: github-stats-011.txt