Merge pull request #1707 from bfroehle/_1532_qtconsole_gui_switch

move gui/pylab to shellapp base class

If both --gui and --pylab are given, we use the value in --pylab, just
like the terminal IPython application.

Closes  #1532

IPython/core/magics/basic.py

@@ -1,538 +1,538
 """Implementation of basic magic functions.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2012 The IPython Development Team.
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # Stdlib
 import io
 import sys
 from pprint import pformat
 
 # Our own packages
 from IPython.core.error import UsageError
 from IPython.core.magic import Magics, magics_class, line_magic
 from IPython.core.prefilter import ESC_MAGIC
 from IPython.utils.text import format_screen
 from IPython.core import magic_arguments, page
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils.ipstruct import Struct
 from IPython.utils.path import unquote_filename
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn, error
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Magics class implementation
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @magics_class
 class BasicMagics(Magics):
     """Magics that provide central IPython functionality.
 
     These are various magics that don't fit into specific categories but that
     are all part of the base 'IPython experience'."""
 
     def _lsmagic(self):
         mesc = ESC_MAGIC
         cesc = mesc*2
         mman = self.shell.magics_manager
         magics = mman.lsmagic()
         out = ['Available line magics:',
                mesc + ('  '+mesc).join(magics['line']),
                '',
                'Available cell magics:',
                cesc + ('  '+cesc).join(magics['cell']),
                '',
                mman.auto_status()]
         return '\n'.join(out)
 
     @line_magic
     def lsmagic(self, parameter_s=''):
         """List currently available magic functions."""
         print(self._lsmagic())
 
     @line_magic
     def magic(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print information about the magic function system.
 
         Supported formats: -latex, -brief, -rest
         """
 
         mode = ''
         try:
             mode = parameter_s.split()[0][1:]
             if mode == 'rest':
                 rest_docs = []
         except IndexError:
             pass
 
         magic_docs = []
         escapes = dict(line=ESC_MAGIC, cell=ESC_MAGIC*2)
         magics = self.shell.magics_manager.magics
 
         for mtype in ('line', 'cell'):
             escape = escapes[mtype]
             for fname, fn in magics[mtype].iteritems():
 
                 if mode == 'brief':
                     # only first line
                     if fn.__doc__:
                         fndoc = fn.__doc__.split('\n',1)[0]
                     else:
                         fndoc = 'No documentation'
                 else:
                     if fn.__doc__:
                         fndoc = fn.__doc__.rstrip()
                     else:
                         fndoc = 'No documentation'
 
                 if mode == 'rest':
                     rest_docs.append('**%s%s**::\n\n\t%s\n\n' %
                                      (escape, fname, fndoc))
                 else:
                     magic_docs.append('%s%s:\n\t%s\n' %
                                       (escape, fname, fndoc))
 
         magic_docs = ''.join(magic_docs)
 
         if mode == 'rest':
             return "".join(rest_docs)
 
         if mode == 'latex':
             print(self.format_latex(magic_docs))
             return
         else:
             magic_docs = format_screen(magic_docs)
         if mode == 'brief':
             return magic_docs
 
         out = ["""
 IPython's 'magic' functions
 ===========================
 
 The magic function system provides a series of functions which allow you to
 control the behavior of IPython itself, plus a lot of system-type
 features. There are two kinds of magics, line-oriented and cell-oriented.
 
 Line magics are prefixed with the % character and work much like OS
 command-line calls: they get as an argument the rest of the line, where
 arguments are passed without parentheses or quotes.  For example, this will
 time the given statement::
 
         %timeit range(1000)
 
 Cell magics are prefixed with a double %%, and they are functions that get as
 an argument not only the rest of the line, but also the lines below it in a
 separate argument.  These magics are called with two arguments: the rest of the
 call line and the body of the cell, consisting of the lines below the first.
 For example::
 
         %%timeit x = numpy.random.randn((100, 100))
         numpy.linalg.svd(x)
 
 will time the execution of the numpy svd routine, running the assignment of x
 as part of the setup phase, which is not timed.
 
 In a line-oriented client (the terminal or Qt console IPython), starting a new
 input with %% will automatically enter cell mode, and IPython will continue
 reading input until a blank line is given.  In the notebook, simply type the
 whole cell as one entity, but keep in mind that the %% escape can only be at
 the very start of the cell.
 
 NOTE: If you have 'automagic' enabled (via the command line option or with the
 %automagic function), you don't need to type in the % explicitly for line
 magics; cell magics always require an explicit '%%' escape.  By default,
 IPython ships with automagic on, so you should only rarely need the % escape.
 
 Example: typing '%cd mydir' (without the quotes) changes you working directory
 to 'mydir', if it exists.
 
 For a list of the available magic functions, use %lsmagic. For a description
 of any of them, type %magic_name?, e.g. '%cd?'.
 
 Currently the magic system has the following functions:""",
        magic_docs,
        "Summary of magic functions (from %slsmagic):",
        self._lsmagic(),
        ]
         page.page('\n'.join(out))
 
 
     @line_magic
     def page(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Pretty print the object and display it through a pager.
 
         %page [options] OBJECT
 
         If no object is given, use _ (last output).
 
         Options:
 
           -r: page str(object), don't pretty-print it."""
 
         # After a function contributed by Olivier Aubert, slightly modified.
 
         # Process options/args
         opts, args = self.parse_options(parameter_s, 'r')
         raw = 'r' in opts
 
         oname = args and args or '_'
         info = self._ofind(oname)
         if info['found']:
             txt = (raw and str or pformat)( info['obj'] )
             page.page(txt)
         else:
             print('Object `%s` not found' % oname)
 
     @line_magic
     def profile(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print your currently active IPython profile."""
         from IPython.core.application import BaseIPythonApplication
         if BaseIPythonApplication.initialized():
             print(BaseIPythonApplication.instance().profile)
         else:
             error("profile is an application-level value, but you don't appear to be in an IPython application")
 
     @line_magic
     def pprint(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Toggle pretty printing on/off."""
         ptformatter = self.shell.display_formatter.formatters['text/plain']
         ptformatter.pprint = bool(1 - ptformatter.pprint)
         print('Pretty printing has been turned',
               ['OFF','ON'][ptformatter.pprint])
 
     @line_magic
     def colors(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Switch color scheme for prompts, info system and exception handlers.
 
         Currently implemented schemes: NoColor, Linux, LightBG.
 
         Color scheme names are not case-sensitive.
 
         Examples
         --------
         To get a plain black and white terminal::
 
           %colors nocolor
         """
         def color_switch_err(name):
             warn('Error changing %s color schemes.\n%s' %
                  (name, sys.exc_info()[1]))
 
 
         new_scheme = parameter_s.strip()
         if not new_scheme:
             raise UsageError(
                 "%colors: you must specify a color scheme. See '%colors?'")
             return
         # local shortcut
         shell = self.shell
 
         import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
 
         if not shell.colors_force and \
                 not readline.have_readline and sys.platform == "win32":
             msg = """\
 Proper color support under MS Windows requires the pyreadline library.
 You can find it at:
 http://ipython.org/pyreadline.html
 Gary's readline needs the ctypes module, from:
 http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes
 (Note that ctypes is already part of Python versions 2.5 and newer).
 
 Defaulting color scheme to 'NoColor'"""
             new_scheme = 'NoColor'
             warn(msg)
 
         # readline option is 0
         if not shell.colors_force and not shell.has_readline:
             new_scheme = 'NoColor'
 
         # Set prompt colors
         try:
             shell.prompt_manager.color_scheme = new_scheme
         except:
             color_switch_err('prompt')
         else:
             shell.colors = \
                    shell.prompt_manager.color_scheme_table.active_scheme_name
         # Set exception colors
         try:
             shell.InteractiveTB.set_colors(scheme = new_scheme)
             shell.SyntaxTB.set_colors(scheme = new_scheme)
         except:
             color_switch_err('exception')
 
         # Set info (for 'object?') colors
         if shell.color_info:
             try:
                 shell.inspector.set_active_scheme(new_scheme)
             except:
                 color_switch_err('object inspector')
         else:
             shell.inspector.set_active_scheme('NoColor')
 
     @line_magic
     def xmode(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Switch modes for the exception handlers.
 
         Valid modes: Plain, Context and Verbose.
 
         If called without arguments, acts as a toggle."""
 
         def xmode_switch_err(name):
             warn('Error changing %s exception modes.\n%s' %
                  (name,sys.exc_info()[1]))
 
         shell = self.shell
         new_mode = parameter_s.strip().capitalize()
         try:
             shell.InteractiveTB.set_mode(mode=new_mode)
             print('Exception reporting mode:',shell.InteractiveTB.mode)
         except:
             xmode_switch_err('user')
 
     @line_magic
     def quickref(self,arg):
         """ Show a quick reference sheet """
         from IPython.core.usage import quick_reference
         qr = quick_reference + self.magic('-brief')
         page.page(qr)
 
     @line_magic
     def doctest_mode(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Toggle doctest mode on and off.
 
         This mode is intended to make IPython behave as much as possible like a
         plain Python shell, from the perspective of how its prompts, exceptions
         and output look.  This makes it easy to copy and paste parts of a
         session into doctests.  It does so by:
 
         - Changing the prompts to the classic ``>>>`` ones.
         - Changing the exception reporting mode to 'Plain'.
         - Disabling pretty-printing of output.
 
         Note that IPython also supports the pasting of code snippets that have
         leading '>>>' and '...' prompts in them.  This means that you can paste
         doctests from files or docstrings (even if they have leading
         whitespace), and the code will execute correctly.  You can then use
         '%history -t' to see the translated history; this will give you the
         input after removal of all the leading prompts and whitespace, which
         can be pasted back into an editor.
 
         With these features, you can switch into this mode easily whenever you
         need to do testing and changes to doctests, without having to leave
         your existing IPython session.
         """
 
         # Shorthands
         shell = self.shell
         pm = shell.prompt_manager
         meta = shell.meta
         disp_formatter = self.shell.display_formatter
         ptformatter = disp_formatter.formatters['text/plain']
         # dstore is a data store kept in the instance metadata bag to track any
         # changes we make, so we can undo them later.
         dstore = meta.setdefault('doctest_mode',Struct())
         save_dstore = dstore.setdefault
 
         # save a few values we'll need to recover later
         mode = save_dstore('mode',False)
         save_dstore('rc_pprint',ptformatter.pprint)
         save_dstore('xmode',shell.InteractiveTB.mode)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_out',shell.separate_out)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_out2',shell.separate_out2)
         save_dstore('rc_prompts_pad_left',pm.justify)
         save_dstore('rc_separate_in',shell.separate_in)
         save_dstore('rc_plain_text_only',disp_formatter.plain_text_only)
         save_dstore('prompt_templates',(pm.in_template, pm.in2_template, pm.out_template))
 
         if mode == False:
             # turn on
             pm.in_template = '>>> '
             pm.in2_template = '... '
             pm.out_template = ''
 
             # Prompt separators like plain python
             shell.separate_in = ''
             shell.separate_out = ''
             shell.separate_out2 = ''
 
             pm.justify = False
 
             ptformatter.pprint = False
             disp_formatter.plain_text_only = True
 
             shell.magic('xmode Plain')
         else:
             # turn off
             pm.in_template, pm.in2_template, pm.out_template = dstore.prompt_templates
 
             shell.separate_in = dstore.rc_separate_in
 
             shell.separate_out = dstore.rc_separate_out
             shell.separate_out2 = dstore.rc_separate_out2
 
             pm.justify = dstore.rc_prompts_pad_left
 
             ptformatter.pprint = dstore.rc_pprint
             disp_formatter.plain_text_only = dstore.rc_plain_text_only
 
             shell.magic('xmode ' + dstore.xmode)
 
         # Store new mode and inform
         dstore.mode = bool(1-int(mode))
         mode_label = ['OFF','ON'][dstore.mode]
         print('Doctest mode is:', mode_label)
 
     @line_magic
     def gui(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Enable or disable IPython GUI event loop integration.
 
         %gui [GUINAME]
 
         This magic replaces IPython's threaded shells that were activated
         using the (pylab/wthread/etc.) command line flags.  GUI toolkits
         can now be enabled at runtime and keyboard
         interrupts should work without any problems.  The following toolkits
         are supported:  wxPython, PyQt4, PyGTK, Tk and Cocoa (OSX)::
 
             %gui wx      # enable wxPython event loop integration
             %gui qt4|qt  # enable PyQt4 event loop integration
             %gui gtk     # enable PyGTK event loop integration
             %gui gtk3    # enable Gtk3 event loop integration
             %gui tk      # enable Tk event loop integration
-            %gui OSX     # enable Cocoa event loop integration
+            %gui osx     # enable Cocoa event loop integration
                          # (requires %matplotlib 1.1)
             %gui         # disable all event loop integration
 
         WARNING:  after any of these has been called you can simply create
         an application object, but DO NOT start the event loop yourself, as
         we have already handled that.
         """
         opts, arg = self.parse_options(parameter_s, '')
         if arg=='': arg = None
         try:
             return self.shell.enable_gui(arg)
         except Exception as e:
             # print simple error message, rather than traceback if we can't
             # hook up the GUI
             error(str(e))
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def precision(self, s=''):
         """Set floating point precision for pretty printing.
 
         Can set either integer precision or a format string.
 
         If numpy has been imported and precision is an int,
         numpy display precision will also be set, via ``numpy.set_printoptions``.
 
         If no argument is given, defaults will be restored.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
             In [1]: from math import pi
 
             In [2]: %precision 3
             Out[2]: u'%.3f'
 
             In [3]: pi
             Out[3]: 3.142
 
             In [4]: %precision %i
             Out[4]: u'%i'
 
             In [5]: pi
             Out[5]: 3
 
             In [6]: %precision %e
             Out[6]: u'%e'
 
             In [7]: pi**10
             Out[7]: 9.364805e+04
 
             In [8]: %precision
             Out[8]: u'%r'
 
             In [9]: pi**10
             Out[9]: 93648.047476082982
         """
         ptformatter = self.shell.display_formatter.formatters['text/plain']
         ptformatter.float_precision = s
         return ptformatter.float_format
 
     @magic_arguments.magic_arguments()
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         '-e', '--export', action='store_true', default=False,
         help='Export IPython history as a notebook. The filename argument '
              'is used to specify the notebook name and format. For example '
              'a filename of notebook.ipynb will result in a notebook name '
              'of "notebook" and a format of "xml". Likewise using a ".json" '
              'or ".py" file extension will write the notebook in the json '
              'or py formats.'
     )
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         '-f', '--format',
         help='Convert an existing IPython notebook to a new format. This option '
              'specifies the new format and can have the values: xml, json, py. '
              'The target filename is chosen automatically based on the new '
              'format. The filename argument gives the name of the source file.'
     )
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         'filename', type=unicode,
         help='Notebook name or filename'
     )
     @line_magic
     def notebook(self, s):
         """Export and convert IPython notebooks.
 
         This function can export the current IPython history to a notebook file
         or can convert an existing notebook file into a different format. For
         example, to export the history to "foo.ipynb" do "%notebook -e foo.ipynb".
         To export the history to "foo.py" do "%notebook -e foo.py". To convert
         "foo.ipynb" to "foo.json" do "%notebook -f json foo.ipynb". Possible
         formats include (json/ipynb, py).
         """
         args = magic_arguments.parse_argstring(self.notebook, s)
 
         from IPython.nbformat import current
         args.filename = unquote_filename(args.filename)
         if args.export:
             fname, name, format = current.parse_filename(args.filename)
             cells = []
             hist = list(self.shell.history_manager.get_range())
             for session, prompt_number, input in hist[:-1]:
                 cells.append(current.new_code_cell(prompt_number=prompt_number,
                                                    input=input))
             worksheet = current.new_worksheet(cells=cells)
             nb = current.new_notebook(name=name,worksheets=[worksheet])
             with io.open(fname, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                 current.write(nb, f, format);
         elif args.format is not None:
             old_fname, old_name, old_format = current.parse_filename(args.filename)
             new_format = args.format
             if new_format == u'xml':
                 raise ValueError('Notebooks cannot be written as xml.')
             elif new_format == u'ipynb' or new_format == u'json':
                 new_fname = old_name + u'.ipynb'
                 new_format = u'json'
             elif new_format == u'py':
                 new_fname = old_name + u'.py'
             else:
                 raise ValueError('Invalid notebook format: %s' % new_format)
             with io.open(old_fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                 nb = current.read(f, old_format)
             with io.open(new_fname, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                 current.write(nb, f, new_format)

IPython/core/shellapp.py

@@ -1,319 +1,360
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 A mixin for :class:`~IPython.core.application.Application` classes that
 launch InteractiveShell instances, load extensions, etc.
 
 Authors
 -------
 
 * Min Ragan-Kelley
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import glob
 import os
 import sys
 
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.config.loader import Config
+from IPython.core import pylabtools
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.path import filefind
-from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Instance, List, Bool
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
+    Unicode, Instance, List, Bool, CaselessStrEnum
+)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 shell_flags = {}
 
 addflag = lambda *args: shell_flags.update(boolean_flag(*args))
 addflag('autoindent', 'InteractiveShell.autoindent',
         'Turn on autoindenting.', 'Turn off autoindenting.'
 )
 addflag('automagic', 'InteractiveShell.automagic',
         """Turn on the auto calling of magic commands. Type %%magic at the
         IPython  prompt  for  more information.""",
         'Turn off the auto calling of magic commands.'
 )
 addflag('pdb', 'InteractiveShell.pdb',
     "Enable auto calling the pdb debugger after every exception.",
     "Disable auto calling the pdb debugger after every exception."
 )
 # pydb flag doesn't do any config, as core.debugger switches on import,
 # which is before parsing.  This just allows the flag to be passed.
 shell_flags.update(dict(
     pydb = ({},
         """Use the third party 'pydb' package as debugger, instead of pdb.
         Requires that pydb is installed."""
     )
 ))
 addflag('pprint', 'PlainTextFormatter.pprint',
     "Enable auto pretty printing of results.",
     "Disable auto auto pretty printing of results."
 )
 addflag('color-info', 'InteractiveShell.color_info',
     """IPython can display information about objects via a set of func-
     tions, 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 ipython_config.py file if it
     works for you.  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.""",
     "Disable using colors for info related things."
 )
 addflag('deep-reload', 'InteractiveShell.deep_reload',
     """Enable deep (recursive) reloading by default. 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()].""",
     "Disable deep (recursive) reloading by default."
 )
 nosep_config = Config()
 nosep_config.InteractiveShell.separate_in = ''
 nosep_config.InteractiveShell.separate_out = ''
 nosep_config.InteractiveShell.separate_out2 = ''
 
 shell_flags['nosep']=(nosep_config, "Eliminate all spacing between prompts.")
-
+shell_flags['pylab'] = (
+    {'InteractiveShellApp' : {'pylab' : 'auto'}},
+    """Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use with
+    the default matplotlib backend."""
+)
 
 # it's possible we don't want short aliases for *all* of these:
 shell_aliases = dict(
     autocall='InteractiveShell.autocall',
     colors='InteractiveShell.colors',
     logfile='InteractiveShell.logfile',
     logappend='InteractiveShell.logappend',
     c='InteractiveShellApp.code_to_run',
     m='InteractiveShellApp.module_to_run',
     ext='InteractiveShellApp.extra_extension',
+    gui='InteractiveShellApp.gui',
+    pylab='InteractiveShellApp.pylab',
 )
 shell_aliases['cache-size'] = 'InteractiveShell.cache_size'
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main classes and functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class InteractiveShellApp(Configurable):
     """A Mixin for applications that start InteractiveShell instances.
     
     Provides configurables for loading extensions and executing files
     as part of configuring a Shell environment.
 
-    Provides init_path(), to be called before, and init_extensions() and
-    init_code() methods, to be called after init_shell(), which must be
-    implemented by subclasses.
+    The following methods should be called by the :meth:`initialize` method
+    of the subclass:
+
+      - :meth:`init_path`
+      - :meth:`init_shell` (to be implemented by the subclass)
+      - :meth:`init_gui_pylab`
+      - :meth:`init_extensions`
+      - :meth:`init_code`
     """
     extensions = List(Unicode, config=True,
         help="A list of dotted module names of IPython extensions to load."
     )
     extra_extension = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="dotted module name of an IPython extension to load."
     )
     def _extra_extension_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new:
             # add to self.extensions
             self.extensions.append(new)
     
     # Extensions that are always loaded (not configurable)
     default_extensions = List(Unicode, [u'storemagic'], config=False)
 
     exec_files = List(Unicode, config=True,
         help="""List of files to run at IPython startup."""
     )
     file_to_run = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="""A file to be run""")
 
     exec_lines = List(Unicode, config=True,
         help="""lines of code to run at IPython startup."""
     )
     code_to_run = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="Execute the given command string."
     )
     module_to_run = Unicode('', config=True,
         help="Run the module as a script."
     )
+    gui = CaselessStrEnum(('qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'glut', 'pyglet', 'osx'), config=True,
+        help="Enable GUI event loop integration ('qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'glut', 'pyglet', 'osx')."
+    )
+    pylab = CaselessStrEnum(['tk', 'qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'osx', 'inline', 'auto'],
+        config=True,
+        help="""Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use,
+        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"""
     )
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
 
     def init_path(self):
         """Add current working directory, '', to sys.path"""
         if sys.path[0] != '':
             sys.path.insert(0, '')
 
     def init_shell(self):
         raise NotImplementedError("Override in subclasses")
     
+    def init_gui_pylab(self):
+        """Enable GUI event loop integration, taking pylab into account."""
+        if self.gui or self.pylab:
+            shell = self.shell
+            try:
+                if self.pylab:
+                    gui, backend = pylabtools.find_gui_and_backend(self.pylab)
+                    self.log.info("Enabling GUI event loop integration, "
+                              "toolkit=%s, pylab=%s" % (gui, self.pylab))
+                    shell.enable_pylab(gui, import_all=self.pylab_import_all)
+                else:
+                    self.log.info("Enabling GUI event loop integration, "
+                                  "toolkit=%s" % self.gui)
+                    shell.enable_gui(self.gui)
+            except Exception:
+                self.log.warn("GUI event loop or pylab initialization failed")
+                self.shell.showtraceback()
+
     def init_extensions(self):
         """Load all IPython extensions in IPythonApp.extensions.
 
         This uses the :meth:`ExtensionManager.load_extensions` to load all
         the extensions listed in ``self.extensions``.
         """
         try:
             self.log.debug("Loading IPython extensions...")
             extensions = self.default_extensions + self.extensions
             for ext in extensions:
                 try:
                     self.log.info("Loading IPython extension: %s" % ext)
                     self.shell.extension_manager.load_extension(ext)
                 except:
                     self.log.warn("Error in loading extension: %s" % ext +
                         "\nCheck your config files in %s" % self.profile_dir.location
                     )
                     self.shell.showtraceback()
         except:
             self.log.warn("Unknown error in loading extensions:")
             self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def init_code(self):
         """run the pre-flight code, specified via exec_lines"""
         self._run_startup_files()
         self._run_exec_lines()
         self._run_exec_files()
         self._run_cmd_line_code()
         self._run_module()
         
         # flush output, so itwon't be attached to the first cell
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         
         # Hide variables defined here from %who etc.
         self.shell.user_ns_hidden.update(self.shell.user_ns)
 
     def _run_exec_lines(self):
         """Run lines of code in IPythonApp.exec_lines in the user's namespace."""
         if not self.exec_lines:
             return
         try:
             self.log.debug("Running code from IPythonApp.exec_lines...")
             for line in self.exec_lines:
                 try:
                     self.log.info("Running code in user namespace: %s" %
                                   line)
                     self.shell.run_cell(line, store_history=False)
                 except:
                     self.log.warn("Error in executing line in user "
                                   "namespace: %s" % line)
                     self.shell.showtraceback()
         except:
             self.log.warn("Unknown error in handling IPythonApp.exec_lines:")
             self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def _exec_file(self, fname):
         try:
             full_filename = filefind(fname, [u'.', self.ipython_dir])
         except IOError as e:
             self.log.warn("File not found: %r"%fname)
             return
         # Make sure that the running script gets a proper sys.argv as if it
         # were run from a system shell.
         save_argv = sys.argv
         sys.argv = [full_filename] + self.extra_args[1:]
         # protect sys.argv from potential unicode strings on Python 2:
         if not py3compat.PY3:
             sys.argv = [ py3compat.cast_bytes(a) for a in sys.argv ]
         try:
             if os.path.isfile(full_filename):
                 if full_filename.endswith('.ipy'):
                     self.log.info("Running file in user namespace: %s" %
                                   full_filename)
                     self.shell.safe_execfile_ipy(full_filename)
                 else:
                     # default to python, even without extension
                     self.log.info("Running file in user namespace: %s" %
                                   full_filename)
                     # Ensure that __file__ is always defined to match Python behavior
                     self.shell.user_ns['__file__'] = fname
                     try:
                         self.shell.safe_execfile(full_filename, self.shell.user_ns)
                     finally:
                         del self.shell.user_ns['__file__']
         finally:
             sys.argv = save_argv
 
     def _run_startup_files(self):
         """Run files from profile startup directory"""
         startup_dir = self.profile_dir.startup_dir
         startup_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(startup_dir, '*.py'))
         startup_files += glob.glob(os.path.join(startup_dir, '*.ipy'))
         if not startup_files:
             return
         
         self.log.debug("Running startup files from %s...", startup_dir)
         try:
             for fname in sorted(startup_files):
                 self._exec_file(fname)
         except:
             self.log.warn("Unknown error in handling startup files:")
             self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def _run_exec_files(self):
         """Run files from IPythonApp.exec_files"""
         if not self.exec_files:
             return
 
         self.log.debug("Running files in IPythonApp.exec_files...")
         try:
             for fname in self.exec_files:
                 self._exec_file(fname)
         except:
             self.log.warn("Unknown error in handling IPythonApp.exec_files:")
             self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def _run_cmd_line_code(self):
         """Run code or file specified at the command-line"""
         if self.code_to_run:
             line = self.code_to_run
             try:
                 self.log.info("Running code given at command line (c=): %s" %
                               line)
                 self.shell.run_cell(line, store_history=False)
             except:
                 self.log.warn("Error in executing line in user namespace: %s" %
                               line)
                 self.shell.showtraceback()
 
         # Like Python itself, ignore the second if the first of these is present
         elif self.file_to_run:
             fname = self.file_to_run
             try:
                 self._exec_file(fname)
             except:
                 self.log.warn("Error in executing file in user namespace: %s" %
                               fname)
                 self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def _run_module(self):
         """Run module specified at the command-line."""
         if self.module_to_run:
             # Make sure that the module gets a proper sys.argv as if it were
             # run using `python -m`.
             save_argv = sys.argv
             sys.argv = [sys.executable] + self.extra_args
             try:
                 self.shell.safe_run_module(self.module_to_run,
                                            self.shell.user_ns)
             finally:
                 sys.argv = save_argv

IPython/frontend/terminal/console/app.py

@@ -1,156 +1,154
 """ A minimal application using the ZMQ-based terminal IPython frontend.
 
 This is not a complete console app, as subprocess will not be able to receive
 input, there is no real readline support, among other limitations.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Min RK
 * Paul Ivanov
 
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import signal
 import sys
 import time
 
 from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import TerminalIPythonApp, frontend_flags as term_flags
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Dict, List, Unicode, Int, CaselessStrEnum, CBool, Any
 )
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn,error
 
 from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import IPKernelApp
 from IPython.zmq.session import Session, default_secure
 from IPython.zmq.zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 from IPython.frontend.consoleapp import (
         IPythonConsoleApp, app_aliases, app_flags, aliases, app_aliases, flags
     )
 
 from IPython.frontend.terminal.console.interactiveshell import ZMQTerminalInteractiveShell
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _examples = """
 ipython console # start the ZMQ-based console
 ipython console --existing # connect to an existing ipython session
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Flags and Aliases
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # copy flags from mixin:
 flags = dict(flags)
 # start with mixin frontend flags:
 frontend_flags = dict(app_flags)
 # add TerminalIPApp flags:
 frontend_flags.update(term_flags)
-# pylab is not frontend-specific in two-process IPython
-frontend_flags.pop('pylab')
 # disable quick startup, as it won't propagate to the kernel anyway
 frontend_flags.pop('quick')
 # update full dict with frontend flags:
 flags.update(frontend_flags)
 
 # copy flags from mixin
 aliases = dict(aliases)
 # start with mixin frontend flags
 frontend_aliases = dict(app_aliases)
 # load updated frontend flags into full dict
 aliases.update(frontend_aliases)
 
 # get flags&aliases into sets, and remove a couple that
 # shouldn't be scrubbed from backend flags:
 frontend_aliases = set(frontend_aliases.keys())
 frontend_flags = set(frontend_flags.keys())
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class ZMQTerminalIPythonApp(TerminalIPythonApp, IPythonConsoleApp):
     name = "ipython-console"
     """Start a terminal frontend to the IPython zmq kernel."""
 
     description = """
         The IPython terminal-based Console.
 
         This launches a Console application inside a terminal.
 
         The Console supports various extra features beyond the traditional
         single-process Terminal IPython shell, such as connecting to an
         existing ipython session, via:
 
             ipython console --existing
 
         where the previous session could have been created by another ipython
         console, an ipython qtconsole, or by opening an ipython notebook.
 
     """
     examples = _examples
 
     classes = List([IPKernelApp, ZMQTerminalInteractiveShell, Session])
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
     frontend_aliases = Any(frontend_aliases)
     frontend_flags = Any(frontend_flags)
     
     subcommands = Dict()
 
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         super(ZMQTerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
         self.build_kernel_argv(argv)
 
     def init_shell(self):
         IPythonConsoleApp.initialize(self)
         # relay sigint to kernel
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.handle_sigint)
         self.shell = ZMQTerminalInteractiveShell.instance(config=self.config,
                         display_banner=False, profile_dir=self.profile_dir,
                         ipython_dir=self.ipython_dir, kernel_manager=self.kernel_manager)
 
     def init_gui_pylab(self):
         # no-op, because we don't want to import matplotlib in the frontend.
         pass
 
     def handle_sigint(self, *args):
         if self.shell._executing:
             if self.kernel_manager.has_kernel:
                 # interrupt already gets passed to subprocess by signal handler.
                 # Only if we prevent that should we need to explicitly call
                 # interrupt_kernel, until which time, this would result in a 
                 # double-interrupt:
                 # self.kernel_manager.interrupt_kernel()
                 pass
             else:
                 self.shell.write_err('\n')
                 error("Cannot interrupt kernels we didn't start.\n")
         else:
             # raise the KeyboardInterrupt if we aren't waiting for execution,
             # so that the interact loop advances, and prompt is redrawn, etc.
             raise KeyboardInterrupt
             
 
     def init_code(self):
         # no-op in the frontend, code gets run in the backend
         pass
 
 def launch_new_instance():
     """Create and run a full blown IPython instance"""
     app = ZMQTerminalIPythonApp.instance()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     launch_new_instance()
 

IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py

@@ -1,412 +1,370
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 The :class:`~IPython.core.application.Application` object for the command
 line :command:`ipython` program.
 
 Authors
 -------
 
 * Brian Granger
 * Fernando Perez
 * Min Ragan-Kelley
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
 
 from IPython.config.loader import (
     Config, PyFileConfigLoader, ConfigFileNotFound
 )
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag, catch_config_error
 from IPython.core import release
 from IPython.core import usage
 from IPython.core.completer import IPCompleter
 from IPython.core.crashhandler import CrashHandler
 from IPython.core.formatters import PlainTextFormatter
 from IPython.core.history import HistoryManager
 from IPython.core.prompts import PromptManager
 from IPython.core.application import (
     ProfileDir, BaseIPythonApplication, base_flags, base_aliases
 )
 from IPython.core.shellapp import (
     InteractiveShellApp, shell_flags, shell_aliases
 )
 from IPython.frontend.terminal.interactiveshell import TerminalInteractiveShell
 from IPython.lib import inputhook
 from IPython.utils import warn
 from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_dir, check_for_old_config
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Bool, List, Dict, CaselessStrEnum
 )
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Globals, utilities and helpers
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #: The default config file name for this application.
 default_config_file_name = u'ipython_config.py'
 
 _examples = """
 ipython --pylab            # start in pylab mode
 ipython --pylab=qt         # start in pylab mode with the qt4 backend
 ipython --log-level=DEBUG  # set logging to DEBUG
 ipython --profile=foo      # start with profile foo
 
 ipython qtconsole          # start the qtconsole GUI application
 ipython help qtconsole     # show the help for the qtconsole subcmd
 
 ipython console            # start the terminal-based console application
 ipython help console       # show the help for the console subcmd
 
 ipython notebook           # start the IPython notebook
 ipython help notebook      # show the help for the notebook subcmd
 
 ipython profile create foo # create profile foo w/ default config files
 ipython help profile       # show the help for the profile subcmd
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Crash handler for this application
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class IPAppCrashHandler(CrashHandler):
     """sys.excepthook for IPython itself, leaves a detailed report on disk."""
 
     def __init__(self, app):
         contact_name = release.authors['Fernando'][0]
         contact_email = release.author_email
         bug_tracker = 'https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues'
         super(IPAppCrashHandler,self).__init__(
             app, contact_name, contact_email, bug_tracker
         )
 
     def make_report(self,traceback):
         """Return a string containing a crash report."""
 
         sec_sep = self.section_sep
         # Start with parent report
         report = [super(IPAppCrashHandler, self).make_report(traceback)]
         # Add interactive-specific info we may have
         rpt_add = report.append
         try:
             rpt_add(sec_sep+"History of session input:")
             for line in self.app.shell.user_ns['_ih']:
                 rpt_add(line)
             rpt_add('\n*** Last line of input (may not be in above history):\n')
             rpt_add(self.app.shell._last_input_line+'\n')
         except:
             pass
 
         return ''.join(report)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 flags = dict(base_flags)
 flags.update(shell_flags)
 frontend_flags = {}
 addflag = lambda *args: frontend_flags.update(boolean_flag(*args))
 addflag('autoedit-syntax', 'TerminalInteractiveShell.autoedit_syntax',
         'Turn on auto editing of files with syntax errors.',
         'Turn off auto editing of files with syntax errors.'
 )
 addflag('banner', 'TerminalIPythonApp.display_banner',
         "Display a banner upon starting IPython.",
         "Don't display a banner upon starting IPython."
 )
 addflag('confirm-exit', 'TerminalInteractiveShell.confirm_exit',
     """Set to confirm when you try to exit IPython with an EOF (Control-D
     in Unix, Control-Z/Enter in Windows). By typing 'exit' or 'quit',
     you can force a direct exit without any confirmation.""",
     "Don't prompt the user when exiting."
 )
 addflag('term-title', 'TerminalInteractiveShell.term_title',
     "Enable auto setting the terminal title.",
     "Disable auto setting the terminal title."
 )
 classic_config = Config()
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.cache_size = 0
 classic_config.PlainTextFormatter.pprint = False
 classic_config.PromptManager.in_template = '>>> '
 classic_config.PromptManager.in2_template = '... '
 classic_config.PromptManager.out_template = ''
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.separate_in = ''
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.separate_out = ''
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.separate_out2 = ''
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.colors = 'NoColor'
 classic_config.InteractiveShell.xmode = 'Plain'
 
 frontend_flags['classic']=(
     classic_config,
     "Gives IPython a similar feel to the classic Python prompt."
 )
 # # log doesn't make so much sense this way anymore
 # paa('--log','-l',
 #     action='store_true', dest='InteractiveShell.logstart',
 #     help="Start logging to the default log file (./ipython_log.py).")
 #
 # # quick is harder to implement
 frontend_flags['quick']=(
     {'TerminalIPythonApp' : {'quick' : True}},
     "Enable quick startup with no config files."
 )
 
 frontend_flags['i'] = (
     {'TerminalIPythonApp' : {'force_interact' : True}},
     """If running code from the command line, become interactive afterwards.
     Note: can also be given simply as '-i.'"""
 )
-frontend_flags['pylab'] = (
-    {'TerminalIPythonApp' : {'pylab' : 'auto'}},
-    """Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use with
-    the default matplotlib backend."""
-)
 flags.update(frontend_flags)
 
 aliases = dict(base_aliases)
 aliases.update(shell_aliases)
 
-# it's possible we don't want short aliases for *all* of these:
-aliases.update(dict(
-    gui='TerminalIPythonApp.gui',
-    pylab='TerminalIPythonApp.pylab',
-))
-
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main classes and functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class TerminalIPythonApp(BaseIPythonApplication, InteractiveShellApp):
     name = u'ipython'
     description = usage.cl_usage
     default_config_file_name = default_config_file_name
     crash_handler_class = IPAppCrashHandler
     examples = _examples
 
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
     classes = List()
     def _classes_default(self):
         """This has to be in a method, for TerminalIPythonApp to be available."""
         return [
             InteractiveShellApp, # ShellApp comes before TerminalApp, because
             self.__class__,      # it will also affect subclasses (e.g. QtConsole)
             TerminalInteractiveShell,
             PromptManager,
             HistoryManager,
             ProfileDir,
             PlainTextFormatter,
             IPCompleter,
         ]
 
     subcommands = Dict(dict(
         qtconsole=('IPython.frontend.qt.console.qtconsoleapp.IPythonQtConsoleApp',
             """Launch the IPython Qt Console."""
         ),
         notebook=('IPython.frontend.html.notebook.notebookapp.NotebookApp',
             """Launch the IPython HTML Notebook Server."""
         ),
         profile = ("IPython.core.profileapp.ProfileApp",
             "Create and manage IPython profiles."
         ),
         kernel = ("IPython.zmq.ipkernel.IPKernelApp",
             "Start a kernel without an attached frontend."
         ),
         console=('IPython.frontend.terminal.console.app.ZMQTerminalIPythonApp',
             """Launch the IPython terminal-based Console."""
         ),
     ))
 
     # *do* autocreate requested profile, but don't create the config file.
     auto_create=Bool(True)
     # configurables
     ignore_old_config=Bool(False, config=True,
         help="Suppress warning messages about legacy config files"
     )
     quick = Bool(False, config=True,
         help="""Start IPython quickly by skipping the loading of config files."""
     )
     def _quick_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new:
             self.load_config_file = lambda *a, **kw: None
             self.ignore_old_config=True
 
-    gui = CaselessStrEnum(('qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'glut', 'pyglet'), config=True,
-        help="Enable GUI event loop integration ('qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'glut', 'pyglet')."
-    )
-    pylab = CaselessStrEnum(['tk', 'qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'osx', 'auto'],
-        config=True,
-        help="""Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use,
-        selecting a particular matplotlib backend and loop integration.
-        """
-    )
     display_banner = Bool(True, config=True,
         help="Whether to display a banner upon starting IPython."
     )
 
     # if there is code of files to run from the cmd line, don't interact
     # unless the --i flag (App.force_interact) is true.
     force_interact = Bool(False, config=True,
         help="""If a command or file is given via the command-line,
         e.g. 'ipython foo.py"""
     )
     def _force_interact_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new:
             self.interact = True
 
     def _file_to_run_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if new:
             self.something_to_run = True
         if new and not self.force_interact:
                 self.interact = False
     _code_to_run_changed = _file_to_run_changed
     _module_to_run_changed = _file_to_run_changed
 
     # internal, not-configurable
     interact=Bool(True)
     something_to_run=Bool(False)
 
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         """override to allow old '-pylab' flag with deprecation warning"""
 
         argv = sys.argv[1:] if argv is None else argv
 
         if '-pylab' in argv:
             # deprecated `-pylab` given,
             # warn and transform into current syntax
             argv = argv[:] # copy, don't clobber
             idx = argv.index('-pylab')
             warn.warn("`-pylab` flag has been deprecated.\n"
             "    Use `--pylab` instead, or `--pylab=foo` to specify a backend.")
             sub = '--pylab'
             if len(argv) > idx+1:
                 # check for gui arg, as in '-pylab qt'
                 gui = argv[idx+1]
                 if gui in ('wx', 'qt', 'qt4', 'gtk', 'auto'):
                     sub = '--pylab='+gui
                     argv.pop(idx+1)
             argv[idx] = sub
 
         return super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
     
     @catch_config_error
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         """Do actions after construct, but before starting the app."""
         super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv)
         if self.subapp is not None:
             # don't bother initializing further, starting subapp
             return
         if not self.ignore_old_config:
             check_for_old_config(self.ipython_dir)
         # print self.extra_args
         if self.extra_args and not self.something_to_run:
             self.file_to_run = self.extra_args[0]
         self.init_path()
         # create the shell
         self.init_shell()
         # and draw the banner
         self.init_banner()
         # Now a variety of things that happen after the banner is printed.
         self.init_gui_pylab()
         self.init_extensions()
         self.init_code()
 
     def init_shell(self):
         """initialize the InteractiveShell instance"""
         # Create an InteractiveShell instance.
         # shell.display_banner should always be False for the terminal
         # based app, because we call shell.show_banner() by hand below
         # so the banner shows *before* all extension loading stuff.
         self.shell = TerminalInteractiveShell.instance(config=self.config,
                         display_banner=False, profile_dir=self.profile_dir,
                         ipython_dir=self.ipython_dir)
         self.shell.configurables.append(self)
 
     def init_banner(self):
         """optionally display the banner"""
         if self.display_banner and self.interact:
             self.shell.show_banner()
         # Make sure there is a space below the banner.
         if self.log_level <= logging.INFO: print
 
-
-    def init_gui_pylab(self):
-        """Enable GUI event loop integration, taking pylab into account."""
-        gui = self.gui
-
-        # Using `pylab` will also require gui activation, though which toolkit
-        # to use may be chosen automatically based on mpl configuration.
-        if self.pylab:
-            activate = self.shell.enable_pylab
-            if self.pylab == 'auto':
-                gui = None
-            else:
-                gui = self.pylab
-        else:
-            # Enable only GUI integration, no pylab
-            activate = inputhook.enable_gui
-
-        if gui or self.pylab:
-            try:
-                self.log.info("Enabling GUI event loop integration, "
-                              "toolkit=%s, pylab=%s" % (gui, self.pylab) )
-                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()
+    def _pylab_changed(self, name, old, new):
+        """Replace --pylab='inline' with --pylab='auto'"""
+        if new == 'inline':
+            warn.warn("'inline' not available as pylab backend, "
+                      "using 'auto' instead.\n")
+            self.pylab = 'auto'
 
     def start(self):
         if self.subapp is not None:
             return self.subapp.start()
         # perform any prexec steps:
         if self.interact:
             self.log.debug("Starting IPython's mainloop...")
             self.shell.mainloop()
         else:
             self.log.debug("IPython not interactive...")
 
 
 def load_default_config(ipython_dir=None):
     """Load the default config file from the default ipython_dir.
 
     This is useful for embedded shells.
     """
     if ipython_dir is None:
         ipython_dir = get_ipython_dir()
     profile_dir = os.path.join(ipython_dir, 'profile_default')
     cl = PyFileConfigLoader(default_config_file_name, profile_dir)
     try:
         config = cl.load_config()
     except ConfigFileNotFound:
         # no config found
         config = Config()
     return config
 
 
 def launch_new_instance():
     """Create and run a full blown IPython instance"""
     app = TerminalIPythonApp.instance()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     launch_new_instance()

IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -1,921 +1,905
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """A simple interactive kernel that talks to a frontend over 0MQ.
 
 Things to do:
 
 * Implement `set_parent` logic. Right before doing exec, the Kernel should
   call set_parent on all the PUB objects with the message about to be executed.
 * Implement random port and security key logic.
 * Implement control messages.
 * Implement event loop and poll version.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # Standard library imports
 import __builtin__
 import atexit
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
 import logging
 import uuid
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from signal import (
         signal, getsignal, default_int_handler, SIGINT, SIG_IGN
 )
 
 # System library imports
 import zmq
 from zmq.eventloop import ioloop
 from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
 
 # Local imports
-from IPython.core import pylabtools
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.config.application import boolean_flag, catch_config_error
 from IPython.core.application import ProfileDir
 from IPython.core.error import StdinNotImplementedError
 from IPython.core.shellapp import (
     InteractiveShellApp, shell_flags, shell_aliases
 )
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.frame import extract_module_locals
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import json_clean
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Any, Instance, Float, Dict, CaselessStrEnum, List, Set, Integer, Unicode
 )
 
 from entry_point import base_launch_kernel
 from kernelapp import KernelApp, kernel_flags, kernel_aliases
 from serialize import serialize_object, unpack_apply_message
 from session import Session, Message
 from zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main kernel class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class Kernel(Configurable):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     # attribute to override with a GUI
     eventloop = Any(None)
     def _eventloop_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """schedule call to eventloop from IOLoop"""
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_timeout(time.time()+0.1, self.enter_eventloop)
 
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
     session = Instance(Session)
     profile_dir = Instance('IPython.core.profiledir.ProfileDir')
     shell_streams = List()
     control_stream = Instance(ZMQStream)
     iopub_socket = Instance(zmq.Socket)
     stdin_socket = Instance(zmq.Socket)
     log = Instance(logging.Logger)
     
     user_module = Any()
     def _user_module_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if self.shell is not None:
             self.shell.user_module = new
     
     user_ns = Dict(default_value=None)
     def _user_ns_changed(self, name, old, new):
         if self.shell is not None:
             self.shell.user_ns = new
             self.shell.init_user_ns()
 
     # identities:
     int_id = Integer(-1)
     ident = Unicode()
 
     def _ident_default(self):
         return unicode(uuid.uuid4())
 
 
     # Private interface
     
     # Time to sleep after flushing the stdout/err buffers in each execute
     # cycle.  While this introduces a hard limit on the minimal latency of the
     # execute cycle, it helps prevent output synchronization problems for
     # clients.
     # Units are in seconds.  The minimum zmq latency on local host is probably
     # ~150 microseconds, set this to 500us for now.  We may need to increase it
     # a little if it's not enough after more interactive testing.
     _execute_sleep = Float(0.0005, config=True)
 
     # Frequency of the kernel's event loop.
     # Units are in seconds, kernel subclasses for GUI toolkits may need to
     # adapt to milliseconds.
     _poll_interval = Float(0.05, config=True)
 
     # If the shutdown was requested over the network, we leave here the
     # necessary reply message so it can be sent by our registered atexit
     # handler.  This ensures that the reply is only sent to clients truly at
     # the end of our shutdown process (which happens after the underlying
     # IPython shell's own shutdown).
     _shutdown_message = None
 
     # This is a dict of port number that the kernel is listening on. It is set
     # by record_ports and used by connect_request.
     _recorded_ports = Dict()
     
     # set of aborted msg_ids
     aborted = Set()
 
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(Kernel, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         # Initialize the InteractiveShell subclass
         self.shell = ZMQInteractiveShell.instance(config=self.config,
             profile_dir = self.profile_dir,
             user_module = self.user_module,
             user_ns     = self.user_ns,
         )
         self.shell.displayhook.session = self.session
         self.shell.displayhook.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
         self.shell.displayhook.topic = self._topic('pyout')
         self.shell.display_pub.session = self.session
         self.shell.display_pub.pub_socket = self.iopub_socket
 
         # TMP - hack while developing
         self.shell._reply_content = None
 
         # Build dict of handlers for message types
         msg_types = [ 'execute_request', 'complete_request',
                       'object_info_request', 'history_request',
                       'connect_request', 'shutdown_request',
                       'apply_request',
                     ]
         self.shell_handlers = {}
         for msg_type in msg_types:
             self.shell_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
         
         control_msg_types = msg_types + [ 'clear_request', 'abort_request' ]
         self.control_handlers = {}
         for msg_type in control_msg_types:
             self.control_handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
 
     def dispatch_control(self, msg):
         """dispatch control requests"""
         idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg, copy=False)
         try:
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg, content=True, copy=False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Invalid Control Message", exc_info=True)
             return
 
         self.log.debug("Control received: %s", msg)
 
         header = msg['header']
         msg_id = header['msg_id']
         msg_type = header['msg_type']
 
         handler = self.control_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("UNKNOWN CONTROL MESSAGE TYPE: %r", msg_type)
         else:
             try:
                 handler(self.control_stream, idents, msg)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("Exception in control handler:", exc_info=True)
     
     def dispatch_shell(self, stream, msg):
         """dispatch shell requests"""
         # flush control requests first
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.flush()
         
         idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg, copy=False)
         try:
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg, content=True, copy=False)
         except:
             self.log.error("Invalid Message", exc_info=True)
             return
 
         header = msg['header']
         msg_id = header['msg_id']
         msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
         
         # Print some info about this message and leave a '--->' marker, so it's
         # easier to trace visually the message chain when debugging.  Each
         # handler prints its message at the end.
         self.log.debug('\n*** MESSAGE TYPE:%s***', msg_type)
         self.log.debug('   Content: %s\n   --->\n   ', msg['content'])
 
         if msg_id in self.aborted:
             self.aborted.remove(msg_id)
             # is it safe to assume a msg_id will not be resubmitted?
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             sub = {'engine' : self.ident}
             sub.update(status)
             reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, reply_type, subheader=sub,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             return
         
         handler = self.shell_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("UNKNOWN MESSAGE TYPE: %r", msg_type)
         else:
             # ensure default_int_handler during handler call
             sig = signal(SIGINT, default_int_handler)
             try:
                 handler(stream, idents, msg)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("Exception in message handler:", exc_info=True)
             finally:
                 signal(SIGINT, sig)
     
     def enter_eventloop(self):
         """enter eventloop"""
         self.log.info("entering eventloop")
         # restore default_int_handler
         signal(SIGINT, default_int_handler)
         while self.eventloop is not None:
             try:
                 self.eventloop(self)
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 # Ctrl-C shouldn't crash the kernel
                 self.log.error("KeyboardInterrupt caught in kernel")
                 continue
             else:
                 # eventloop exited cleanly, this means we should stop (right?)
                 self.eventloop = None
                 break
         self.log.info("exiting eventloop")
         # if eventloop exits, IOLoop should stop
         ioloop.IOLoop.instance().stop()
 
     def start(self):
         """register dispatchers for streams"""
         self.shell.exit_now = False
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_control, copy=False)
 
         def make_dispatcher(stream):
             def dispatcher(msg):
                 return self.dispatch_shell(stream, msg)
             return dispatcher
 
         for s in self.shell_streams:
             s.on_recv(make_dispatcher(s), copy=False)
     
     def do_one_iteration(self):
         """step eventloop just once"""
         if self.control_stream:
             self.control_stream.flush()
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             # handle at most one request per iteration
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLIN, 1)
             stream.flush(zmq.POLLOUT)
 
 
     def record_ports(self, ports):
         """Record the ports that this kernel is using.
 
         The creator of the Kernel instance must call this methods if they
         want the :meth:`connect_request` method to return the port numbers.
         """
         self._recorded_ports = ports
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel request handlers
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def _make_subheader(self):
         """init subheader dict, for execute/apply_reply"""
         return {
             'dependencies_met' : True,
             'engine' : self.ident,
             'started': datetime.now(),
         }
     
     def _publish_pyin(self, code, parent, execution_count):
         """Publish the code request on the pyin stream."""
 
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'pyin',
                             {u'code':code, u'execution_count': execution_count},
                             parent=parent, ident=self._topic('pyin')
         )
 
     def execute_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
 
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket,
                           u'status',
                           {u'execution_state':u'busy'},
                           parent=parent,
                           ident=self._topic('status'),
                           )
         
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             code = content[u'code']
             silent = content[u'silent']
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: ")
             self.log.error("%s", parent)
             return
         
         sub = self._make_subheader()
 
         shell = self.shell # we'll need this a lot here
 
         # Replace raw_input. Note that is not sufficient to replace
         # raw_input in the user namespace.
         if content.get('allow_stdin', False):
             raw_input = lambda prompt='': self._raw_input(prompt, ident, parent)
         else:
             raw_input = lambda prompt='' : self._no_raw_input()
 
         if py3compat.PY3:
             __builtin__.input = raw_input
         else:
             __builtin__.raw_input = raw_input
 
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         shell.displayhook.set_parent(parent)
         shell.display_pub.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stdout.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stderr.set_parent(parent)
 
         # Re-broadcast our input for the benefit of listening clients, and
         # start computing output
         if not silent:
             self._publish_pyin(code, parent, shell.execution_count)
 
         reply_content = {}
         try:
             # FIXME: the shell calls the exception handler itself.
             shell.run_cell(code, store_history=not silent, silent=silent)
         except:
             status = u'error'
             # FIXME: this code right now isn't being used yet by default,
             # because the run_cell() call above directly fires off exception
             # reporting.  This code, therefore, is only active in the scenario
             # where runlines itself has an unhandled exception.  We need to
             # uniformize this, for all exception construction to come from a
             # single location in the codbase.
             etype, evalue, tb = sys.exc_info()
             tb_list = traceback.format_exception(etype, evalue, tb)
             reply_content.update(shell._showtraceback(etype, evalue, tb_list))
         else:
             status = u'ok'
 
         reply_content[u'status'] = status
 
         # Return the execution counter so clients can display prompts
         reply_content['execution_count'] = shell.execution_count - 1
 
         # FIXME - fish exception info out of shell, possibly left there by
         # runlines.  We'll need to clean up this logic later.
         if shell._reply_content is not None:
             reply_content.update(shell._reply_content)
             e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method='execute')
             reply_content['engine_info'] = e_info
             # reset after use
             shell._reply_content = None
 
         # At this point, we can tell whether the main code execution succeeded
         # or not.  If it did, we proceed to evaluate user_variables/expressions
         if reply_content['status'] == 'ok':
             reply_content[u'user_variables'] = \
                          shell.user_variables(content.get(u'user_variables', []))
             reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = \
                          shell.user_expressions(content.get(u'user_expressions', {}))
         else:
             # If there was an error, don't even try to compute variables or
             # expressions
             reply_content[u'user_variables'] = {}
             reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = {}
 
         # Payloads should be retrieved regardless of outcome, so we can both
         # recover partial output (that could have been generated early in a
         # block, before an error) and clear the payload system always.
         reply_content[u'payload'] = shell.payload_manager.read_payload()
         # Be agressive about clearing the payload because we don't want
         # it to sit in memory until the next execute_request comes in.
         shell.payload_manager.clear_payload()
 
         # Flush output before sending the reply.
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         # FIXME: on rare occasions, the flush doesn't seem to make it to the
         # clients... This seems to mitigate the problem, but we definitely need
         # to better understand what's going on.
         if self._execute_sleep:
             time.sleep(self._execute_sleep)
 
         # Send the reply.
         reply_content = json_clean(reply_content)
         
         sub['status'] = reply_content['status']
         if reply_content['status'] == 'error' and \
                         reply_content['ename'] == 'UnmetDependency':
                 sub['dependencies_met'] = False
 
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, u'execute_reply',
                                       reply_content, parent, subheader=sub,
                                       ident=ident)
         
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
         if not silent and reply_msg['content']['status'] == u'error':
             self._abort_queues()
 
         self.session.send(self.iopub_socket,
                           u'status',
                           {u'execution_state':u'idle'},
                           parent=parent,
                           ident=self._topic('status'))
 
     def complete_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         txt, matches = self._complete(parent)
         matches = {'matches' : matches,
                    'matched_text' : txt,
                    'status' : 'ok'}
         matches = json_clean(matches)
         completion_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'complete_reply',
                                            matches, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", completion_msg)
 
     def object_info_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         content = parent['content']
         object_info = self.shell.object_inspect(content['oname'],
                         detail_level = content.get('detail_level', 0)
         )
         # Before we send this object over, we scrub it for JSON usage
         oinfo = json_clean(object_info)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'object_info_reply',
                                 oinfo, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def history_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         # We need to pull these out, as passing **kwargs doesn't work with
         # unicode keys before Python 2.6.5.
         hist_access_type = parent['content']['hist_access_type']
         raw = parent['content']['raw']
         output = parent['content']['output']
         if hist_access_type == 'tail':
             n = parent['content']['n']
             hist = self.shell.history_manager.get_tail(n, raw=raw, output=output,
                                                             include_latest=True)
 
         elif hist_access_type == 'range':
             session = parent['content']['session']
             start = parent['content']['start']
             stop = parent['content']['stop']
             hist = self.shell.history_manager.get_range(session, start, stop,
                                                         raw=raw, output=output)
 
         elif hist_access_type == 'search':
             pattern = parent['content']['pattern']
             hist = self.shell.history_manager.search(pattern, raw=raw,
                                                      output=output) 
 
         else:
             hist = []
         hist = list(hist)
         content = {'history' : hist}
         content = json_clean(content)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'history_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("Sending history reply with %i entries", len(hist))
 
     def connect_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         if self._recorded_ports is not None:
             content = self._recorded_ports.copy()
         else:
             content = {}
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'connect_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", msg)
 
     def shutdown_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         self.shell.exit_now = True
         content = dict(status='ok')
         content.update(parent['content'])
         self.session.send(stream, u'shutdown_reply', content, parent, ident=ident)
         # same content, but different msg_id for broadcasting on IOPub
         self._shutdown_message = self.session.msg(u'shutdown_reply',
                                                   content, parent
         )
 
         self._at_shutdown()
         # call sys.exit after a short delay
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
         loop.add_timeout(time.time()+0.1, loop.stop)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Engine methods
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def apply_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             bufs = parent[u'buffers']
             msg_id = parent['header']['msg_id']
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad msg: %s", parent, exc_info=True)
             return
 
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         self.shell.displayhook.set_parent(parent)
         self.shell.display_pub.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stdout.set_parent(parent)
         sys.stderr.set_parent(parent)
 
         # pyin_msg = self.session.msg(u'pyin',{u'code':code}, parent=parent)
         # self.iopub_socket.send(pyin_msg)
         # self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'pyin', {u'code':code},parent=parent)
         sub = self._make_subheader()
         try:
             working = self.shell.user_ns
 
             prefix = "_"+str(msg_id).replace("-","")+"_"
 
             f,args,kwargs = unpack_apply_message(bufs, working, copy=False)
 
             fname = getattr(f, '__name__', 'f')
 
             fname = prefix+"f"
             argname = prefix+"args"
             kwargname = prefix+"kwargs"
             resultname = prefix+"result"
 
             ns = { fname : f, argname : args, kwargname : kwargs , resultname : None }
             # print ns
             working.update(ns)
             code = "%s = %s(*%s,**%s)" % (resultname, fname, argname, kwargname)
             try:
                 exec code in self.shell.user_global_ns, self.shell.user_ns
                 result = working.get(resultname)
             finally:
                 for key in ns.iterkeys():
                     working.pop(key)
 
             packed_result,buf = serialize_object(result)
             result_buf = [packed_result]+buf
         except:
             exc_content = self._wrap_exception('apply')
             # exc_msg = self.session.msg(u'pyerr', exc_content, parent)
             self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, u'pyerr', exc_content, parent=parent,
                                 ident=self._topic('pyerr'))
             reply_content = exc_content
             result_buf = []
 
             if exc_content['ename'] == 'UnmetDependency':
                 sub['dependencies_met'] = False
         else:
             reply_content = {'status' : 'ok'}
 
         # put 'ok'/'error' status in header, for scheduler introspection:
         sub['status'] = reply_content['status']
 
         # flush i/o
         sys.stdout.flush()
         sys.stderr.flush()
         
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, u'apply_reply', reply_content,
                     parent=parent, ident=ident,buffers=result_buf, subheader=sub)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Control messages
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def abort_request(self, stream, ident, parent):
         """abort a specifig msg by id"""
         msg_ids = parent['content'].get('msg_ids', None)
         if isinstance(msg_ids, basestring):
             msg_ids = [msg_ids]
         if not msg_ids:
             self.abort_queues()
         for mid in msg_ids:
             self.aborted.add(str(mid))
 
         content = dict(status='ok')
         reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'abort_reply', content=content,
                 parent=parent, ident=ident)
         self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
 
     def clear_request(self, stream, idents, parent):
         """Clear our namespace."""
         self.shell.reset(False)
         msg = self.session.send(stream, 'clear_reply', ident=idents, parent=parent,
                 content = dict(status='ok'))
 
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
     def _wrap_exception(self, method=None):
         # import here, because _wrap_exception is only used in parallel,
         # and parallel has higher min pyzmq version
         from IPython.parallel.error import wrap_exception
         e_info = dict(engine_uuid=self.ident, engine_id=self.int_id, method=method)
         content = wrap_exception(e_info)
         return content
 
     def _topic(self, topic):
         """prefixed topic for IOPub messages"""
         if self.int_id >= 0:
             base = "engine.%i" % self.int_id
         else:
             base = "kernel.%s" % self.ident
         
         return py3compat.cast_bytes("%s.%s" % (base, topic))
     
     def _abort_queues(self):
         for stream in self.shell_streams:
             if stream:
                 self._abort_queue(stream)
 
     def _abort_queue(self, stream):
         poller = zmq.Poller()
         poller.register(stream.socket, zmq.POLLIN)
         while True:
             idents,msg = self.session.recv(stream, zmq.NOBLOCK, content=True)
             if msg is None:
                 return
 
             self.log.info("Aborting:")
             self.log.info("%s", msg)
             msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
 
             status = {'status' : 'aborted'}
             sub = {'engine' : self.ident}
             sub.update(status)
             reply_msg = self.session.send(stream, reply_type, subheader=sub,
                         content=status, parent=msg, ident=idents)
             self.log.debug("%s", reply_msg)
             # We need to wait a bit for requests to come in. This can probably
             # be set shorter for true asynchronous clients.
             poller.poll(50)
 
 
     def _no_raw_input(self):
         """Raise StdinNotImplentedError if active frontend doesn't support
         stdin."""
         raise StdinNotImplementedError("raw_input was called, but this "
                                        "frontend does not support stdin.") 
         
     def _raw_input(self, prompt, ident, parent):
         # Flush output before making the request.
         sys.stderr.flush()
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
         # Send the input request.
         content = json_clean(dict(prompt=prompt))
         self.session.send(self.stdin_socket, u'input_request', content, parent,
                           ident=ident)
 
         # Await a response.
         while True:
             try:
                 ident, reply = self.session.recv(self.stdin_socket, 0)
             except Exception:
                 self.log.warn("Invalid Message:", exc_info=True)
             else:
                 break
         try:
             value = reply['content']['value']
         except:
             self.log.error("Got bad raw_input reply: ")
             self.log.error("%s", parent)
             value = ''
         if value == '\x04':
             # EOF
             raise EOFError
         return value
 
     def _complete(self, msg):
         c = msg['content']
         try:
             cpos = int(c['cursor_pos'])
         except:
             # If we don't get something that we can convert to an integer, at
             # least attempt the completion guessing the cursor is at the end of
             # the text, if there's any, and otherwise of the line
             cpos = len(c['text'])
             if cpos==0:
                 cpos = len(c['line'])
         return self.shell.complete(c['text'], c['line'], cpos)
 
     def _object_info(self, context):
         symbol, leftover = self._symbol_from_context(context)
         if symbol is not None and not leftover:
             doc = getattr(symbol, '__doc__', '')
         else:
             doc = ''
         object_info = dict(docstring = doc)
         return object_info
 
     def _symbol_from_context(self, context):
         if not context:
             return None, context
 
         base_symbol_string = context[0]
         symbol = self.shell.user_ns.get(base_symbol_string, None)
         if symbol is None:
             symbol = __builtin__.__dict__.get(base_symbol_string, None)
         if symbol is None:
             return None, context
 
         context = context[1:]
         for i, name in enumerate(context):
             new_symbol = getattr(symbol, name, None)
             if new_symbol is None:
                 return symbol, context[i:]
             else:
                 symbol = new_symbol
 
         return symbol, []
 
     def _at_shutdown(self):
         """Actions taken at shutdown by the kernel, called by python's atexit.
         """
         # io.rprint("Kernel at_shutdown") # dbg
         if self._shutdown_message is not None:
             self.session.send(self.iopub_socket, self._shutdown_message, ident=self._topic('shutdown'))
             self.log.debug("%s", self._shutdown_message)
         [ s.flush(zmq.POLLOUT) for s in self.shell_streams ]
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Aliases and Flags for the IPKernelApp
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 flags = dict(kernel_flags)
 flags.update(shell_flags)
 
 addflag = lambda *args: flags.update(boolean_flag(*args))
 
 flags['pylab'] = (
     {'IPKernelApp' : {'pylab' : 'auto'}},
     """Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use with
     the default matplotlib backend."""
 )
 
 aliases = dict(kernel_aliases)
 aliases.update(shell_aliases)
 
-# it's possible we don't want short aliases for *all* of these:
-aliases.update(dict(
-    pylab='IPKernelApp.pylab',
-))
-
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The IPKernelApp class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class IPKernelApp(KernelApp, InteractiveShellApp):
     name = 'ipkernel'
 
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
     flags = Dict(flags)
     classes = [Kernel, ZMQInteractiveShell, ProfileDir, Session]
     
-    # configurables
-    pylab = CaselessStrEnum(['tk', 'qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'osx', 'inline', 'auto'],
-        config=True,
-        help="""Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use,
-        selecting a particular matplotlib backend and loop integration.
-        """
-    )
-    
     @catch_config_error
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         super(IPKernelApp, self).initialize(argv)
         self.init_path()
         self.init_shell()
+        self.init_gui_pylab()
         self.init_extensions()
         self.init_code()
 
     def init_kernel(self):
         
         shell_stream = ZMQStream(self.shell_socket)
 
         kernel = Kernel(config=self.config, session=self.session,
                                 shell_streams=[shell_stream],
                                 iopub_socket=self.iopub_socket,
                                 stdin_socket=self.stdin_socket,
                                 log=self.log,
                                 profile_dir=self.profile_dir,
         )
         self.kernel = kernel
         kernel.record_ports(self.ports)
         shell = kernel.shell
-        if self.pylab:
-            try:
-                gui, backend = pylabtools.find_gui_and_backend(self.pylab)
-                shell.enable_pylab(gui, import_all=self.pylab_import_all)
-            except Exception:
-                self.log.error("Pylab initialization failed", exc_info=True)
-                # print exception straight to stdout, because normally 
-                # _showtraceback associates the reply with an execution, 
+
+    def init_gui_pylab(self):
+        """Enable GUI event loop integration, taking pylab into account."""
+
+        # Provide a wrapper for :meth:`InteractiveShellApp.init_gui_pylab`
+        # to ensure that any exception is printed straight to stderr.
+        # Normally _showtraceback associates the reply with an execution,
                 # which means frontends will never draw it, as this exception 
                 # is not associated with any execute request.
                 
-                # replace pyerr-sending traceback with stdout
+        shell = self.shell
                 _showtraceback = shell._showtraceback
+        try:
+            # replace pyerr-sending traceback with stderr
                 def print_tb(etype, evalue, stb):
-                    print ("Error initializing pylab, pylab mode will not "
-                           "be active", file=io.stderr)
-                    print (shell.InteractiveTB.stb2text(stb), file=io.stdout)
+                print ("GUI event loop or pylab initialization failed",
+                       file=io.stderr)
+                print (shell.InteractiveTB.stb2text(stb), file=io.stderr)
                 shell._showtraceback = print_tb
-                
-                # send the traceback over stdout
-                shell.showtraceback(tb_offset=0)
-                
-                # restore proper _showtraceback method
+            InteractiveShellApp.init_gui_pylab(self)
+        finally:
                 shell._showtraceback = _showtraceback
                 
-
     def init_shell(self):
         self.shell = self.kernel.shell
         self.shell.configurables.append(self)
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Kernel main and launch functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def launch_kernel(*args, **kwargs):
     """Launches a localhost IPython kernel, binding to the specified ports.
 
     This function simply calls entry_point.base_launch_kernel with the right
     first command to start an ipkernel.  See base_launch_kernel for arguments.
 
     Returns
     -------
     A tuple of form:
         (kernel_process, shell_port, iopub_port, stdin_port, hb_port)
     where kernel_process is a Popen object and the ports are integers.
     """
     return base_launch_kernel('from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import main; main()',
                               *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def embed_kernel(module=None, local_ns=None, **kwargs):
     """Embed and start an IPython kernel in a given scope.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     module : ModuleType, optional
         The module to load into IPython globals (default: caller)
     local_ns : dict, optional
         The namespace to load into IPython user namespace (default: caller)
     
     kwargs : various, optional
         Further keyword args are relayed to the KernelApp constructor,
         allowing configuration of the Kernel.  Will only have an effect
         on the first embed_kernel call for a given process.
     
     """
     # get the app if it exists, or set it up if it doesn't
     if IPKernelApp.initialized():
         app = IPKernelApp.instance()
     else:
         app = IPKernelApp.instance(**kwargs)
         app.initialize([])
         # Undo unnecessary sys module mangling from init_sys_modules.
         # This would not be necessary if we could prevent it
         # in the first place by using a different InteractiveShell
         # subclass, as in the regular embed case.
         main = app.kernel.shell._orig_sys_modules_main_mod
         if main is not None:
             sys.modules[app.kernel.shell._orig_sys_modules_main_name] = main
 
     # load the calling scope if not given
     (caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals(1)
     if module is None:
         module = caller_module
     if local_ns is None:
         local_ns = caller_locals
     
     app.kernel.user_module = module
     app.kernel.user_ns = local_ns
     app.start()
 
 def main():
     """Run an IPKernel as an application"""
     app = IPKernelApp.instance()
     app.initialize()
     app.start()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()