Added embedded configuration to docs

docs/source/config/intro.rst

@@ -112,6 +112,18 b' At present, this only affects the current session - changes you make to'
 config are not saved anywhere. Also, some options are only read when
 IPython starts, so they can't be changed like this.
 
+.. _configure_embedded:
+
+Configuring embedded IPython
+----------------------------
+
+If you are :ref:`Embedding`, you can set configuration options the same
+way as in a config file by creating a traitlets config object and passing
+it to start_ipython like in the example below.
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../examples/Embedding/embed_configured.py
+    :language: python
+
 .. _profiles:
 
 Profiles

docs/source/interactive/reference.rst

@@ -671,6 +671,9 b' code fragments in your programs which are ready for cut and paste:'
 .. literalinclude:: ../../../examples/Embedding/embed_class_short.py
     :language: python
 
+For more information on setting configuration options for an embedded
+IPython instance, see :ref:`configure_embedded`.
+
 Using the Python debugger (pdb)
 ===============================
 

examples/Embedding/embed_configured.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 b' c = Config()'
 
 # Now we can set options as we would in a config file: 
 #   c.Class.config_value = value
-# For, example, we can set the exec_lines option of the InteractiveShellApp
+# For example, we can set the exec_lines option of the InteractiveShellApp
 # class to run some code when the IPython REPL starts
 c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = [
     'print("\\nimporting some things\\n")',
@@ -17,6 +17,6 b" c.InteractiveShell.colors = 'LightBG'"
 c.InteractiveShell.confirm_exit = False
 c.TerminalIPythonApp.display_banner = False
 
-# Now we start ipython with our configurtion 
+# Now we start ipython with our configuration
 import IPython
 IPython.start_ipython(config=c)