color settings from ipythonqt propagate down to the ZMQInteractiveShell in the Kernel

IPython/frontend/qt/console/ipython_widget.py

@@ -1,460 +1,463 b''
 """ A FrontendWidget that emulates the interface of the console IPython and
     supports the additional functionality provided by the IPython kernel.
 
     TODO: Add support for retrieving the system default editor. Requires code
           paths for Windows (use the registry), Mac OS (use LaunchServices), and
           Linux (use the xdg system).
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Standard library imports
 from collections import namedtuple
 import re
 from subprocess import Popen
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 # System library imports
 from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.core.inputsplitter import IPythonInputSplitter, \
     transform_ipy_prompt
 from IPython.core.usage import default_gui_banner
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Bool, Str
 from frontend_widget import FrontendWidget
 from styles import (default_light_style_sheet,  default_light_syntax_style,
                     default_dark_style_sheet, default_dark_syntax_style,
                     default_bw_style_sheet, default_bw_syntax_style)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Default strings to build and display input and output prompts (and separators
 # in between)
 default_in_prompt = 'In [<span class="in-prompt-number">%i</span>]: '
 default_out_prompt = 'Out[<span class="out-prompt-number">%i</span>]: '
 default_input_sep = '\n'
 default_output_sep = ''
 default_output_sep2 = ''
 
 # Base path for most payload sources.
 zmq_shell_source = 'IPython.zmq.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell'
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # IPythonWidget class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class IPythonWidget(FrontendWidget):
     """ A FrontendWidget for an IPython kernel.
     """
 
     # If set, the 'custom_edit_requested(str, int)' signal will be emitted when
     # an editor is needed for a file. This overrides 'editor' and 'editor_line'
     # settings.
     custom_edit = Bool(False)
     custom_edit_requested = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object, object)
 
     # A command for invoking a system text editor. If the string contains a
     # {filename} format specifier, it will be used. Otherwise, the filename will
     # be appended to the end the command.
     editor = Str('default', config=True)
 
     # The editor command to use when a specific line number is requested. The
     # string should contain two format specifiers: {line} and {filename}. If
     # this parameter is not specified, the line number option to the %edit magic
     # will be ignored.
     editor_line = Str(config=True)
 
     # A CSS stylesheet. The stylesheet can contain classes for:
     #     1. Qt: QPlainTextEdit, QFrame, QWidget, etc
     #     2. Pygments: .c, .k, .o, etc (see PygmentsHighlighter)
     #     3. IPython: .error, .in-prompt, .out-prompt, etc
     style_sheet = Str(config=True)
     
     # If not empty, use this Pygments style for syntax highlighting. Otherwise,
     # the style sheet is queried for Pygments style information.
     syntax_style = Str(config=True)
 
     # Prompts.
     in_prompt = Str(default_in_prompt, config=True)
     out_prompt = Str(default_out_prompt, config=True)
     input_sep = Str(default_input_sep, config=True)
     output_sep = Str(default_output_sep, config=True)
     output_sep2 = Str(default_output_sep2, config=True)
 
     # FrontendWidget protected class variables.
     _input_splitter_class = IPythonInputSplitter
 
     # IPythonWidget protected class variables.
     _PromptBlock = namedtuple('_PromptBlock', ['block', 'length', 'number'])
     _payload_source_edit = zmq_shell_source + '.edit_magic'
     _payload_source_exit = zmq_shell_source + '.ask_exit'
     _payload_source_loadpy = zmq_shell_source + '.magic_loadpy'
     _payload_source_page = 'IPython.zmq.page.page'
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'object' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
         super(IPythonWidget, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
 
         # IPythonWidget protected variables.
         self._code_to_load = None
         self._payload_handlers = { 
             self._payload_source_edit : self._handle_payload_edit,
             self._payload_source_exit : self._handle_payload_exit,
             self._payload_source_page : self._handle_payload_page,
             self._payload_source_loadpy : self._handle_payload_loadpy }
         self._previous_prompt_obj = None
 
         # Initialize widget styling.
         if self.style_sheet:
             self._style_sheet_changed()
             self._syntax_style_changed()
         else:
             self.set_default_style()
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'BaseFrontendMixin' abstract interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _handle_complete_reply(self, rep):
         """ Reimplemented to support IPython's improved completion machinery.
         """
         cursor = self._get_cursor()
         info = self._request_info.get('complete')
         if info and info.id == rep['parent_header']['msg_id'] and \
                 info.pos == cursor.position():
             matches = rep['content']['matches']
             text = rep['content']['matched_text']
             offset = len(text)
 
             # Clean up matches with period and path separators if the matched
             # text has not been transformed. This is done by truncating all
             # but the last component and then suitably decreasing the offset
             # between the current cursor position and the start of completion.
             if len(matches) > 1 and matches[0][:offset] == text:
                 parts = re.split(r'[./\\]', text) 
                 sep_count = len(parts) - 1
                 if sep_count:
                     chop_length = sum(map(len, parts[:sep_count])) + sep_count
                     matches = [ match[chop_length:] for match in matches ]
                     offset -= chop_length
 
             # Move the cursor to the start of the match and complete.
             cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.Left, n=offset)
             self._complete_with_items(cursor, matches)
 
     def _handle_execute_reply(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented to support prompt requests.
         """
         info = self._request_info.get('execute')
         if info and info.id == msg['parent_header']['msg_id']:
             if info.kind == 'prompt':
                 number = msg['content']['execution_count'] + 1
                 self._show_interpreter_prompt(number)
             else:
                 super(IPythonWidget, self)._handle_execute_reply(msg)
 
     def _handle_history_reply(self, msg):
         """ Implemented to handle history replies, which are only supported by
             the IPython kernel.
         """
         history_dict = msg['content']['history']
         items = [ history_dict[key] for key in sorted(history_dict.keys()) ]
         self._set_history(items)
 
     def _handle_pyout(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style "display hook".
         """
         if not self._hidden and self._is_from_this_session(msg):
             content = msg['content']
             prompt_number = content['execution_count']
             self._append_plain_text(self.output_sep)
             self._append_html(self._make_out_prompt(prompt_number))
             self._append_plain_text(content['data']+self.output_sep2)
 
     def _started_channels(self):
         """ Reimplemented to make a history request.
         """
         super(IPythonWidget, self)._started_channels()
         # FIXME: Disabled until history requests are properly implemented.
         #self.kernel_manager.xreq_channel.history(raw=True, output=False)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'ConsoleWidget' public interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def copy(self):
         """ Copy the currently selected text to the clipboard, removing prompts
             if possible.
         """
         text = unicode(self._control.textCursor().selection().toPlainText())
         if text:
             lines = map(transform_ipy_prompt, text.splitlines())
             text = '\n'.join(lines)
             QtGui.QApplication.clipboard().setText(text)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'FrontendWidget' public interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def execute_file(self, path, hidden=False):
         """ Reimplemented to use the 'run' magic.
         """
         self.execute('%%run %s' % path, hidden=hidden)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'FrontendWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _complete(self):
         """ Reimplemented to support IPython's improved completion machinery.
         """
         # We let the kernel split the input line, so we *always* send an empty
         # text field. Readline-based frontends do get a real text field which
         # they can use.
         text = ''
         
         # Send the completion request to the kernel
         msg_id = self.kernel_manager.xreq_channel.complete(
             text,                                    # text
             self._get_input_buffer_cursor_line(),    # line
             self._get_input_buffer_cursor_column(),  # cursor_pos
             self.input_buffer)                       # block 
         pos = self._get_cursor().position()
         info = self._CompletionRequest(msg_id, pos)
         self._request_info['complete'] = info
 
     def _get_banner(self):
         """ Reimplemented to return IPython's default banner.
         """
         return default_gui_banner
 
     def _process_execute_error(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style traceback formatting.
         """
         content = msg['content']
         traceback = '\n'.join(content['traceback']) + '\n'
         if False:
             # FIXME: For now, tracebacks come as plain text, so we can't use
             # the html renderer yet.  Once we refactor ultratb to produce
             # properly styled tracebacks, this branch should be the default
             traceback = traceback.replace(' ', '&nbsp;')
             traceback = traceback.replace('\n', '<br/>')
 
             ename = content['ename']
             ename_styled = '<span class="error">%s</span>' % ename
             traceback = traceback.replace(ename, ename_styled)
 
             self._append_html(traceback)
         else:
             # This is the fallback for now, using plain text with ansi escapes
             self._append_plain_text(traceback)    
 
     def _process_execute_payload(self, item):
         """ Reimplemented to dispatch payloads to handler methods.
         """
         handler = self._payload_handlers.get(item['source'])
         if handler is None:
             # We have no handler for this type of payload, simply ignore it
             return False
         else:
             handler(item)
             return True
         
     def _show_interpreter_prompt(self, number=None):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style prompts.
         """
         # If a number was not specified, make a prompt number request.
         if number is None:
             msg_id = self.kernel_manager.xreq_channel.execute('', silent=True)
             info = self._ExecutionRequest(msg_id, 'prompt')
             self._request_info['execute'] = info
             return
 
         # Show a new prompt and save information about it so that it can be
         # updated later if the prompt number turns out to be wrong.
         self._prompt_sep = self.input_sep
         self._show_prompt(self._make_in_prompt(number), html=True)
         block = self._control.document().lastBlock()
         length = len(self._prompt)
         self._previous_prompt_obj = self._PromptBlock(block, length, number)
 
         # Update continuation prompt to reflect (possibly) new prompt length.
         self._set_continuation_prompt(
             self._make_continuation_prompt(self._prompt), html=True)
 
         # Load code from the %loadpy magic, if necessary.
         if self._code_to_load is not None:
             self.input_buffer = dedent(unicode(self._code_to_load).rstrip())
             self._code_to_load = None
 
     def _show_interpreter_prompt_for_reply(self, msg):
         """ Reimplemented for IPython-style prompts.
         """
         # Update the old prompt number if necessary.
         content = msg['content']
         previous_prompt_number = content['execution_count']
         if self._previous_prompt_obj and \
                 self._previous_prompt_obj.number != previous_prompt_number:
             block = self._previous_prompt_obj.block
 
             # Make sure the prompt block has not been erased.
             if block.isValid() and not block.text().isEmpty():
 
                 # Remove the old prompt and insert a new prompt.
                 cursor = QtGui.QTextCursor(block)
                 cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.Right,
                                     QtGui.QTextCursor.KeepAnchor, 
                                     self._previous_prompt_obj.length)
                 prompt = self._make_in_prompt(previous_prompt_number)
                 self._prompt = self._insert_html_fetching_plain_text(
                     cursor, prompt)
 
                 # When the HTML is inserted, Qt blows away the syntax
                 # highlighting for the line, so we need to rehighlight it.
                 self._highlighter.rehighlightBlock(cursor.block())
 
             self._previous_prompt_obj = None
 
         # Show a new prompt with the kernel's estimated prompt number.
         self._show_interpreter_prompt(previous_prompt_number + 1)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'IPythonWidget' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    def set_default_style(self, colors='light'):
+    def set_default_style(self, colors='lightbg'):
         """ Sets the widget style to the class defaults.
 
         Parameters:
         -----------
-        colors : str, optional (default light)
+        colors : str, optional (default lightbg)
             Whether to use the default IPython light background or dark
             background or B&W style.
         """
-        if colors=='light':
+        colors = colors.lower()
+        if colors=='lightbg':
             self.style_sheet = default_light_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = default_light_syntax_style
-        elif colors=='dark':
+        elif colors=='linux':
             self.style_sheet = default_dark_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = default_dark_syntax_style
-        elif colors=='bw':
+        elif colors=='nocolor':
             self.style_sheet = default_bw_style_sheet
             self.syntax_style = default_bw_syntax_style
+        else:
+            raise KeyError("No such color scheme: %s"%colors)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'IPythonWidget' protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _edit(self, filename, line=None):
         """ Opens a Python script for editing.
 
         Parameters:
         -----------
         filename : str
             A path to a local system file.
 
         line : int, optional
             A line of interest in the file.
         """
         if self.custom_edit:
             self.custom_edit_requested.emit(filename, line)
         elif self.editor == 'default':
             self._append_plain_text('No default editor available.\n')
         else:
             try:
                 filename = '"%s"' % filename
                 if line and self.editor_line:
                     command = self.editor_line.format(filename=filename,
                                                       line=line)
                 else:
                     try:
                         command = self.editor.format()
                     except KeyError:
                         command = self.editor.format(filename=filename)
                     else:
                         command += ' ' + filename
             except KeyError:
                 self._append_plain_text('Invalid editor command.\n')
             else:
                 try:
                     Popen(command, shell=True)
                 except OSError:
                     msg = 'Opening editor with command "%s" failed.\n'
                     self._append_plain_text(msg % command)
 
     def _make_in_prompt(self, number):
         """ Given a prompt number, returns an HTML In prompt.
         """
         body = self.in_prompt % number
         return '<span class="in-prompt">%s</span>' % body
 
     def _make_continuation_prompt(self, prompt):
         """ Given a plain text version of an In prompt, returns an HTML
             continuation prompt.
         """
         end_chars = '...: '
         space_count = len(prompt.lstrip('\n')) - len(end_chars)
         body = '&nbsp;' * space_count + end_chars
         return '<span class="in-prompt">%s</span>' % body
         
     def _make_out_prompt(self, number):
         """ Given a prompt number, returns an HTML Out prompt.
         """
         body = self.out_prompt % number
         return '<span class="out-prompt">%s</span>' % body
 
     #------ Payload handlers --------------------------------------------------
 
     # Payload handlers with a generic interface: each takes the opaque payload
     # dict, unpacks it and calls the underlying functions with the necessary
     # arguments.
 
     def _handle_payload_edit(self, item):
         self._edit(item['filename'], item['line_number'])
 
     def _handle_payload_exit(self, item):
         self.exit_requested.emit()
 
     def _handle_payload_loadpy(self, item):
         # Simple save the text of the .py file for later. The text is written
         # to the buffer when _prompt_started_hook is called.
         self._code_to_load = item['text']
 
     def _handle_payload_page(self, item):
         # Since the plain text widget supports only a very small subset of HTML
         # and we have no control over the HTML source, we only page HTML
         # payloads in the rich text widget.
         if item['html'] and self.kind == 'rich':
             self._page(item['html'], html=True)
         else:
             self._page(item['text'], html=False)
 
     #------ Trait change handlers ---------------------------------------------
 
     def _style_sheet_changed(self):
         """ Set the style sheets of the underlying widgets.
         """
         self.setStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
         self._control.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
         if self._page_control:
             self._page_control.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(self.style_sheet)
 
         bg_color = self._control.palette().background().color()
         self._ansi_processor.set_background_color(bg_color)
 
     def _syntax_style_changed(self):
         """ Set the style for the syntax highlighter.
         """
         if self.syntax_style:
             self._highlighter.set_style(self.syntax_style)
         else:
             self._highlighter.set_style_sheet(self.style_sheet)
         

IPython/frontend/qt/console/ipythonqt.py

@@ -1,247 +1,254 b''
 """ A minimal application using the Qt console-style IPython frontend.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Systemm library imports
 from PyQt4 import QtGui
 from pygments.styles import get_all_styles
 # Local imports
 from IPython.external.argparse import ArgumentParser
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.frontend_widget import FrontendWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.ipython_widget import IPythonWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console.rich_ipython_widget import RichIPythonWidget
 from IPython.frontend.qt.console import styles
 from IPython.frontend.qt.kernelmanager import QtKernelManager
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Network Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST, LOCAL_IPS
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'object' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def __init__(self, app, frontend, existing=False, may_close=True):
         """ Create a MainWindow for the specified FrontendWidget.
         
         The app is passed as an argument to allow for different
         closing behavior depending on whether we are the Kernel's parent.
         
         If existing is True, then this Console does not own the Kernel.
         
         If may_close is True, then this Console is permitted to close the kernel
         """
         super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
         self._app = app
         self._frontend = frontend
         self._existing = existing
         if existing:
             self._may_close = may_close
         else:
             self._may_close = True
         self._frontend.exit_requested.connect(self.close)
         self.setCentralWidget(frontend)
     
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # QWidget interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     def closeEvent(self, event):
         """ Reimplemented to prompt the user and close the kernel cleanly.
         """
         kernel_manager = self._frontend.kernel_manager
         if kernel_manager and kernel_manager.channels_running:
             title = self.window().windowTitle()
             cancel = QtGui.QMessageBox.Cancel
             okay = QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok
             if self._may_close:
                 msg = "You are closing this Console window."
                 info = "Would you like to quit the Kernel and all attached Consoles as well?"
                 justthis = QtGui.QPushButton("&No, just this Console", self)
                 justthis.setShortcut('N')
                 closeall = QtGui.QPushButton("&Yes, quit everything", self)
                 closeall.setShortcut('Y')
                 box = QtGui.QMessageBox(QtGui.QMessageBox.Question, title, msg)
                 box.setInformativeText(info)
                 box.addButton(cancel)
                 box.addButton(justthis, QtGui.QMessageBox.NoRole)
                 box.addButton(closeall, QtGui.QMessageBox.YesRole)
                 box.setDefaultButton(closeall)
                 box.setEscapeButton(cancel)
                 reply = box.exec_()
                 if reply == 1: # close All
                     kernel_manager.shutdown_kernel()
                     #kernel_manager.stop_channels()
                     event.accept()
                 elif reply == 0: # close Console
                     if not self._existing:
                         # I have the kernel: don't quit, just close the window
                         self._app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
                         self.deleteLater()
                     event.accept()
                 else:
                     event.ignore()
             else:
                 reply = QtGui.QMessageBox.question(self, title,
                     "Are you sure you want to close this Console?"+
                     "\nThe Kernel and other Consoles will remain active.",
                     okay|cancel,
                     defaultButton=okay
                     )
                 if reply == okay:
                     event.accept()
                 else:
                     event.ignore()
             
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main entry point
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def main():
     """ Entry point for application.
     """
     # Parse command line arguments.
     parser = ArgumentParser()
     kgroup = parser.add_argument_group('kernel options')
     kgroup.add_argument('-e', '--existing', action='store_true',
                         help='connect to an existing kernel')
     kgroup.add_argument('--ip', type=str, default=LOCALHOST,
                         help=\
             "set the kernel\'s IP address [default localhost].\
             If the IP address is something other than localhost, then \
             Consoles on other machines will be able to connect\
             to the Kernel, so be careful!")
     kgroup.add_argument('--xreq', type=int, metavar='PORT', default=0,
                         help='set the XREQ channel port [default random]')
     kgroup.add_argument('--sub', type=int, metavar='PORT', default=0,
                         help='set the SUB channel port [default random]')
     kgroup.add_argument('--rep', type=int, metavar='PORT', default=0,
                         help='set the REP channel port [default random]')
     kgroup.add_argument('--hb', type=int, metavar='PORT', default=0,
                         help='set the heartbeat port [default random]')
 
     egroup = kgroup.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     egroup.add_argument('--pure', action='store_true', help = \
                         'use a pure Python kernel instead of an IPython kernel')
     egroup.add_argument('--pylab', type=str, metavar='GUI', nargs='?', 
                        const='auto', help = \
         "Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use. If GUI is not \
          given, the GUI backend is matplotlib's, otherwise use one of: \
          ['tk', 'gtk', 'qt', 'wx', 'inline'].")
 
     wgroup = parser.add_argument_group('widget options')
     wgroup.add_argument('--paging', type=str, default='inside',
                         choices = ['inside', 'hsplit', 'vsplit', 'none'],
                         help='set the paging style [default inside]')
     wgroup.add_argument('--rich', action='store_true',
                         help='enable rich text support')
     wgroup.add_argument('--gui-completion', action='store_true',
                         help='use a GUI widget for tab completion')
     wgroup.add_argument('--style', type=str,
                         choices = list(get_all_styles()),
                         help='specify a pygments style for by name.')
     wgroup.add_argument('--stylesheet', type=str,
                         help="path to a custom CSS stylesheet.")
     wgroup.add_argument('--colors', type=str,
-                        help="Set the color scheme (light, dark, or bw). This is guessed\
+                        help="Set the color scheme (LightBG,Linux,NoColor). This is guessed\
                         based on the pygments style if not set.")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    # parse the colors arg down to current known labels
+    if args.colors:
+        colors=args.colors.lower()
+        if colors in ('lightbg', 'light'):
+            colors='lightbg'
+        elif colors in ('dark', 'linux'):
+            colors='linux'
+        else:
+            colors='nocolor'
+    elif args.style:
+        if args.style=='bw':
+            colors='nocolor'
+        elif styles.dark_style(args.style):
+            colors='linux'
+        else:
+            colors='lightbg'
+    else:
+        colors=None
+
     # Don't let Qt or ZMQ swallow KeyboardInterupts.
     import signal
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
     # Create a KernelManager and start a kernel.
     kernel_manager = QtKernelManager(xreq_address=(args.ip, args.xreq),
                                      sub_address=(args.ip, args.sub),
                                      rep_address=(args.ip, args.rep),
                                      hb_address=(args.ip, args.hb))
     if not args.existing:
         # if not args.ip in LOCAL_IPS+ALL_ALIAS:
         #     raise ValueError("Must bind a local ip, such as: %s"%LOCAL_IPS)
-        
+
         kwargs = dict(ip=args.ip)
         if args.pure:
             kwargs['ipython']=False
-        elif args.pylab:
-            kwargs['pylab']=args.pylab
-            
+        else:
+            kwargs['colors']=colors
+            if args.pylab:
+                kwargs['pylab']=args.pylab
+
         kernel_manager.start_kernel(**kwargs)
     kernel_manager.start_channels()
 
     local_kernel = (not args.existing) or args.ip in LOCAL_IPS
     # Create the widget.
     app = QtGui.QApplication([])
     if args.pure:
         kind = 'rich' if args.rich else 'plain'
         widget = FrontendWidget(kind=kind, paging=args.paging, local_kernel=local_kernel)
     elif args.rich or args.pylab:
         widget = RichIPythonWidget(paging=args.paging, local_kernel=local_kernel)
     else:
         widget = IPythonWidget(paging=args.paging, local_kernel=local_kernel)
     widget.gui_completion = args.gui_completion
     widget.kernel_manager = kernel_manager
 
     # configure the style:
     if not args.pure: # only IPythonWidget supports styles
-        # parse the colors arg down to current known labels
-        if args.colors:
-            colors=args.colors.lower()
-            if colors in ('lightbg', 'light'):
-                colors='light'
-            elif colors in ('dark', 'linux'):
-                colors='dark'
-            else:
-                colors='nocolor'
-        else:
-            colors=None
-        lightbg = colors != 'linux'
-
         if args.style:
-            # guess whether it's a dark style:
             widget.syntax_style = args.style
-            widget.style_sheet = styles.sheet_from_template(args.style, lightbg)
+            widget.style_sheet = styles.sheet_from_template(args.style, colors)
             widget._syntax_style_changed()
             widget._style_sheet_changed()
         elif colors:
             # use a default style
             widget.set_default_style(colors=colors)
         else:
             # this is redundant for now, but allows the widget's
             # defaults to change
             widget.set_default_style()
 
         if args.stylesheet:
             # we got an expicit stylesheet
             if os.path.isfile(args.stylesheet):
                 with open(args.stylesheet) as f:
                     sheet = f.read()
                 widget.style_sheet = sheet
                 widget._style_sheet_changed()
             else:
                 raise IOError("Stylesheet %r not found."%args.stylesheet)
 
     # Create the main window.
     window = MainWindow(app, widget, args.existing, may_close=local_kernel)
     window.setWindowTitle('Python' if args.pure else 'IPython')
     window.show()
 
     # Start the application main loop.
     app.exec_()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

IPython/frontend/qt/console/styles.py

@@ -1,119 +1,119 b''
 """ Style utilities, templates, and defaults for syntax highlighting widgets.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from colorsys import rgb_to_hls
 from pygments.styles import get_style_by_name
 from pygments.token import Token
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Constants
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # The default light style sheet: black text on a white background.
 default_light_style_template = '''
     QPlainTextEdit, QTextEdit { background-color: %(bgcolor)s;
             color: %(fgcolor)s ;
             selection-background-color: %(select)s}
     .error { color: red; }
     .in-prompt { color: navy; }
     .in-prompt-number { font-weight: bold; }
     .out-prompt { color: darkred; }
     .out-prompt-number { font-weight: bold; }
 '''
 default_light_style_sheet = default_light_style_template%dict(
                 bgcolor='white', fgcolor='black', select="#ccc")
 default_light_syntax_style = 'default'
 
 # The default dark style sheet: white text on a black background.
 default_dark_style_template = '''
     QPlainTextEdit, QTextEdit { background-color: %(bgcolor)s;
             color: %(fgcolor)s ;
             selection-background-color: %(select)s}
     QFrame { border: 1px solid grey; }
     .error { color: red; }
     .in-prompt { color: lime; }
     .in-prompt-number { color: lime; font-weight: bold; }
     .out-prompt { color: red; }
     .out-prompt-number { color: red; font-weight: bold; }
 '''
 default_dark_style_sheet = default_dark_style_template%dict(
                 bgcolor='black', fgcolor='white', select="#555")
 default_dark_syntax_style = 'monokai'
 
 # The default monochrome
 default_bw_style_sheet = '''
     QPlainTextEdit, QTextEdit { background-color: white;
             color: black ;
             selection-background-color: #cccccc}
     .in-prompt-number { font-weight: bold; }
     .out-prompt-number { font-weight: bold; }
 '''
 default_bw_syntax_style = 'bw'
 
 
 def hex_to_rgb(color):
     """Convert a hex color to rgb integer tuple."""
     if color.startswith('#'):
         color = color[1:]
     if len(color) == 3:
         color = ''.join([c*2 for c in color])
     if len(color) != 6:
         return False
     try:
         r = int(color[:2],16)
         g = int(color[:2],16)
         b = int(color[:2],16)
     except ValueError:
         return False
     else:
         return r,g,b
 
 def dark_color(color):
     """Check whether a color is 'dark'.
 
     Currently, this is simply whether the luminance is <50%"""
     rgb = hex_to_rgb(color)
     if rgb:
         return rgb_to_hls(*rgb)[1] < 128
     else: # default to False
         return False
 
 def dark_style(stylename):
     """Guess whether the background of the style with name 'stylename'
     counts as 'dark'."""
     return dark_color(get_style_by_name(stylename).background_color)
 
 def get_colors(stylename):
     """Construct the keys to be used building the base stylesheet
     from a templatee."""
     style = get_style_by_name(stylename)
     fgcolor = style.style_for_token(Token.Text)['color'] or ''
     if len(fgcolor) in (3,6):
         # could be 'abcdef' or 'ace' hex, which needs '#' prefix
         try:
             int(fgcolor, 16)
         except TypeError:
             pass
         else:
             fgcolor = "#"+fgcolor
 
     return dict(
         bgcolor = style.background_color,
         select = style.highlight_color,
         fgcolor = fgcolor
     )
 
-def sheet_from_template(name, colors='light'):
+def sheet_from_template(name, colors='lightbg'):
     """Use one of the base templates, and set bg/fg/select colors."""
     colors = colors.lower()
-    if colors=='light':
+    if colors=='lightbg':
         return default_light_style_template%get_colors(name)
-    elif colors=='dark':
+    elif colors=='linux':
         return default_dark_style_template%get_colors(name)
     elif colors=='nocolor':
         return default_bw_style_sheet
     else:
         raise KeyError("No such color scheme: %s"%colors)

IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -1,630 +1,642 b''
 #!/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
 
 # System library imports.
 import zmq
 
 # Local imports.
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.utils import io
 from IPython.utils.jsonutil import json_clean
 from IPython.lib import pylabtools
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, Float
 from entry_point import (base_launch_kernel, make_argument_parser, make_kernel,
                          start_kernel)
 from iostream import OutStream
 from session import Session, Message
 from zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main kernel class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class Kernel(Configurable):
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
     session = Instance(Session)
     reply_socket = Instance('zmq.Socket')
     pub_socket = Instance('zmq.Socket')
     req_socket = Instance('zmq.Socket')
 
     # 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 = None
     
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(Kernel, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         # Before we even start up the shell, register *first* our exit handlers
         # so they come before the shell's
         atexit.register(self._at_shutdown)
 
         # Initialize the InteractiveShell subclass
         self.shell = ZMQInteractiveShell.instance()
         self.shell.displayhook.session = self.session
         self.shell.displayhook.pub_socket = self.pub_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']
         self.handlers = {}
         for msg_type in msg_types:
             self.handlers[msg_type] = getattr(self, msg_type)
 
     def do_one_iteration(self):
         """Do one iteration of the kernel's evaluation loop.
         """
         try:
             ident = self.reply_socket.recv(zmq.NOBLOCK)
         except zmq.ZMQError, e:
             if e.errno == zmq.EAGAIN:
                 return
             else:
                 raise
         # This assert will raise in versions of zeromq 2.0.7 and lesser.
         # We now require 2.0.8 or above, so we can uncomment for safety.
         assert self.reply_socket.rcvmore(), "Missing message part."
         msg = self.reply_socket.recv_json()
         
         # 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.
         # Eventually we'll move these from stdout to a logger.
         io.raw_print('\n*** MESSAGE TYPE:', msg['msg_type'], '***')
         io.raw_print('   Content: ', msg['content'],
                      '\n   --->\n   ', sep='', end='')
 
         # Find and call actual handler for message
         handler = self.handlers.get(msg['msg_type'], None)
         if handler is None:
             io.raw_print_err("UNKNOWN MESSAGE TYPE:", msg)
         else:
             handler(ident, msg)
             
         # Check whether we should exit, in case the incoming message set the
         # exit flag on
         if self.shell.exit_now:
             io.raw_print('\nExiting IPython kernel...')
             # We do a normal, clean exit, which allows any actions registered
             # via atexit (such as history saving) to take place.
             sys.exit(0)
 
 
     def start(self):
         """ Start the kernel main loop.
         """
         while True:
             time.sleep(self._poll_interval)
             self.do_one_iteration()
 
     def record_ports(self, xrep_port, pub_port, req_port, hb_port):
         """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 = {
             'xrep_port' : xrep_port,
             'pub_port' : pub_port,
             'req_port' : req_port,
             'hb_port' : hb_port
         }
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel request handlers
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _publish_pyin(self, code, parent):
         """Publish the code request on the pyin stream."""
 
         pyin_msg = self.session.msg(u'pyin',{u'code':code}, parent=parent)
         self.pub_socket.send_json(pyin_msg)
 
     def execute_request(self, ident, parent):
         
         status_msg = self.session.msg(
             u'status',
             {u'execution_state':u'busy'},
             parent=parent
         )
         self.pub_socket.send_json(status_msg)
         
         try:
             content = parent[u'content']
             code = content[u'code']
             silent = content[u'silent'] 
         except:
             io.raw_print_err("Got bad msg: ")
             io.raw_print_err(Message(parent))
             return
 
         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.
         raw_input = lambda prompt='': self._raw_input(prompt, ident, parent)
         __builtin__.raw_input = raw_input
 
         # Set the parent message of the display hook and out streams.
         shell.displayhook.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)
 
         reply_content = {}
         try:
             if silent:
                 # run_code uses 'exec' mode, so no displayhook will fire, and it
                 # doesn't call logging or history manipulations.  Print
                 # statements in that code will obviously still execute.
                 shell.run_code(code)
             else:
                 # FIXME: the shell calls the exception handler itself.
                 shell._reply_content = None
                 shell.run_cell(code)
         except:
             status = u'error'
             # FIXME: this code right now isn't being used yet by default,
             # because the runlines() 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)
 
         # 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[u'user_variables'])
             reply_content[u'user_expressions'] = \
                          shell.user_expressions(content[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()
 
         # Send the reply.
         reply_msg = self.session.msg(u'execute_reply', reply_content, parent)
         io.raw_print(reply_msg)
 
         # 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)
         
         self.reply_socket.send(ident, zmq.SNDMORE)
         self.reply_socket.send_json(reply_msg)
         if reply_msg['content']['status'] == u'error':
             self._abort_queue()
 
         status_msg = self.session.msg(
             u'status',
             {u'execution_state':u'idle'},
             parent=parent
         )
         self.pub_socket.send_json(status_msg)
 
     def complete_request(self, ident, parent):
         txt, matches = self._complete(parent)
         matches = {'matches' : matches,
                    'matched_text' : txt,
                    'status' : 'ok'}
         completion_msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'complete_reply',
                                            matches, parent, ident)
         io.raw_print(completion_msg)
 
     def object_info_request(self, ident, parent):
         object_info = self.shell.object_inspect(parent['content']['oname'])
         # Before we send this object over, we scrub it for JSON usage
         oinfo = json_clean(object_info)
         msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'object_info_reply',
                                 oinfo, parent, ident)
         io.raw_print(msg)
 
     def history_request(self, ident, parent):
         output = parent['content']['output']
         index = parent['content']['index']
         raw = parent['content']['raw']
         hist = self.shell.get_history(index=index, raw=raw, output=output)
         content = {'history' : hist}
         msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'history_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         io.raw_print(msg)
 
     def connect_request(self, ident, parent):
         if self._recorded_ports is not None:
             content = self._recorded_ports.copy()
         else:
             content = {}
         msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'connect_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
         io.raw_print(msg)
 
     def shutdown_request(self, ident, parent):
         self.shell.exit_now = True
         self._shutdown_message = self.session.msg(u'shutdown_reply', parent['content'], parent)
         sys.exit(0)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Protected interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _abort_queue(self):
         while True:
             try:
                 ident = self.reply_socket.recv(zmq.NOBLOCK)
             except zmq.ZMQError, e:
                 if e.errno == zmq.EAGAIN:
                     break
             else:
                 assert self.reply_socket.rcvmore(), \
                        "Unexpected missing message part."
                 msg = self.reply_socket.recv_json()
             io.raw_print("Aborting:\n", Message(msg))
             msg_type = msg['msg_type']
             reply_type = msg_type.split('_')[0] + '_reply'
             reply_msg = self.session.msg(reply_type, {'status' : 'aborted'}, msg)
             io.raw_print(reply_msg)
             self.reply_socket.send(ident,zmq.SNDMORE)
             self.reply_socket.send_json(reply_msg)
             # We need to wait a bit for requests to come in. This can probably
             # be set shorter for true asynchronous clients.
             time.sleep(0.1)
 
     def _raw_input(self, prompt, ident, parent):
         # Flush output before making the request.
         sys.stderr.flush()
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
         # Send the input request.
         content = dict(prompt=prompt)
         msg = self.session.msg(u'input_request', content, parent)
         self.req_socket.send_json(msg)
 
         # Await a response.
         reply = self.req_socket.recv_json()
         try:
             value = reply['content']['value']
         except:
             io.raw_print_err("Got bad raw_input reply: ")
             io.raw_print_err(Message(parent))
             value = ''
         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.reply_socket.send_json(self._shutdown_message)
             self.pub_socket.send_json(self._shutdown_message)
             io.raw_print(self._shutdown_message)
             # A very short sleep to give zmq time to flush its message buffers
             # before Python truly shuts down.
             time.sleep(0.01)
 
 
 class QtKernel(Kernel):
     """A Kernel subclass with Qt support."""
 
     def start(self):
         """Start a kernel with QtPy4 event loop integration."""
 
         from PyQt4 import QtCore
         from IPython.lib.guisupport import get_app_qt4, start_event_loop_qt4
 
         self.app = get_app_qt4([" "])
         self.app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
         self.timer = QtCore.QTimer()
         self.timer.timeout.connect(self.do_one_iteration)
         # Units for the timer are in milliseconds
         self.timer.start(1000*self._poll_interval)
         start_event_loop_qt4(self.app)
 
 
 class WxKernel(Kernel):
     """A Kernel subclass with Wx support."""
 
     def start(self):
         """Start a kernel with wx event loop support."""
 
         import wx
         from IPython.lib.guisupport import start_event_loop_wx
 
         doi = self.do_one_iteration
          # Wx uses milliseconds
         poll_interval = int(1000*self._poll_interval)
 
         # We have to put the wx.Timer in a wx.Frame for it to fire properly.
         # We make the Frame hidden when we create it in the main app below.
         class TimerFrame(wx.Frame):
             def __init__(self, func):
                 wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, -1)
                 self.timer = wx.Timer(self)
                 # Units for the timer are in milliseconds
                 self.timer.Start(poll_interval)
                 self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.on_timer)
                 self.func = func
 
             def on_timer(self, event):
                 self.func()
 
         # We need a custom wx.App to create our Frame subclass that has the
         # wx.Timer to drive the ZMQ event loop.
         class IPWxApp(wx.App):
             def OnInit(self):
                 self.frame = TimerFrame(doi)
                 self.frame.Show(False)
                 return True
 
         # The redirect=False here makes sure that wx doesn't replace
         # sys.stdout/stderr with its own classes.
         self.app = IPWxApp(redirect=False)
         start_event_loop_wx(self.app)
 
 
 class TkKernel(Kernel):
     """A Kernel subclass with Tk support."""
 
     def start(self):
         """Start a Tk enabled event loop."""
 
         import Tkinter
         doi = self.do_one_iteration
         # Tk uses milliseconds
         poll_interval = int(1000*self._poll_interval)
         # For Tkinter, we create a Tk object and call its withdraw method.
         class Timer(object):
             def __init__(self, func):
                 self.app = Tkinter.Tk()
                 self.app.withdraw()
                 self.func = func
                 
             def on_timer(self):
                 self.func()
                 self.app.after(poll_interval, self.on_timer)
                 
             def start(self):
                 self.on_timer()  # Call it once to get things going.
                 self.app.mainloop()
 
         self.timer = Timer(doi)
         self.timer.start()
 
 
 class GTKKernel(Kernel):
     """A Kernel subclass with GTK support."""
     
     def start(self):
         """Start the kernel, coordinating with the GTK event loop"""
         from .gui.gtkembed import GTKEmbed
         
         gtk_kernel = GTKEmbed(self)
         gtk_kernel.start()
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Kernel main and launch functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def launch_kernel(ip=None, xrep_port=0, pub_port=0, req_port=0, hb_port=0,
-                  independent=False, pylab=False):
+                  independent=False, pylab=False, colors=None):
     """Launches a localhost kernel, binding to the specified ports.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     ip  : str, optional
         The ip address the kernel will bind to.
     
     xrep_port : int, optional
         The port to use for XREP channel.
 
     pub_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the SUB channel.
 
     req_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the REQ (raw input) channel.
 
     hb_port : int, optional
         The port to use for the hearbeat REP channel.
 
     independent : bool, optional (default False) 
         If set, the kernel process is guaranteed to survive if this process
         dies. If not set, an effort is made to ensure that the kernel is killed
         when this process dies. Note that in this case it is still good practice
         to kill kernels manually before exiting.
 
     pylab : bool or string, optional (default False)
         If not False, the kernel will be launched with pylab enabled. If a
         string is passed, matplotlib will use the specified backend. Otherwise,
         matplotlib's default backend will be used.
 
+    colors : None or string, optional (default None)
+        If not None, specify the color scheme. One of (NoColor, LightBG, Linux)
+
     Returns
     -------
     A tuple of form:
         (kernel_process, xrep_port, pub_port, req_port)
     where kernel_process is a Popen object and the ports are integers.
     """
     extra_arguments = []
     if pylab:
         extra_arguments.append('--pylab')
         if isinstance(pylab, basestring):
             extra_arguments.append(pylab)
     if ip is not None:
         extra_arguments.append('--ip')
         if isinstance(ip, basestring):
             extra_arguments.append(ip)
+    if colors is not None:
+        extra_arguments.append('--colors')
+        extra_arguments.append(colors)
     return base_launch_kernel('from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import main; main()',
                               xrep_port, pub_port, req_port, hb_port, 
                               independent, extra_arguments)
 
 
 def main():
     """ The IPython kernel main entry point.
     """
     parser = make_argument_parser()
     parser.add_argument('--pylab', type=str, metavar='GUI', nargs='?', 
                         const='auto', help = \
 "Pre-load matplotlib and numpy for interactive use. If GUI is not \
 given, the GUI backend is matplotlib's, otherwise use one of: \
 ['tk', 'gtk', 'qt', 'wx', 'inline'].")
+    parser.add_argument('--colors',
+        type=str, dest='colors',
+        help="Set the color scheme (NoColor, Linux, and LightBG).",
+        metavar='ZMQInteractiveShell.colors')
     namespace = parser.parse_args()
 
     kernel_class = Kernel
 
     kernel_classes = {
         'qt' : QtKernel,
         'qt4': QtKernel,
         'inline': Kernel,
         'wx' : WxKernel,
         'tk' : TkKernel,
         'gtk': GTKKernel,
     }
     if namespace.pylab:
         if namespace.pylab == 'auto':
             gui, backend = pylabtools.find_gui_and_backend()
         else:
             gui, backend = pylabtools.find_gui_and_backend(namespace.pylab)
         kernel_class = kernel_classes.get(gui)
         if kernel_class is None:
             raise ValueError('GUI is not supported: %r' % gui)
         pylabtools.activate_matplotlib(backend)
+    if namespace.colors:
+        ZMQInteractiveShell.colors=namespace.colors
 
     kernel = make_kernel(namespace, kernel_class, OutStream)
 
     if namespace.pylab:
         pylabtools.import_pylab(kernel.shell.user_ns, backend,
                                 shell=kernel.shell)
 
     start_kernel(namespace, kernel)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()