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@@ -36,11 +36,11 b' The following special options are ONLY valid at the beginning of the command' | |||||
36 | line, and not later. This is because they control the initialization of |
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36 | line, and not later. This is because they control the initialization of | |
37 | ipython itself, before the normal option-handling mechanism is active. |
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37 | ipython itself, before the normal option-handling mechanism is active. | |
38 | .TP |
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38 | .TP | |
39 | .B \-gthread, \-qthread, \-q4thread, \-wthread, \-pylab |
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39 | .B \-gthread, \-qthread, \-q4thread, \-wthread, \-pylab, \-twisted | |
40 | Only ONE of these can be given, and it can only be given as the first option |
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40 | Only ONE of these can be given, and it can only be given as the first option | |
41 | passed to IPython (it will have no effect in any other position). They provide |
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41 | passed to IPython (it will have no effect in any other position). They provide | |
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threading support for the GTK, QT3, QT4 and WXWidgets toolkits, |
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42 | threading support for the GTK, QT3, QT4 and WXWidgets toolkits, for the | |
43 | matplotlib library. |
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43 | matplotlib library and Twisted reactor. | |
44 | .br |
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44 | .br | |
45 | .sp 1 |
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45 | .sp 1 | |
46 | With any of the first four options, IPython starts running a separate thread |
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46 | With any of the first four options, IPython starts running a separate thread | |
@@ -56,6 +56,10 b' request a specific version of wx to be used. This requires that you have the' | |||||
56 | distributions. |
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56 | distributions. | |
57 | .br |
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57 | .br | |
58 | .sp 1 |
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58 | .sp 1 | |
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59 | If \-twisted is given, IPython start a Twisted reactor and runs IPython mainloop | |||
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60 | in a dedicated thread, passing commands to be run inside the Twisted reactor. | |||
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61 | .br | |||
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62 | .sp 1 | |||
59 | If \-pylab is given, IPython loads special support for the matplotlib library |
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63 | If \-pylab is given, IPython loads special support for the matplotlib library | |
60 | (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net), allowing interactive usage of any of its |
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64 | (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net), allowing interactive usage of any of its | |
61 | backends as defined in the user's .matplotlibrc file. It automatically |
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65 | backends as defined in the user's .matplotlibrc file. It automatically |
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