IPython/UserConfig/ipy_user_conf.py

""" User configuration file for IPython

This is a more flexible and safe way to configure ipython than *rc files
(ipythonrc, ipythonrc-pysh etc.)

This file is always imported on ipython startup. You can import the
ipython extensions you need here (see IPython/Extensions directory).

Feel free to edit this file to customize your ipython experience.

Note that as such this file does nothing, for backwards compatibility.
Consult e.g. file 'ipy_profile_sh.py' for an example of the things 
you can do here.

See http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/IpythonExtensionApi for detailed
description on what you could do here.
"""

# Most of your config files and extensions will probably start with this import

import IPython.ipapi
ip = IPython.ipapi.get()

# You probably want to uncomment this if you did %upgrade -nolegacy
# import ipy_defaults    

import os   

def main():
    # Handy tab-completers for %cd, %run, import etc.
    # Try commenting this out if you have completion problems/slowness
    # import ipy_stock_completers
    
    # uncomment if you want to get ipython -p sh behaviour
    # without having to use command line switches
    
    # import ipy_profile_sh

    
    o = ip.options
    # An example on how to set options
    #o.autocall = 1
    o.system_verbose = 0
    
    #import_all("os sys")
    #execf('~/_ipython/ns.py')

# some config helper functions you can use 
def import_all(modules):
    """ Usage: import_all("os sys") """ 
    for m in modules.split():
        ip.ex("from %s import *" % m)
        
def execf(fname):
    """ Execute a file in user namespace """
    ip.ex('execfile("%s")' % os.path.expanduser(fname))

main()