Merge pull request #3592 from minrk/config-file add extra_config_file and --config alias for loading a single extra config file, e.g. ipython notebook --config mycfg.py which will be strictly in addition to, and at higher priority than, existing config files, profiles, etc. Note that the loading code hasn't changed, it's just indented to put it in a for-loop. This is added primarily for nbconvert, but the NbConvertApp will need to be fixed to properly inherit flags and aliases from the base application, like all other IPython apps.