c = get_config() app = c.InteractiveShellApp # This can be used at any point in a config file to load a sub config # and merge it into the current one. load_subconfig('ipython_config.py', profile='default') lines = """ from __future__ import division from sympy import * x, y, z, t = symbols('x y z t') k, m, n = symbols('k m n', integer=True) f, g, h = symbols('f g h', cls=Function) """ app.exec_lines.append(lines) # Load the sympy_printing extension to enable nice printing of sympy expr's. app.extensions.append('sympy.interactive.ipythonprinting')