Automatic Vi prompt stripping ============================= When pasting code into IPython, it will strip the leading prompt characters if there are any. For example, you can paste the following code into the console - it will still work, even though each line is prefixed with prompts (`In`, `Out`):: In [1]: 2 * 2 == 4 Out[1]: True In [2]: print("This still works as pasted") Previously, this was not the case for the Vi-mode prompts:: In [1]: [ins] In [13]: 2 * 2 == 4 ...: Out[13]: True ...: File "", line 1 [ins] In [13]: 2 * 2 == 4 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax This is now fixed, and Vi prompt prefixes - ``[ins]`` and ``[nav]`` - are skipped just as the normal ``In`` would be. IPython shell can be started in the Vi mode using ``ipython --TerminalInteractiveShell.editing_mode=vi``