import sys from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable from IPython.config.application import Application from IPython.utils.traitlets import ( Bool, Unicode, Int, Float, List ) class Foo(Configurable): i = Int(0, config=True, shortname='i', help="The integer i.") j = Int(1, config=True, shortname='j', help="The integer j.") name = Unicode(u'Brian', config=True, shortname='name', help="First name.") class Bar(Configurable): enabled = Bool(True, config=True, shortname="bar-enabled", help="Enable bar.") class MyApp(Application): app_name = Unicode(u'myapp') running = Bool(False, config=True, shortname="running", help="Is the app running?") classes = List([Bar, Foo]) config_file = Unicode(u'', config=True, shortname="config-file", help="Load this config file") def main(): app = MyApp() app.parse_command_line() if app.config_file: app.load_config_file(app.config_file) print "app.config:" print app.config if __name__ == "__main__": main()