#!/usr/bin/env python """An example of how to embed an IPython shell into a running program. Please see the documentation in the IPython.Shell module for more details. The accompanying file example-embed-short.py has quick code fragments for embedding which you can cut and paste in your code once you understand how things work. The code in this file is deliberately extra-verbose, meant for learning.""" # The basics to get you going: # IPython sets the __IPYTHON__ variable so you can know if you have nested # copies running. # Try running this code both at the command line and from inside IPython (with # %run example-embed.py) try: __IPYTHON__ except NameError: nested = 0 args = [''] else: print "Running nested copies of IPython." print "The prompts for the nested copy have been modified" nested = 1 # what the embedded instance will see as sys.argv: args = ['-pi1','In <\\#>: ','-pi2',' .\\D.: ', '-po','Out<\\#>: ','-nosep'] # First import the embeddable shell class from IPython.Shell import IPShellEmbed # Now create an instance of the embeddable shell. The first argument is a # string with options exactly as you would type them if you were starting # IPython at the system command line. Any parameters you want to define for # configuration can thus be specified here. ipshell = IPShellEmbed(args, banner = 'Dropping into IPython', exit_msg = 'Leaving Interpreter, back to program.') # Make a second instance, you can have as many as you want. if nested: args[1] = 'In2<\\#>' else: args = ['-pi1','In2<\\#>: ','-pi2',' .\\D.: ', '-po','Out<\\#>: ','-nosep'] ipshell2 = IPShellEmbed(args,banner = 'Second IPython instance.') print '\nHello. This is printed from the main controller program.\n' # You can then call ipshell() anywhere you need it (with an optional # message): ipshell('***Called from top level. ' 'Hit Ctrl-D to exit interpreter and continue program.') print '\nBack in caller program, moving along...\n' #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- # More details: # IPShellEmbed instances don't print the standard system banner and # messages. The IPython banner (which actually may contain initialization # messages) is available as .IP.BANNER in case you want it. # IPShellEmbed instances print the following information everytime they # start: # - A global startup banner. # - A call-specific header string, which you can use to indicate where in the # execution flow the shell is starting. # They also print an exit message every time they exit. # Both the startup banner and the exit message default to None, and can be set # either at the instance constructor or at any other time with the # set_banner() and set_exit_msg() methods. # The shell instance can be also put in 'dummy' mode globally or on a per-call # basis. This gives you fine control for debugging without having to change # code all over the place. # The code below illustrates all this. # This is how the global banner and exit_msg can be reset at any point ipshell.set_banner('Entering interpreter - New Banner') ipshell.set_exit_msg('Leaving interpreter - New exit_msg') def foo(m): s = 'spam' ipshell('***In foo(). Try @whos, or print s or m:') print 'foo says m = ',m def bar(n): s = 'eggs' ipshell('***In bar(). Try @whos, or print s or n:') print 'bar says n = ',n # Some calls to the above functions which will trigger IPython: print 'Main program calling foo("eggs")\n' foo('eggs') # The shell can be put in 'dummy' mode where calls to it silently return. This # allows you, for example, to globally turn off debugging for a program with a # single call. ipshell.set_dummy_mode(1) print '\nTrying to call IPython which is now "dummy":' ipshell() print 'Nothing happened...' # The global 'dummy' mode can still be overridden for a single call print '\nOverriding dummy mode manually:' ipshell(dummy=0) # Reactivate the IPython shell ipshell.set_dummy_mode(0) print 'You can even have multiple embedded instances:' ipshell2() print '\nMain program calling bar("spam")\n' bar('spam') print 'Main program finished. Bye!' #********************** End of file ***********************