# 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') lines = """ import matplotlib %gui -a wx matplotlib.use('wxagg') matplotlib.interactive(True) from matplotlib import pyplot as plt from matplotlib.pyplot import * """ # You have to make sure that attributes that are containers already # exist before using them. Simple assigning a new list will override # all previous values. if hasattr(Global, 'exec_lines'): Global.exec_lines.append(lines) else: Global.exec_lines = [lines]