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Module: `core.magics.basic`¶

Implementation of basic magic functions.

3 Classes¶

class IPython.core.magics.basic.MagicsDisplay(magics_manager, ignore=None)¶

Bases: object

__init__(magics_manager, ignore=None)¶

class IPython.core.magics.basic.BasicMagics(**kwargs: Any)¶

Bases: Magics

Magics that provide central IPython functionality.

These are various magics that don’t fit into specific categories but that are all part of the base ‘IPython experience’.

alias_magic(line='')¶

%alias_magic [-l] [-c] [-p PARAMS] name target

Create an alias for an existing line or cell magic.

Examples

In [1]: %alias_magic t timeit
Created `%t` as an alias for `%timeit`.
Created `%%t` as an alias for `%%timeit`.

In [2]: %t -n1 pass
107 ns ± 43.6 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1 loop each)

In [3]: %%t -n1
   ...: pass
   ...:
107 ns ± 58.3 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1 loop each)

In [4]: %alias_magic --cell whereami pwd
UsageError: Cell magic function `%%pwd` not found.
In [5]: %alias_magic --line whereami pwd
Created `%whereami` as an alias for `%pwd`.

In [6]: %whereami
Out[6]: '/home/testuser'

In [7]: %alias_magic h history -p "-l 30" --line
Created `%h` as an alias for `%history -l 30`.

positional arguments:

name Name of the magic to be created. target Name of the existing line or cell magic.

options:

-l, --line: Create a line magic alias.
-c, --cell: Create a cell magic alias.
-p PARAMS, --params PARAMS: Parameters passed to the magic function.

colors(parameter_s='')¶

Switch color scheme for prompts, info system and exception handlers.

Currently implemented schemes: NoColor, Linux, LightBG.

Color scheme names are not case-sensitive.

Examples

To get a plain black and white terminal:

%colors nocolor

doctest_mode(parameter_s='')¶

Toggle doctest mode on and off.

This mode is intended to make IPython behave as much as possible like a plain Python shell, from the perspective of how its prompts, exceptions and output look. This makes it easy to copy and paste parts of a session into doctests. It does so by:

Changing the prompts to the classic >>> ones.
Changing the exception reporting mode to ‘Plain’.
Disabling pretty-printing of output.

Note that IPython also supports the pasting of code snippets that have leading ‘>>>’ and ‘…’ prompts in them. This means that you can paste doctests from files or docstrings (even if they have leading whitespace), and the code will execute correctly. You can then use ‘%history -t’ to see the translated history; this will give you the input after removal of all the leading prompts and whitespace, which can be pasted back into an editor.

With these features, you can switch into this mode easily whenever you need to do testing and changes to doctests, without having to leave your existing IPython session.

gui(parameter_s='')¶

Enable or disable IPython GUI event loop integration.

%gui [GUINAME]

This magic replaces IPython’s threaded shells that were activated using the (pylab/wthread/etc.) command line flags. GUI toolkits can now be enabled at runtime and keyboard interrupts should work without any problems. The following toolkits are supported: wxPython, PyQt4, PyGTK, Tk and Cocoa (OSX):

%gui wx      # enable wxPython event loop integration
%gui qt      # enable PyQt/PySide event loop integration
             # with the latest version available.
%gui qt6     # enable PyQt6/PySide6 event loop integration
%gui qt5     # enable PyQt5/PySide2 event loop integration
%gui gtk     # enable PyGTK event loop integration
%gui gtk3    # enable Gtk3 event loop integration
%gui gtk4    # enable Gtk4 event loop integration
%gui tk      # enable Tk event loop integration
%gui osx     # enable Cocoa event loop integration
             # (requires %matplotlib 1.1)
%gui         # disable all event loop integration

WARNING: after any of these has been called you can simply create an application object, but DO NOT start the event loop yourself, as we have already handled that.

lsmagic(parameter_s='')¶: List currently available magic functions.

magic(parameter_s='')¶

Print information about the magic function system.

Supported formats: -latex, -brief, -rest

notebook(s)¶

%notebook filename

Export and convert IPython notebooks.

This function can export the current IPython history to a notebook file. For example, to export the history to “foo.ipynb” do “%notebook foo.ipynb”.

positional arguments:: filename Notebook name or filename

page(parameter_s='')¶

Pretty print the object and display it through a pager.

%page [options] OBJECT

If no object is given, use _ (last output).

Options:

-r: page str(object), don’t pretty-print it.

pprint(parameter_s='')¶: Toggle pretty printing on/off.

precision(s='')¶

Set floating point precision for pretty printing.

Can set either integer precision or a format string.

If numpy has been imported and precision is an int, numpy display precision will also be set, via numpy.set_printoptions.

If no argument is given, defaults will be restored.

Examples

In [1]: from math import pi

In [2]: %precision 3
Out[2]: '%.3f'

In [3]: pi
Out[3]: 3.142

In [4]: %precision %i
Out[4]: '%i'

In [5]: pi
Out[5]: 3

In [6]: %precision %e
Out[6]: '%e'

In [7]: pi**10
Out[7]: 9.364805e+04

In [8]: %precision
Out[8]: '%r'

In [9]: pi**10
Out[9]: 93648.047476082982

quickref(arg)¶: Show a quick reference sheet

xmode(parameter_s='')¶

Switch modes for the exception handlers.

Valid modes: Plain, Context, Verbose, and Minimal.

If called without arguments, acts as a toggle.

When in verbose mode the value --show (and --hide) will respectively show (or hide) frames with __tracebackhide__ = True value set.

class IPython.core.magics.basic.AsyncMagics(**kwargs: Any)¶

Bases: BasicMagics

autoawait(parameter_s)¶

Allow to change the status of the autoawait option.

This allow you to set a specific asynchronous code runner.

If no value is passed, print the currently used asynchronous integration and whether it is activated.

It can take a number of value evaluated in the following order:

False/false/off deactivate autoawait integration
True/true/on activate autoawait integration using configured default loop
asyncio/curio/trio activate autoawait integration and use integration with said library.
sync turn on the pseudo-sync integration (mostly used for IPython.embed() which does not run IPython with a real eventloop and deactivate running asynchronous code. Turning on Asynchronous code with the pseudo sync loop is undefined behavior and may lead IPython to crash.

If the passed parameter does not match any of the above and is a python identifier, get said object from user namespace and set it as the runner, and activate autoawait.

If the object is a fully qualified object name, attempt to import it and set it as the runner, and activate autoawait.

The exact behavior of autoawait is experimental and subject to change across version of IPython and Python.

Module: core.magics.basic¶

3 Classes¶

Module: `core.magics.basic`¶