`IPython:start_ipython`

source: /IPython/__init__.py :118

Signature

def start_ipython ( argv = None , ** kwargs )

Summary

Launch a normal IPython instance (as opposed to embedded)

Extended Summary

IPython.embed() puts a shell in a particular calling scope, such as a function or method for debugging purposes, which is often not desirable.

start_ipython() does full, regular IPython initialization, including loading startup files, configuration, etc. much of which is skipped by embed().

This is a public API method, and will survive implementation changes.

Parameters

argv : list or None, optional: If unspecified or None, IPython will parse command-line options from sys.argv. To prevent any command-line parsing, pass an empty list: argv=[].
user_ns : dict, optional: specify this dictionary to initialize the IPython user namespace with particular values.
**kwargs : various, optional: Any other kwargs will be passed to the Application constructor, such as config, a traitlets Config object (see configure_start_ipython), allowing configuration of the instance (see terminal_options).

Aliases

IPython.start_ipython