IPython.core.magics.basic:BasicMagics.gui

Extended Summary

%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.