start_ipython_config.py

"""Quick snippet explaining how to set config options when using start_ipython."""

# First create a config object from the traitlets library
from traitlets.config import Config
c = Config()

# Now we can set options as we would in a config file: 
#   c.Class.config_value = value
# For example, we can set the exec_lines option of the InteractiveShellApp
# class to run some code when the IPython REPL starts
c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = [
    'print("\\nimporting some things\\n")',
    'import math',
    "math"
]
c.InteractiveShell.colors = 'LightBG'
c.InteractiveShell.confirm_exit = False
c.TerminalIPythonApp.display_banner = False

# Now we start ipython with our configuration
import IPython
IPython.start_ipython(config=c)