Use Python import in ipython profile config

[EntilZha]

I am trying to accomplish setting up a profile that will automatically import all the files I reload every time I start working on my project. For example I have a module that from ipython i can import doing this:

from foo import *

I created a new profile for ipython and added the following

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c = get_config()
from CrossMatch import *

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When I try to run ipython with my profile I get this error.

[TerminalIPythonApp] Exception while loading config file /home/myname/.ipython/profile_MyProf/ipython_config.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/myname/opt/epd/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 440, in load_config_file
config = loader.load_config()
File "/home/myname/opt/epd/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/loader.py", line 268, in load_config
self._read_file_as_dict()
File "/home/myname/opt/epd/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/loader.py", line 321, in _read_file_as_dict
py3compat.execfile(conf_filename, namespace)
File "/home/myname/opt/epd/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/utils/py3compat.py", line 175, in execfile
builtin.execfile(filename, *where)
File "/home/myname/.ipython/profile_MyProf/ipython_config.py", line 5, in
from foo import *
ImportError: No module named foo

Thanks

[bfroehle]

You probably want to instead put the statement inside of exec_lines.

For example, from my ipython_config.py:

# lines of code to run at IPython startup.
c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = [
    'from __future__ import division',
    'import io, os, sys, re, time',
]

[EntilZha]

Thanks, worked perfectly. Still new to ipy but love it.