Make a "python2" alias or rename the "python"cell magic.

[Ismael-VC]

Running under Arch Linux where currently ipython uses python 3.3.5 instead of python 2.x, which in order to be used has to be called as ipython2 (for python 2.7.6):

ismaelvc@toybox ~ % ipython
Python 3.3.5 (default, Mar 10 2014, 04:22:19)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 1.2.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.

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When using the notebook, I wanted to use some python2 code, but there are only %%python and %%python3 cell magics, which in my case are the same, currently I had to paste the code in a markdown cell (to have syntax highlighting) if I want to show it along with the python3 examples, and then use the %%bash magic in another code cell to call the python2 script, example:

[takluyver]

That seems reasonable - see PR #5447.

[Ismael-VC]

@takluyver and @minrk thank you! 😄