Duster

Package Description

Duster is an IPython extension that selectively clears one's IPython session namespace while automatically ignoring specified variables to preserve and reloading specified packages.

Installation

The package may be installed as follows: :

pip install duster

After installation, the extension may be loaded within an IPython session with :

%load_ext duster

Configuration

Modules to be reloaded when duster is invoked should each be listed as a tuple containing the module name and the name to which it should be imported (or '' if it should be imported as-is). For example: :

c.DusterMagic.modules = [('numpy', 'np'), ('scipy', 'sp'), ('sys', '')]

Variables to be ignored when resetting the IPython namespace should be listed by name as follows: :

c.DusterMagic.ignore = ['varname0', 'varname1']

The above settings may be viewed and/or modified within an IPython session using :

%config DusterMagic

Notes

Duster will automatically reload pylab if pylab mode is active.

Development

The latest release of the package may be obtained from GitHub.

Author

See the included AUTHORS.rst file for more information.

License

This software is licensed under the BSD License. See the included LICENSE.rst file for more information.