How to set the matplotlib figure default size in ipython notebook?

Question

I use \"$ipython notebook --pylab inline\" to start the ipython notebook. The display matplotlib figure size is too big for me, and I have to adjust it manually. How to se

Answer 1

Just for completeness, this also works

from IPython.core.pylabtools import figsize
figsize(14, 7)

It is a wrapper aroung the rcParams solution