How to open IPython interpreter in emacs?

Question

In order to use IPython during Python development in Emacs, I have been opening up a terminal, and typing ipython. This doesn\'t seem like the right way to do i

Answer 1

I don't know what Prelude is, but if you can install the latest Emacs (i.e, Emacs with Fabian's python-mode included), then you can use the following to let Python mode know your preferred choice of interpreter. Then you just need to call M-x run-python:

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(when (executable-find "ipython")
  (setq python-shell-interpreter "ipython"))

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