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

Seems a bit late, however was also having similar problem, wanted to have ipython as default python interpreter for my emacs 24.x. The following worked like a magic -

(require 'python)
(setq python-shell-interpreter "ipython")
(setq python-shell-interpreter-args "--pylab")

thanks to http://www.flannaghan.com/2013/08/29/ipython-emacs for saving my day and hopefully yours.

PS: seems having anaconda preinstalled in your system helps...