automatically run %matplotlib inline in jupyter qtconsole

Question

Is there a way to change the config file to make jupyter qtconsole run the following command on startup?:

%matplotlib inline

Gape

Answer 1

Add this line to the ipython_config.py file (not the ipython_qtconsole_config.py file):

c.InteractiveShellApp.matplotlib = 'inline'

Niven

Awesome. I was unaware of all the customization that could be done with the ipython_config.py file... If anyone else doesn't already have that file, run ipython profile create. – Hooded

Answer 2

In your ipython_config.py file you can specify commands to run at startup (including magic % commands) by setting c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines. For example,

c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = """
%matplotlib inline
%autoreload 2
import your_favorite_module
""".split('\n')

Bulbar

The ipython_config.py is, by default, under $HOME/.ipython/profile_default/ according to the documentation ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/development/config.html – Bonin

Answer 3

Open the file ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py, and

c.InteractiveShellApp.code_to_run = ''

==>

c.InteractiveShellApp.code_to_run = '%pylab inline'

Tenebrae