How can I choose ipython/jupyter as the DEFAULT python terminal? I use both a windows 10 and a linux machine with the anaconda distribution.
If I type "ipython" on the terminal, it opens an ipython session. If I run the debugger or shift+enter a line, it automatically runs on a "barebones" python shell. Should be simple...but I have been googling and messing with the settings for half an hour with no success.
Looked up
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/tutorial-flask
Use IPython REPL in VS Code
but could not find a way to set it up on my linux or win10 machines. Any ideas?
A slightly neater way to achieve @TwoUnderscorez's answer is to just launch the module with -m IPython
:
"python.terminal.launchArgs": [
"-m",
"IPython"
]
Edit: For anyone struggling with IndentationError: unexpected indent
errors, try the following:
"python.terminal.launchArgs": [
"-m",
"IPython",
"--no-autoindent",
]
(wouldn't have just added a comment to the existing answer, but not enough rep)
There currently isn't support to specify an alternative REPL that isn't the Python interpreter you use to execute code. One trick some people do if you want this just for sending code to the REPL is they launch the REPL once, exit it, and then launch ipython
manually as the extension will continue to use that terminal instance for future code sent to the REPL.