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--- ipython_notes [2020/10/14 21:14] – [configure prompts] prasanthi
+++ ipython_notes [2022/03/18 22:36] (current) – [command history] raju
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 ===== favorite configuration =====
 ==== configure prompts ====
+* [[Configure ipython terminal prompts]]
-Create a profile (~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py) if it is not already created by running
+===== dummy =====
+==== command history ====
+IPython stores the history in a SQLite database located at ~/.ipython/profile_default/history.sqlite .
+This can be exported into a file by running
 <code>
-ipython profile create
+%history -g -f filename
 </code>
-Add the following to ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py
+When using Windows 10 Enterprise + git bash 2.22.0 + ipython 7.16.1
-<code>
+<WRAP indent>
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Examples of valid filenames
-# Customize terminal prompts.
+  * ipython_history_asof_20220318_1753.txt
-# The goal here is to make it easy to copy paste stuff from/to ipython
+  * x/ipython_history_asof_20220318_1755.txt
-# sessions. This is achieved by
+  * c:/Users/raju/x/ipython_history_asof_20220318_1756.txt
-# * adding an extra line to the input and output prompts
-# * removing the continuation prompt
-# To build the original prompt, I am using
-# https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/IPython/terminal/prompts.py
-from IPython.terminal.prompts import Prompts
-from pygments.token import Token
-class MyPrompt(Prompts):
+Examples of invalid filenames
+  * ~/x/ipython_history_asof_20220318_1755.txt
-    # keep the original input prompt but add an extra line
+  * /c/Users/raju/x/ipython_history_asof_20220318_1756.txt
-    def in_prompt_tokens(self):
+</WRAP>
-        return [
+Ref:-
-            (Token.Prompt, self.vi_mode() ),
+  * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30629390/where-is-the-history-file-for-ipython
-            (Token.Prompt, 'In ['),
+  * ~/.ipython/profile_default/history.sqlite -
-            (Token.PromptNum, str(self.shell.execution_count)),
-            (Token.Prompt, ']: '),
-            (Token.Prompt, '\n'),
-        ]
-    # remove the continuation prompt.
-    def continuation_prompt_tokens(self, width=None):
-        return [
-            (Token.Prompt, ''),
-        ]
-    # keep the original output prompt but add an extra line
-    def out_prompt_tokens(self):
-        return [
-            (Token.OutPrompt, 'Out['),
-            (Token.OutPromptNum, str(self.shell.execution_count)),
-            (Token.OutPrompt, ']: '),
-            (Token.OutPrompt, '\n'),
-        ]
-c.TerminalInteractiveShell.prompts_class = MyPrompt
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-</code>
-tags | add a newline to ipython input prompt, change ipython terminal prompts, ipython paste without the dots
-===== dummy =====
 ==== how is the default ipython prompt created? ====
 See https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/IPython/terminal/prompts.py -> Prompts class -> in_prompt_tokens(), continuation_prompt_tokens(), rewrite_prompt_tokens(), out_prompt_tokens()