If you are using emacs24 this should be the default (in emacs23 you need python.el, not python-mode.el):
In a python buffer:
- C-c C-z : open a python shell
- C-c C-c : run the content of the buffer in the opened python shell
- C-c C-r : run the selected region in the python shell
default python shell is “python”, if you need to use ipython you can use this conf in your .emacs
(setq
python-shell-interpreter "ipython"
python-shell-interpreter-args "--colors=Linux --profile=default"
python-shell-prompt-regexp "In \\[[0-9]+\\]: "
python-shell-prompt-output-regexp "Out\\[[0-9]+\\]: "
python-shell-completion-setup-code
"from IPython.core.completerlib import module_completion"
python-shell-completion-module-string-code
"';'.join(module_completion('''%s'''))\n"
python-shell-completion-string-code
"';'.join(get_ipython().Completer.all_completions('''%s'''))\n")
provided that you have ipython installed in your system of course 🙂
ipython>=5 has a auto-complete feature which breaks the emacs sub-shell, you can fix this by changing this line
python-shell-interpreter-args "--colors=Linux --profile=default"
and add --simple-prompt.
It will allow you to see ipython correctly but for some reason I did not get yet the auto-completion in emacs is not as effective as it used to be.