From 75cf5fc7f0244c081cc25651d066de3ba852f1e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:32:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added support for IPython.start_ipython in shell

IPython 1.0 introduces an actual stable public API function
for starting a normal (non-embedded) IPython session.

This is an official public API, which is promised to survive implementation changes.
---
 django/core/management/commands/shell.py | 40 +++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/shell.py b/django/core/management/commands/shell.py
index 851d4e3cfb..00a6602c0b 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/shell.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/shell.py
@@ -19,23 +19,35 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
     help = "Runs a Python interactive interpreter. Tries to use IPython or bpython, if one of them is available."
     requires_model_validation = False
 
+    def _ipython_pre_011(self):
+        """Start IPython pre-0.11"""
+        from IPython.Shell import IPShell
+        shell = IPShell(argv=[])
+        shell.mainloop()
+
+    def _ipython_pre_100(self):
+        """Start IPython pre-1.0.0"""
+        from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import TerminalIPythonApp
+        app = TerminalIPythonApp.instance()
+        app.initialize(argv=[])
+        app.start()
+
+    def _ipython(self):
+        """Start IPython >= 1.0"""
+        from IPython import start_ipython
+        start_ipython(argv=[])
+
     def ipython(self):
-        try:
-            from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import TerminalIPythonApp
-            app = TerminalIPythonApp.instance()
-            app.initialize(argv=[])
-            app.start()
-        except ImportError:
-            # IPython < 0.11
-            # Explicitly pass an empty list as arguments, because otherwise
-            # IPython would use sys.argv from this script.
+        """Start any version of IPython"""
+        for ip in (self._ipython, self._ipython_pre_100, self._ipython_pre_011):
             try:
-                from IPython.Shell import IPShell
-                shell = IPShell(argv=[])
-                shell.mainloop()
+                ip()
             except ImportError:
-                # IPython not found at all, raise ImportError
-                raise
+                pass
+            else:
+                return
+        # no IPython, raise ImportError
+        raise ImportError("No IPython")
 
     def bpython(self):
         import bpython