Replacing InteractiveShellEmbed with Qt console - ipython

Question

I am running embedded ipython console via (simplified):
# the code uses PyQt4, this makes sure it is initialized properly
import IPython.lib.inputhook
qapp=IPython.lib.inputhook.enable_gui(gui='qt4')
# create the embedded terminal
from IPython.frontend.terminal.embed import InteractiveShellEmbed
ipshell=InteractiveShellEmbed()
ipshell()
What would this code look like if I would like to run ipython's Qt console instead of the embedded terminal shell? There are examples of using ipython qtconsole all around, but not how to integrate it into my own code.

Answer 1

There is an example script that works in this question: Embedding IPython Qt console in a PyQt application
Here you can find it for reference:
from IPython.zmq.ipkernel import IPKernelApp
from IPython.lib.kernel import find_connection_file
from IPython.frontend.qt.kernelmanager import QtKernelManager
from IPython.frontend.qt.console.rich_ipython_widget import RichIPythonWidget
from IPython.utils.traitlets import TraitError
from PySide import QtGui, QtCore
import atexit
def event_loop(kernel):
kernel.timer = QtCore.QTimer()
kernel.timer.timeout.connect(kernel.do_one_iteration)
kernel.timer.start(1000*kernel._poll_interval)
def default_kernel_app():
app = IPKernelApp.instance()
app.initialize(['python', '--pylab=qt', '--profile=plask'])
app.kernel.eventloop = event_loop
return app
def default_manager(kernel):
connection_file = find_connection_file(kernel.connection_file)
manager = QtKernelManager(connection_file=connection_file)
manager.load_connection_file()
manager.start_channels()
atexit.register(manager.cleanup_connection_file)
return manager
def console_widget(manager):
try: # Ipython v0.13
widget = RichIPythonWidget(gui_completion='droplist')
except TraitError: # IPython v0.12
widget = RichIPythonWidget(gui_completion=True)
widget.kernel_manager = manager
return widget
def terminal_widget(**kwargs):
kernel_app = default_kernel_app()
manager = default_manager(kernel_app)
widget = console_widget(manager)
# Update namespace
kernel_app.shell.user_ns.update(kwargs)
kernel_app.start()
return widget
# This simply opens qtconsole widged in a new window. But you can find embed it wherever you want
app = QtGui.QApplication([''])
widget = terminal_widget(testing=123)
widget.setWindowTitle("Your console")
widget.show()
app.exec_()