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+""" User configuration file for IPython
+
+This is a more flexible and safe way to configure ipython than *rc files
+(ipythonrc, ipythonrc-pysh etc.)
+
+This file is always imported on ipython startup. You can import the
+ipython extensions you need here (see IPython/Extensions directory).
+
+Feel free to edit this file to customize your ipython experience.
+
+Note that as such this file does nothing, for backwards compatibility.
+Consult e.g. file 'ipy_profile_sh.py' for an example of the things 
+you can do here.
+
+See http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/IpythonExtensionApi for detailed
+description on what you could do here.
+"""
+
+# Most of your config files and extensions will probably start with this import
+
+import IPython.ipapi
+ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
+
+# You probably want to uncomment this if you did %upgrade -nolegacy
+# import ipy_defaults    
+
+import os   
+
+def main():   
+
+    # uncomment if you want to get ipython -p sh behaviour
+    # without having to use command line switches  
+    # import ipy_profile_sh
+
+    # Configure your favourite editor?
+    # Good idea e.g. for %edit os.path.isfile
+
+    #import ipy_editors
+    
+    # Choose one of these:
+    
+    #ipy_editors.scite()
+    #ipy_editors.scite('c:/opt/scite/scite.exe')
+    #ipy_editors.komodo()
+    #ipy_editors.idle()
+    # ... or many others, try 'ipy_editors??' after import to see them
+    
+    # Or roll your own:
+    #ipy_editors.install_editor("c:/opt/jed +$line $file")
+    
+    
+    o = ip.options
+    # An example on how to set options
+    #o.autocall = 1
+    o.system_verbose = 0
+    
+    #import_all("os sys")
+    #execf('~/_ipython/ns.py')
+
+
+    # -- prompt
+    # A different, more compact set of prompts from the default ones, that
+    # always show your current location in the filesystem:
+
+    #o.prompt_in1 = r'\C_LightBlue[\C_LightCyan\Y2\C_LightBlue]\C_Normal\n\C_Green|\#>'
+    #o.prompt_in2 = r'.\D: '
+    #o.prompt_out = r'[\#] '
+    
+    # Try one of these color settings if you can't read the text easily
+    # autoexec is a list of IPython commands to execute on startup
+    #o.autoexec.append('%colors LightBG')
+    #o.autoexec.append('%colors NoColor')
+    #o.autoexec.append('%colors Linux')
+    
+    # for sane integer division that converts to float (1/2 == 0.5)
+    #o.autoexec.append('from __future__ import division')
+    
+    # For %tasks and %kill
+    #import jobctrl 
+    
+    # For autoreloading of modules (%autoreload, %aimport)    
+    #import ipy_autoreload
+    
+    # For winpdb support (%wdb)
+    #import ipy_winpdb
+    
+    # For bzr completer, requires bzrlib (the python installation of bzr)
+    #ip.load('ipy_bzr')
+    
+    # Tab completer that is not quite so picky (i.e. 
+    # "foo".<TAB> and str(2).<TAB> will work). Complete 
+    # at your own risk!
+    #import ipy_greedycompleter
+    
+    # If you are on Linux, you may be annoyed by
+    # "Display all N possibilities? (y or n)" on tab completion,
+    # as well as the paging through "more". Uncomment the following
+    # lines to disable that behaviour
+    #import readline
+    #readline.parse_and_bind('set completion-query-items 1000')
+    #readline.parse_and_bind('set page-completions no')
+
+
+# some config helper functions you can use 
+def import_all(modules):
+    """ Usage: import_all("os sys") """ 
+    for m in modules.split():
+        ip.ex("from %s import *" % m)
+
+def execf(fname):
+    """ Execute a file in user namespace """
+    ip.ex('execfile("%s")' % os.path.expanduser(fname))
+
+main()