[IPython-user] checking for qthread

[Fernando Perez]

Frédéric Mantegazza wrote:
> Le Mardi 15 Novembre 2005 15:54, Glen W. Mabey a écrit :
> 
> 
>>Is there some way to check whether ipython was passed the -qthread
>>switch when it was started?
> 
> 
> You can use sys.argv :
> 
> $ > ipython -qthread
> Python 2.3.5 (#2, Aug 30 2005, 15:50:26)
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> 
> IPython 0.6.15 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
> ?       -> Introduction to IPython's features.
> %magic  -> Information about IPython's 'magic' % functions.
> help    -> Python's own help system.
> object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.
> 
> In [1]: import sys
> 
> In [2]: sys.argv
> Out[2]: ['/usr/bin/ipython', '-qthread']
> 
> Hope this helps...

That is correct.  Note also that the %config magic will print out the entire 
internal configuration structure.  This variable is available as 
__IPYTHON__.rc, so you can also check programatically:

In [2]: __IPYTHON__.rc.qthread
Out[2]: 1

In [3]: __IPYTHON__.rc.gthread
Out[3]: 0

Every single option passed to ipython is available in the rc struct, along 
with some additional things.

Cheers,

f