[IPython-User] ipython installation on osx 10.6.8

[MinRK]

Your installation is probably fine.

IPython has two color schemes.  The default color scheme on OSX is
'lightbg', because the default terminal on OSX is black-on-white.

To change the colors to the dark-background (called 'Linux' for some
reason), set it at IPython startup:

$> ipython --colors=linux

or from inside IPython with the `%colors` magic:

In [1]: %colors linux

or set it permanently in your ipython_config.py:

# initialize default config, if you haven't already:
$> ipython profile create

edit ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py
and find the line with 'c.TerminalInteractiveShell.colors', and
uncomment it, changing it to:

    c.TerminalInteractiveShell.colors = 'Linux'

-MinRK

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 15:21, Elim Qiu <elim.qiu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I used 'sudo easy_install readline ipython' to install ipython on snow
> leopard.
>
> I noticed that this time the prompt color is not the(typical) bright green
> but dark blue.
>
> Wondering there are something wrong with my latest installation.
>
> How do I test the installation is a good one? How to change the prompt
> color?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
>
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