id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
1202	"Allow ""manage.py shell"" to use IPython if present"	hbtaylor@…	Adrian Holovaty	"I cribbed the following from TurboGears. Their tg-admin.py shell command tried to import IPython and falls back to code.interact() if IPython isn't present. I prefer IPython for several reasons. I know I can run it manually if I want to, but it isn't available via a nice, easy command!

A modification like the following to ""run_shell"" in django.core.management seems to work (not my original work - I grabbed it from TG):

{{{
def run_shell():
    ""Runs a Python interactive interpreter. Tries to run IPython if it exists""
    try:
        import IPython
        shell = IPython.Shell.IPShell()
        shell.mainloop()
    except ImportError:
        import code
        code.interact()
}}}"	enhancement	closed	Tools		normal	fixed			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0