#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Terminal-based IPython entry point.
"""

# --[ HACK to make ipython virtualenv-aware ]--
# see http://isbullsh.it/2012/04/Embed-ipython-in-virtualenv/
from os import environ
import sys
if 'VIRTUAL_ENV' in environ:
    sys.path.append('/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages')
    # fix ImportError: No module named _simplegeneric
    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11573844/ipython-import-failure-and-python-sys-path-in-general
    sys.path.append('/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7')
del sys, environ
# --[ end of HACK ]--

from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import launch_new_instance

try:
  launch_new_instance()
except ImportError as e:
  if "qt.console.qtconsoleapp" in e.message:
    print "Could not start qtconsole. Please install ipython-qtconsole"
  elif "html.notebook.notebookapp" in e.message:
    print "Could not start notebook. Please install ipython-notebook"
  else:
    # if there is no clue on the cause -- just re-raise
    raise