Clemens Brunner

:+1: for a global variable, this seems like a straightforward approach.

Do we really provide tier 1 support for Jupyter notebooks?

So this affects not just notebooks but IPython in general? Then yes, this is tier 1 (notebooks aren't though IMO).

I'm pretty sure the kernel backend is only used for notebooks, and not for the regular IPython (i.e. when you start `ipython` from the terminal).

Yes, that's because you're using a notebook here! I would not recommend doing that, and neither would I support this.

This is effectively using a notebook though. Compare to starting `ipython` from the integrated terminal, this is different (and supposedly everything should just work there).

Yes, it should be fixed, but what I'm saying is that this is not interactive Python anymore. I find notebooks to be a very bad experience, and at least I...

I'm not against fixing it. I'm against promoting that as the standard way to get things done.

Well, I'm using normal interactive Python (and/or IPython) all the time, but I haven't tested this specifically. I will do that now.

OK, I looked at the issue, and since this is specific to notebooks this does not apply to standard interactive Python (there's no `inline` mode). So I guess everything works...