From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 02:49:57 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: python-shell-interpreter doc string clarification
X-Git-Tag: emacs-28.0.90~1293
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9c1bbad907575987054b8d81ac2d09bfabe6214b;p=emacs.git

python-shell-interpreter doc string clarification

* lisp/progmodes/python.el (python-shell-interpreter): Note what
to do when using ipython3 (bug#44732).
---

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/python.el b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
index 20299c20d28..d5209d8d2f1 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el
@@ -2022,7 +2022,12 @@ position, else returns nil."
   (cond ((executable-find "python3") "python3")
         ((executable-find "python") "python")
         (t "python3"))
-  "Default Python interpreter for shell."
+  "Default Python interpreter for shell.
+
+Some Python interpreters also require changes to
+`python-shell-interpreter-args'.  In particular, setting
+`python-shell-interpreter' to \"ipython3\" requires setting
+`python-shell-interpreter-args' to \"--simple-prompt\"."
   :version "28.1"
   :type 'string
   :group 'python)