I have Jupyter QtConsole installed in Ubuntu 16.04. How can I set default configuration like font family, size and initial imports?
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The docs on configuration options for jupyter will be very helpful here.
In short, open ~/.jupyter/jupyter_qtconsole_config.py
in your favorite text editor and find your options of interest.
- Font family :
c.ConsoleWidget.font_family
- Font size :
c.ConsoleWidget.font_size
Startup scripts and initial imports will be a little more complicated since those are properties of the ipython kernel, which will need to be set in your ipython config. In ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_kernel_config.py
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- Initial imports :
c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines = ['import numpy as np','import pandas as pd']

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1In ~/.jupyter there no file named 'jupyter_qtconsole_config.py'. I also presume 'c' (as in c.ConsoleWidget.font_family' is a class. How do I get c? – Amani May 04 '16 at 20:34
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If it doesn't exist, just run `touch ~/.jupyter/jupyter_qtconsole_config.py`. "c" and other config classes will be loaded as globals when you first start up qtconsole, so you shouldn't need to worry about it. – Thtu May 04 '16 at 20:36
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10To generate default configuration, you can also run `jupyter qtconsole --generate-config` in terminal. `~/.jupyter/jupyter_qtconsole_config.py`will be generated with a lot default settings. – Richard Oct 03 '18 at 13:54
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1@Richard - The comment is much worth posting as an answer. – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Jul 04 '20 at 09:45