Adds interpreter option to shell command as per ticket #18639

Specify python interpreter interface ipython or bpython with the -i,
--interface options
argument.
 ex// python manage.py shell -i bpython
 ex// python manage.py shell --interface bpython

Like all other options, defaults to default python interpreter when your
selected choice isn't available.

updated documentation where appropriate

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 31c46c7fa0..c4295c68d5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -743,6 +743,24 @@ use the ``--plain`` option, like so::
 
     django-admin.py shell --plain
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.5
+
+If you would like to specify either IPython or bpython as your interpreter if
+you have both installed you can specify an alternative interpreter interface
+with the ``-i`` or ``--interface`` options like so::
+
+IPython::
+
+    django-admin.py shell -i ipython
+    django-admin.py shell --interface ipython
+
+
+bpython::
+
+    django-admin.py shell -i bpython
+    django-admin.py shell --interface bpython
+
+
 .. _IPython: http://ipython.scipy.org/
 .. _bpython: http://bpython-interpreter.org/