Merge pull request #1108 from paulbrodersen/issue_769

Mitigate issue #769: don't set backend to '2d' in IPython REPLs
marcomusy · Apr 30, 2024 · d9c1483 · d9c1483
2 parents c6eab95 + fa674d2
commit d9c1483
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/vedo/settings.py b/vedo/settings.py
@@ -231,8 +231,10 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
 
         self.default_backend = "vtk"
         try:
-            get_ipython()
-            self.default_backend = "2d"
+            # adapted from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39662359/2912349
+            shell = get_ipython().__class__.__name__
+            if shell == 'ZMQInteractiveShell':
+                self.default_backend = "2d"
         except NameError:
             pass