BUG: problems with qtconsole and _repr_html #2275

Author: changhiskhan

pandas/core/common.py

@@ -1098,6 +1098,17 @@ def in_interactive_session():
     import __main__ as main
     return not hasattr(main, '__file__')
 
+def in_qtconsole():
+    """
+    check if we're inside an IPython qtconsole
+    """
+    try:
+        ip = get_ipython()
+        if ip.config['KernelApp']['parent_appname'] == 'ipython-qtconsole':
+            return True
+    except:
+        return False
+
 # Unicode consolidation
 # ---------------------
 #

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -585,7 +585,10 @@ def _need_info_repr_(self):
         particular DataFrame.
         """
 
-        terminal_width, terminal_height = get_terminal_size()
+        if com.in_qtconsole():
+            terminal_width, terminal_height = 10, 100
+        else:
+            terminal_width, terminal_height = get_terminal_size()
         max_rows = (terminal_height if get_option("print_config.max_rows") == 0
                     else get_option("print_config.max_rows"))
         max_columns = get_option("print_config.max_columns")