ENH BCDA-APS/use_bluesky#119

bluesky/console/__start_bluesky_instrument__.py

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+"""
+start bluesky in IPython console session
+"""
+
+# start a Bluesky data collection console session
+import pathlib, sys
+
+# add the "bluesky/" directory to the system path
+__BLUESKY_IN_HOME_DIRECTORY__ = False
+# first, identify the parent directory
+if __BLUESKY_IN_HOME_DIRECTORY__:
+    BLUESKY_DIRECTORY = pathlib.Path.home()
+else:
+    # <training repository directory>
+    BLUESKY_DIRECTORY = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parent.parent.parent
+# next, name the "bluesky" subdirectory
+BLUESKY_DIRECTORY = BLUESKY_DIRECTORY / "bluesky"
+if not BLUESKY_DIRECTORY.exists():
+    raise FileNotFoundError(
+        f"Cannot find bluesky directory: {BLUESKY_DIRECTORY}"
+    )
+# put bluesky directory on the import path
+sys.path.append(str(BLUESKY_DIRECTORY))
+
+# terse error dumps (Exception tracebacks)
+get_ipython().run_line_magic('xmode', 'Minimal')
+
+from instrument.collection import *