IPython q to exit
=================

So many terminal applications bind to exit, even the python debugger, its muscle memory for me. But to exit ipython I have to type out . This is fine, but...

Date: June 13, 2022

So many terminal applications bind `q` to exit, even the python debugger, its
muscle memory for me. But to exit ipython I have to type out `exit`.
This is fine, but since q is muscle memory for me I get this error a few times
per day.

```
╭─────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ────────────────────────────────╮
│ :1 in │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
NameError: name 'q' is not defined
```

After digging way too deep into how IPython implements its `ExitAutoCall` I
realized there was a very simple solution here. `IPython` automatically
imports all the scripts you put in your profile directory, all I needed was to
create `~/.ipython/profile_default/startup/q.py` with the following.

```
q = exit
```

It was that simple. This is not a game changer by any means, but I will now
see one less error in my workflow. I just press `q` and I am out,
without error.