VS Code run ipython in debug console

Question

Is there a way to run an ipython like debug console in VC Code that would allow tab completion and other sort of things?

Answer 1

No, currently (unfortunately) not. Here's an ongoing thread about this on github. The issue has P1 status, so will hopefully be implemented soon: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/6972

Answer 2

It seems this is a desired feature for VS Code but not yet implemented. See this post: https://github.com/DonJayamanne/vscodeJupyter/issues/19

I'm trying to see if one could use the config file of VS Code to define an ipython debug configuration e.g.:

{ "name": "ipython", "type": "python", "request": "launch", "program": "${file}", "pythonPath": "/Users/tsando/anaconda3/bin/ipython" }

but so far no luck. You can see my post in the above link.