%install_ext https://raw.github.com/ebellm/ipython-idlmagic/master/idlmagic.py

%load_ext idlmagic

%idl print, findgen(5)

%%idl
x = findgen(5)
y = x^2.
; comments are supported
print, $ ; as are line continuations
mean(y)

msg = '  padded   string   '
import numpy as np
arr = np.arange(5)

%idl_push msg arr

%%idl
print, strcompress(msg,/REMOVE_ALL)
print, reverse(arr)

%idl arr += 1

%idl_pull arr

arr

Z = np.array([1, 4, 5, 10])

%idl -i Z -o W W = sqrt(Z)

W

%%idl -s 400,400
plot,findgen(10),xtitle='X',ytitle='Y'