title: ipython: how to set terminal width
body: <p>When I use <code>ipython terminal</code> and want to print a <code>numpy.ndarray</code> which has many columns, the lines are automatically broken somewhere around 80 characters (i.e. the width of the lines is cca 80 chars):</p>
  
  <pre><code>z = zeros((2,20))
  print z
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Presumably, ipython expects that my terminal has 80 columns. In fact however, my terminal has width of 176 characters and I would like to use the full width.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried changing the following parameter, but this has no effect:</p>
  
  <pre><code>c.PlainTextFormatter.max_width = 160
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>How can I tell <code>ipython</code> to use full width of my terminal ?</strong></p>
  
  <p>I am using <code>ipython 1.2.1</code> on Debian Wheezy</p>