This file supposedly lists what you can customise your ipython prompt to show. I have not tried this myself.
http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~gfrancis/illimath/windows/aszgard_mini/movpy-2.0.0-py2.4.4/manuals/IPython/node7.html Laura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
