Fix IPython silently ignoring console instance passed to pretty.install#3915
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Without this fix, IPython does not recognize the passed `Console` instance. We can revert this if the functionality gets merged into the rich main branch via Textualize/rich#3915.
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Currently, using
pretty.installin an IPython/Jupyter environment silently ignores when an existing console instance is passed and instead always gets the global console. This PR fixes that, so we can use e.g. themes withpretty.installalso in IPython.Can be tested with this snippet:
Before this PR
Passing

Console(no_color=True)has no effect on the output text color:After this PR
Output text is not colored, as expected and consistent with how

pretty.installworks in the regular python interpreter: