shows that python's inputhook gets called at about 10Hz

inputhook-test.py

if __name__=="__main__":
    def run_from_ipython():
        try:
            __IPYTHON__
            return True
        except NameError:
            return False


    if not run_from_ipython():
        while domain.running:
            print '.'
    else:
        print 'running from ipython'
        from IPython.lib import inputhook

        #ihm = inputhook.InputHookManager()

        #old_hook = inputhook.clear_inputhook()
        #print old_hook
        i = 0
        def step():
            global i
            print i
            i += 1
            if i>25:
                inputhook.inputhook_manager.clear_inputhook()
            return 0

        inputhook.set_inputhook(step)