ad #5) Sorry to miss that. I have moved recently to Python 2.6.2, indeed on 2.5 version there was no problem.
Python 2.6.2 (r262:71605, Apr 14 2009, 22:40:02) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] IPython 0.10 -- An enhanced Interactive Python Windows XP / SP2
ad #5) Sorry to miss that. I have moved recently to Python 2.6.2, indeed on 2.5 version there was no problem.
Python 2.6.2 (r262:71605, Apr 14 2009, 22:40:02) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
IPython 0.10 -- An enhanced Interactive Python
Windows XP / SP2