From 00a5b85803e48a9d4683a7b80362483ebaa7df72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxime Liquet <35924738+maximlt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:53:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] only set pager in an ipython context (#774)

---
 param/parameterized.py | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/param/parameterized.py b/param/parameterized.py
index 6d868396f..45ddce74d 100644
--- a/param/parameterized.py
+++ b/param/parameterized.py
@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@
 )
 
 try:
-    # In case the optional ipython module is unavailable
-    from .ipython import ParamPager
-    param_pager = ParamPager(metaclass=True)  # Generates param description
-except:
+    get_ipython()
+except NameError:
     param_pager = None
+else:
+    # In case the optional ipython module is unavailable
+    try:
+        from .ipython import ParamPager
+        param_pager = ParamPager(metaclass=True)  # Generates param description
+    except:
+        param_pager = None
 
 from inspect import getfullargspec