diff --git a/src/sage/doctest/forker.py b/src/sage/doctest/forker.py
index 2654016..d3daed6 100644
--- a/src/sage/doctest/forker.py
+++ b/src/sage/doctest/forker.py
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ def init_sage():
     from sage.structure.debug_options import debug
     debug.refine_category_hash_check = True
 
-    # Disable IPython colors during doctests
-    from sage.repl.interpreter import DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG
-    DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG.TerminalInteractiveShell.colors = 'NoColor'
-
     # We import readline before forking, otherwise Pdb doesn't work
     # os OS X: http://trac.sagemath.org/14289
     import readline
@@ -1088,15 +1084,13 @@ class SageDocTestRunner(doctest.DocTestRunner):
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("import doctest, sys, os, multiprocessing, subprocess")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("from sage.doctest.parsing import SageOutputChecker")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("import sage.doctest.forker as sdf")
-            sage: _ = sage0.eval("sdf.init_sage()")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("from sage.doctest.control import DocTestDefaults")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("DD = DocTestDefaults(debug=True)")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("ex1 = doctest.Example('a = 17', '')")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("ex2 = doctest.Example('2*a', '1')")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("DT = doctest.DocTest([ex1,ex2], globals(), 'doubling', None, 0, None)")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("DTR = sdf.SageDocTestRunner(SageOutputChecker(), verbose=False, sage_options=DD, optionflags=doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE|doctest.ELLIPSIS)")
-            sage: sage0._prompt = r"debug: "
-            sage: print(sage0.eval("DTR.run(DT, clear_globs=False)")) # indirect doctest
+            sage: print(sage0.eval("sdf.init_sage(); DTR.run(DT, clear_globs=False)")) # indirect doctest
             **********************************************************************
             Line 1, in doubling
             Failed example:
@@ -1110,7 +1104,6 @@ class SageDocTestRunner(doctest.DocTestRunner):
             ...
             sage: sage0.eval("a")
             '...17'
-            sage: sage0._prompt = "sage: "
             sage: sage0.eval("quit")
             'Returning to doctests...TestResults(failed=1, attempted=2)'
         """
@@ -1144,13 +1137,14 @@ class SageDocTestRunner(doctest.DocTestRunner):
                         print(src)
                         if ex.want:
                             print(doctest._indent(ex.want[:-1]))
-                    from sage.repl.interpreter import DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG
+                    from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config
+                    from sage.repl.prompts import DebugPrompts
                     from IPython.terminal.embed import InteractiveShellEmbed
-                    import copy
-                    cfg = copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG)
-                    prompt_config = cfg.PromptManager
-                    prompt_config.in_template = 'debug: '
-                    prompt_config.in2_template = '.....: '
+                    cfg = sage_ipython_config.default()
+                    # Currently this doesn't work: prompts only work in pty
+                    # We keep simple_prompt=True, prompts will be "In [0]:"
+                    # cfg.InteractiveShell.prompts_class = DebugPrompts
+                    # cfg.InteractiveShell.simple_prompt = False
                     shell = InteractiveShellEmbed(config=cfg, banner1='', user_ns=dict(globs))
                     shell(header='', stack_depth=2)
                 except KeyboardInterrupt:
@@ -1248,6 +1242,7 @@ class SageDocTestRunner(doctest.DocTestRunner):
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("ex = doctest.Example('E = EllipticCurve([0,0]); E', 'A singular Elliptic Curve')")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("DT = doctest.DocTest([ex], globals(), 'singular_curve', None, 0, None)")
             sage: _ = sage0.eval("DTR = sdf.SageDocTestRunner(SageOutputChecker(), verbose=False, sage_options=DD, optionflags=doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE|doctest.ELLIPSIS)")
+            sage: old_prompt = sage0._prompt
             sage: sage0._prompt = r"\(Pdb\) "
             sage: sage0.eval("DTR.run(DT, clear_globs=False)") # indirect doctest
             '... ArithmeticError("invariants " + str(ainvs) + " define a singular curve")'
@@ -1257,7 +1252,7 @@ class SageDocTestRunner(doctest.DocTestRunner):
             '...EllipticCurve_field.__init__(self, K, ainvs)'
             sage: sage0.eval("p ainvs")
             '(0, 0, 0, 0, 0)'
-            sage: sage0._prompt = "sage: "
+            sage: sage0._prompt = old_prompt
             sage: sage0.eval("quit")
             'TestResults(failed=1, attempted=1)'
         """
diff --git a/src/sage/doctest/test.py b/src/sage/doctest/test.py
index d69136f..a6cc4d0 100644
--- a/src/sage/doctest/test.py
+++ b/src/sage/doctest/test.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Test the ``--debug`` option::
         s...: b = 5
         s...: a + b
         8
-    debug:
+    In [1]:
     <BLANKLINE>
     Returning to doctests...
     **********************************************************************
diff --git a/src/sage/interfaces/sage0.py b/src/sage/interfaces/sage0.py
index 87bfc0b..77cd151 100644
--- a/src/sage/interfaces/sage0.py
+++ b/src/sage/interfaces/sage0.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import cPickle
 import os
+import re
 
 from .expect import Expect, ExpectElement, FunctionElement
 import sage.repl.preparse
@@ -146,10 +147,17 @@ class Sage(ExtraTabCompletion, Expect):
             if init_code is None:
                 init_code = ['from sage.all import *', 'import cPickle']
         else:
-            # Disable the IPython history (implemented as SQLite database)
-            # to avoid problems with locking.
-            command = "sage-ipython --HistoryManager.hist_file=:memory: --colors=NoColor"
-            prompt = "sage: "
+            command = ' '.join([
+                'sage-ipython',
+                # Disable the IPython history (implemented as SQLite database)
+                # to avoid problems with locking.
+                '--HistoryManager.hist_file=:memory:',
+                # Disable everything that prints ANSI codes
+                '--colors=NoColor',
+                '--no-term-title',
+                '--simple-prompt',
+            ])
+            prompt = re.compile('In \[\d+\]: ')
             if init_code is None:
                 init_code = ['import cPickle']
 
diff --git a/src/sage/misc/trace.py b/src/sage/misc/trace.py
index 0da17e7..efcaa33 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/trace.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/trace.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def trace(code, preparse=True):
         sage: import pexpect
         sage: s = pexpect.spawn('sage')
         sage: _ = s.sendline("trace('print(factor(10))'); print(3+97)")
+        sage: _ = s.expect('ipdb>', timeout=90)
         sage: _ = s.sendline("s"); _ = s.sendline("c");
         sage: _ = s.expect('100', timeout=90)
 
diff --git a/src/sage/repl/configuration.py b/src/sage/repl/configuration.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5034039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sage/repl/configuration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+r"""
+Sage's IPython Configuration
+"""
+
+#*****************************************************************************
+#       Copyright (C) 2016 Volker Braun <vbraun.name@gmail.com>
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
+#  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+#  the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#                  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
+#*****************************************************************************
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import sys
+import copy
+from traitlets.config.loader import Config
+
+from sage.repl.prompts import SagePrompts
+
+
+# Name of the Sage IPython extension
+SAGE_EXTENSION = 'sage'
+
+
+class SageIpythonConfiguration(object):
+
+    def _doctest_mode(self):
+        """
+        Whether we are in doctest mode
+
+        This returns ``True`` during doctests.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+        
+            sage: from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config
+            sage: sage_ipython_config._doctest_mode()
+            True
+        """
+        from sage.doctest import DOCTEST_MODE
+        return DOCTEST_MODE
+    
+    def _allow_ansi(self):
+        """
+        Whether to allow ANSI escape sequences
+
+        This returns ``False`` during doctests to avoid ANSI escape 
+        sequences.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+        
+            sage: from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config
+            sage: sage_ipython_config._allow_ansi()
+            False
+        """
+        return (not self._doctest_mode()) and sys.stdout.isatty()
+
+    def colors(self):
+        """
+        Return the IPython color palette
+
+        This returns ``'NoColor'`` during doctests to avoid ANSI escape 
+        sequences.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+        
+            sage: from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config
+            sage: sage_ipython_config.simple_prompt()
+            True
+        """
+        return 'LightBG' if self._allow_ansi() else 'NoColor'
+
+    def simple_prompt(self):
+        """
+        Return whether to use the simple prompt
+
+        This returns ``True`` during doctests to avoid ANSI escape sequences.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+        
+            sage: from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config
+            sage: sage_ipython_config.simple_prompt()
+            True
+        """
+        return not self._allow_ansi()
+
+    def term_title(self):
+        """
+        Return whether to set the terminal title
+
+        This returns false during doctests to avoid ANSI escape sequences.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+        
+            sage: from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config
+            sage: sage_ipython_config.term_title()
+            False
+        """
+        return self._allow_ansi()
+
+    def default(self):
+        """
+        Return a new default configuration object
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+        
+            sage: from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config
+            sage: sage_ipython_config.default()
+            {'InteractiveShell': {'colors': ...
+        """
+        from sage.repl.interpreter import SageTerminalInteractiveShell
+        cfg = Config(
+            TerminalIPythonApp=Config(
+                display_banner=False,
+                verbose_crash=True,
+                test_shell=False,
+                shell_class=SageTerminalInteractiveShell,
+            ),
+            InteractiveShell=Config(
+                prompts_class=SagePrompts,
+                ast_node_interactivity='all',
+                colors=self.colors(),
+                simple_prompt=self.simple_prompt(),
+                term_title=self.term_title(),
+                confirm_exit=False,
+                separate_in=''
+            ),
+            InteractiveShellApp=Config(extensions=[SAGE_EXTENSION]),
+        )
+        if self._doctest_mode():
+            # Using the file-backed history causes problems in parallel tests
+            cfg.HistoryManager = Config(hist_file=':memory:')
+        return cfg
+
+    def copy(self):
+        """
+        Return a copy of the current configuration
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+        
+            sage: from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config
+            sage: sage_ipython_config.copy()
+            {'InteractiveShell': {'colors': ...
+        """
+        try:
+            return copy.deepcopy(get_ipython().config)
+        except NameError:
+            return self.default()
+
+
+sage_ipython_config = SageIpythonConfiguration()
diff --git a/src/sage/repl/interpreter.py b/src/sage/repl/interpreter.py
index e0499c7..1f4eda7 100644
--- a/src/sage/repl/interpreter.py
+++ b/src/sage/repl/interpreter.py
@@ -102,18 +102,15 @@ Check that Cython source code appears in tracebacks::
 #*****************************************************************************
 
 
-import copy
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 from sage.repl.preparse import preparse
+from sage.repl.prompts import SagePrompts, InterfacePrompts
 
-from traitlets.config.loader import Config
 from traitlets import Bool, Type
 
 from sage.env import SAGE_LOCAL
-
-SAGE_EXTENSION = 'sage'
+from sage.repl.configuration import sage_ipython_config, SAGE_EXTENSION
 
 def embedded():
     """
@@ -370,31 +367,7 @@ class SageTestShell(SageShellOverride, TerminalInteractiveShell):
         rc = super(SageTestShell, self).run_cell(*args, **kwds)
 
 
-###################################################################
-# Default configuration
-###################################################################
-
-DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG = Config(
-    PromptManager = Config(
-        in_template = 'sage: ',
-        in2_template = '....: ',
-        justify = False,
-        out_template = ''),
-    TerminalIPythonApp = Config(
-        display_banner = False,
-        verbose_crash = True,
-        test_shell = False,
-        shell_class = SageTerminalInteractiveShell,
-    ),
-    InteractiveShell = Config(
-        ast_node_interactivity = 'all',
-        colors = 'LightBG' if sys.stdout.isatty() else 'NoColor',
-        confirm_exit = False,
-        separate_in = ''),
-    InteractiveShellApp = Config(extensions=[SAGE_EXTENSION]),
-)
-
-
+    
 ###################################################################
 # Transformers used in the SageInputSplitter
 ###################################################################
@@ -614,19 +587,17 @@ def interface_shell_embed(interface):
         sage: shell = interface_shell_embed(gap)
         sage: shell.run_cell('List( [1..10], IsPrime )')
         [ false, true, true, false, true, false, true, false, false, false ]
-        <IPython.core.interactiveshell.ExecutionResult object at 0x...>
-    """
-    try:
-        cfg = copy.deepcopy(get_ipython().config)
-    except NameError:
-        cfg = copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG)
-    cfg.PromptManager['in_template'] = interface.name() + ': '
-    cfg.PromptManager['in2_template'] = len(interface.name())*'.' + ': '
+        <repr(<IPython.core.interactiveshell.ExecutionResult at 0x...>) failed: 
+        AttributeError: type object 'ExecutionResult' has no attribute '__qualname__'>
 
+    Note that the repr error is https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/9756
+    """
+    cfg = sage_ipython_config.copy()
     ipshell = InteractiveShellEmbed(config=cfg,
                                     banner1='\n  --> Switching to %s <--\n\n'%interface,
-                                    exit_msg = '\n  --> Exiting back to Sage <--\n')
+                                    exit_msg='\n  --> Exiting back to Sage <--\n')
     ipshell.interface = interface
+    ipshell.prompts = InterfacePrompts(interface.name())
 
     while ipshell.prefilter_manager.transformers:
         ipshell.prefilter_manager.transformers.pop()
@@ -669,7 +640,7 @@ def get_test_shell():
         sage: out + err
         ''
     """
-    config = copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG)
+    config = sage_ipython_config.default()
     config.TerminalIPythonApp.test_shell = True
     config.TerminalIPythonApp.shell_class = SageTestShell
     app = SageTerminalApp.instance(config=config)
@@ -748,12 +719,9 @@ class SageTerminalApp(TerminalIPythonApp):
             sage: os.environ['IPYTHONDIR'] = IPYTHONDIR
         """
         super(SageTerminalApp, self).load_config_file(*args, **kwds)
-
-        newconfig = copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG)
-
+        newconfig = sage_ipython_config.default()
         # merge in the config loaded from file
         newconfig.merge(self.config)
-
         self.config = newconfig
 
     def init_shell(self):
@@ -767,7 +735,7 @@ class SageTerminalApp(TerminalIPythonApp):
 
         EXAMPLES::
 
-            sage: from sage.repl.interpreter import SageTerminalApp, DEFAULT_SAGE_CONFIG
+            sage: from sage.repl.interpreter import SageTerminalApp
             sage: app = SageTerminalApp.instance()
             sage: app.shell
             <sage.repl.interpreter.SageTestShell object at 0x...>
@@ -776,7 +744,6 @@ class SageTerminalApp(TerminalIPythonApp):
         self.shell = self.shell_class.instance(
             parent=self,
             config=self.config,
-            display_banner=False,
             profile_dir=self.profile_dir,
             ipython_dir=self.ipython_dir)
         self.shell.configurables.append(self)
diff --git a/src/sage/repl/ipython_tests.py b/src/sage/repl/ipython_tests.py
index 0fa568d..2bb34cd 100644
--- a/src/sage/repl/ipython_tests.py
+++ b/src/sage/repl/ipython_tests.py
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ Next, test the pinfo2 magic for Cython code::
     ...
     File:   .../sage/tests/stl_vector.pyx
     Type:   type
+
+Test that there are no warnings being ignored internally::
+
+    sage: import warnings
+    sage: warnings.simplefilter('error');  get_test_shell()
+    <sage.repl.interpreter.SageTestShell object at 0x...>
 '''
 
 
diff --git a/src/sage/repl/prompts.py b/src/sage/repl/prompts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e885730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sage/repl/prompts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+r"""
+Sage Commandline Prompts
+"""
+
+#*****************************************************************************
+#       Copyright (C) 2016 Volker Braun <vbraun.name@gmail.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#                  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
+#*****************************************************************************
+
+from pygments.token import Token
+from IPython.terminal.prompts import Prompts
+
+
+class SagePrompts(Prompts):
+
+    def in_prompt_tokens(self, cli=None):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, 'sage: '),
+        ]
+
+    def continuation_prompt_tokens(self, cli=None, width=None):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, '....: '),
+        ]
+
+    def rewrite_prompt_tokens(self):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, '----> '),
+        ]
+
+    def out_prompt_tokens(self):
+        return [
+            (Token.OutPrompt, ''),
+        ]
+
+    
+class InterfacePrompts(Prompts):
+
+    def __init__(self, interface_name):
+        self.__name = interface_name
+        self.__width = len(interface_name)
+    
+    def in_prompt_tokens(self, cli=None):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, self.__name + ': '),
+        ]
+
+    def continuation_prompt_tokens(self, cli=None, width=None):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, '.' * self.__width + ': '),
+        ]
+
+    def rewrite_prompt_tokens(self):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, '-' * self.__width + '> '),
+        ]
+
+    def out_prompt_tokens(self):
+        return [
+            (Token.OutPrompt, ''),
+        ]
+
+
+class DebugPrompts(Prompts):
+
+    def in_prompt_tokens(self, cli=None):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, 'debug: '),
+        ]
+
+    def continuation_prompt_tokens(self, cli=None, width=None):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, '.....: '),
+        ]
+
+    def rewrite_prompt_tokens(self):
+        return [
+            (Token.Prompt, '-----> '),
+        ]
+
+    def out_prompt_tokens(self):
+        return [
+            (Token.OutPrompt, ''),
+        ]
+
+    
+    
diff --git a/src/sage/tests/cmdline.py b/src/sage/tests/cmdline.py
index 0d15d82..417ec5e 100644
--- a/src/sage/tests/cmdline.py
+++ b/src/sage/tests/cmdline.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def test_executable(args, input="", timeout=100.0, **kwds):
         **********************************************************************
         Previously executed commands:
             s...: assert True == False
-        debug:
+        In [1]:
         <BLANKLINE>
         Returning to doctests...
         **********************************************************************