<p>Let's say I want to create the alias %xed for %edit -x. How would I do it?</p>

Update:
The first response( below) does not accept parameters. So put this snippet at the end of the ipy_user_conf.py file ( it is in your home directory ).
```
```
def ed_xed(self,arg):
    ip = self.api
    return ip.magic.im_class.magic_edit(ip.IP," -x %s "%arg)

ip.expose_magic('xed',ed_xed)
```
```
Before update:
Does it has to be %magic?
You can use the macro and store magic to reproduce this behavior without the magic %.
```
```
In [5]: %edit -x
In [6]: macro xed 5
In [7]: store xed
In [8]: xed
```
```
for magic alias from the documentation ( %magic? ):
You can also define your own aliased
  names for magic functions. In your
  ipythonrc file, placing a line like:
execute
IPYTHON
.magic_pf =
IPYTHON
.magic_profile
will define %pf as a new name for
  %profile.
But I don't know how too add the parameter.