diff --git a/powerline/bindings/ipython/post_0_11.py b/powerline/bindings/ipython/post_0_11.py
index 5901c63e..439793d9 100644
--- a/powerline/bindings/ipython/post_0_11.py
+++ b/powerline/bindings/ipython/post_0_11.py
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ class PowerlinePromptManager(PromptManager):
 		self.powerline = powerline
 		super(PowerlinePromptManager, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
-	def _render(self, name, color=True, *args, **kwargs):
+	def render(self, name, color=True, *args, **kwargs):
 		if name != 'in':
-			return super(PowerlinePromptManager, self)._render(name, color, *args, **kwargs)
-		return self.powerline.renderer.render(color=color)
+			return super(PowerlinePromptManager, self).render(name, color, *args, **kwargs)
+		res, res_nocolor = self.powerline.renderer.render(output_raw=True)
+		self.txtwidth = len(res_nocolor)
+		self.width = self.txtwidth
+		return res if color else res_nocolor
 
 
 def load_ipython_extension(ip):
diff --git a/powerline/bindings/ipython/pre_0_11.py b/powerline/bindings/ipython/pre_0_11.py
index 6bede602..36c1a315 100644
--- a/powerline/bindings/ipython/pre_0_11.py
+++ b/powerline/bindings/ipython/pre_0_11.py
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ class PowerlinePrompt(BasePrompt):
 		super(PowerlinePrompt, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 	def set_p_str(self):
-		self.p_str = self.powerline.renderer.render()
-		self.p_str_nocolor = self.powerline.renderer.render(color=False)
+		self.p_str, self.p_str_nocolor = self.powerline.renderer.render(output_raw=True)
 
 
 def setup(prompt='1'):
diff --git a/powerline/renderer.py b/powerline/renderer.py
index d3483b57..11d2d66c 100644
--- a/powerline/renderer.py
+++ b/powerline/renderer.py
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ class Renderer(object):
 		else:
 			return self.theme
 
-	def render(self, mode=None, width=None, theme=None, segments=None, side=None):
+	@staticmethod
+	def _returned_value(rendered_highlighted, segments, output_raw):
+		if output_raw:
+			return rendered_highlighted, ''.join((segment['rendered_raw'] for segment in segments))
+		else:
+			return rendered_highlighted
+
+	def render(self, mode=None, width=None, theme=None, segments=None, side=None, output_raw=False):
 		'''Render all segments.
 
 		When a width is provided, low-priority segments are dropped one at
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ class Renderer(object):
 		rendered_highlighted = self._render_segments(mode, theme, segments)
 		if not width:
 			# No width specified, so we don't need to crop or pad anything
-			return rendered_highlighted
+			return self._returned_value(rendered_highlighted, segments, output_raw)
 
 		# Create an ordered list of segments that can be dropped
 		segments_priority = [segment for segment in sorted(segments, key=lambda segment: segment['priority'], reverse=True) if segment['priority'] > 0]
@@ -70,7 +77,8 @@ class Renderer(object):
 				segment['contents'] = segments_fillers_contents
 			# Add remainder whitespace to the first filler segment
 			segments_fillers[0]['contents'] += ' ' * segments_fillers_remainder
-		return self._render_segments(mode, theme, segments)
+
+		return self._returned_value(self._render_segments(mode, theme, segments), segments, output_raw)
 
 	def _render_segments(self, mode, theme, segments, render_highlighted=True):
 		'''Internal segment rendering method.
@@ -133,7 +141,8 @@ class Renderer(object):
 		rendered_highlighted += self.hl()
 		return rendered_highlighted
 
-	def _total_len(self, segments):
+	@staticmethod
+	def _total_len(segments):
 		'''Return total/rendered length of all segments.
 
 		This method uses the rendered_raw property of the segments and requires
diff --git a/powerline/renderers/ipython.py b/powerline/renderers/ipython.py
index 8d32bdf1..e8122093 100644
--- a/powerline/renderers/ipython.py
+++ b/powerline/renderers/ipython.py
@@ -5,12 +5,5 @@ from powerline.renderers.shell import ShellRenderer
 
 class IpythonRenderer(ShellRenderer):
 	'''Powerline ipython segment renderer.'''
-	def render(self, color=True, *args, **kwargs):
-		self.color = color
-		return super(IpythonRenderer, self).render(*args, **kwargs)
-
 	def hl(self, *args, **kwargs):
-		if not self.color:
-			return ''
-		else:
-			return '\x01' + super(IpythonRenderer, self).hl(*args, **kwargs) + '\x02'
+		return '\x01' + super(IpythonRenderer, self).hl(*args, **kwargs) + '\x02'