[SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 07:35:17PM +0200, Stef Mientki wrote:
> I miss 2 things:
> first thing is of course is "help",  how do I find anything ?
> sorry I still don't know the answer after playing around for a few 
> months with SciPy.

Well this is still been worked on and far from beeing perfect.

> Seem that  IPython, has some quiet powerfull functions, like
>   scipy.*fft*
> I never used IPython, if this a IDE feature or somekind of library that 
> can be used in any IDE,

It the closest thing you'll get to a IDE, so far. It is a enhanced
intercative shell. The "getting started" page shows a sample session using
it.

> Second remark, concerns about installing Python,
> As a normal windows users, I get a hart attack if I see that page ;-)
> I think you should emphasize the Enthought edition,

Fare enough. This is a good remark. I'll emphasize this more on the
"getting started" page

> And maybe the "Enstaller" Enthought edition is even better,
> but I don't know if it's already  officially launched.

It seems it still has a few quirks.

Thanks for your comments,

Gaël