[SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

[Fernando Perez]

On 5/13/07, Bill Baxter <wbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/14/07, Gael Varoquaux <gael.varoquaux at normalesup.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 11:56:58PM +0200, Stef Mientki wrote:
> > > >  Would you mind reformulating this part of the
> > > > page so that it seems as clear as possible to you. That way other wont
> > > > stumbled on this, and be to shy to ask here.
> >
> > > I'm glad to change it, but again I'm too stupid to do it ...
> > > ... yes I'm real windows user,
> > > ... so before even thinking of Python,
> > > I first looked if there was a good IDE,
> > > then I found a few, selected  SPE and PyScripter,
> > > and after a couple of days, decided for PyScripter.
> > > I never even tried to start Python from a commandline ;-)
> > > And I really don't know how to set a commandline parameter for Python.
>
>
> > Well, I can tell you I don't know a good way to do it under windows. I do
> > know a way, though. Copy the shortcut you use to start ipython. Copy it
> > to say a shortcut called "ipython pylab". Then edit its properties, and
> > change the command line to add at the very end " -pylab". I don't have
> > windows around but this is approximately the way I would do it.
>
> I have such a shortcut in my start menu.  I guess I made it myself.  I think
> IPython's windows installer really should create this shortcut for the user.

It was added to the most recent release, thanks to Ryan.

I might actually add another one: one with 'plain pylab' and one
loading the full scipy profile (scipy adds startup time).

Cheers,

f