[Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

[Brian Hawthorne]

Seems like it might be convenient for IPython to detect if matplotlib is
installed and if it is then to use pylab mode by default (unless specified
otherwise with a switch like -nopylab).

Brian

On 5/12/07, Ryan Krauss <ryanlists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can add the -pylab switch to the desktop shortcut under Windows.
> I had created a Windows IPython installer that automatically creates a
> second entry under Start > All Programs > IPython
> that includes the -pylab -p scipy option.  You can download my
> installer from here:
> http://www.siue.edu/~rkrauss/ipython-0.7.3.svn.win32.exe
> but as the name implies it is 0.7.3 which is quite old.  Ville said he
> was going to put this in the standard windows executable from now on.
>
> Ryan
>
> On 5/12/07, Gael Varoquaux <gael.varoquaux at normalesup.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:12:21PM -0600, Fernando Perez wrote:
> > >  Thanks a lot for putting time into this, which is extremely useful to
> > >  newcomers.
> >
> > I got bored of always explaining the same things to project students
> :->.
> >
> > > I think it would be best to start with the -pylab approach from the
> > > start.  You can mention that -pylab is only needed if you want
> > > plotting and requires matplotlib.
> >
> > I think you are right. The biggest problem is that (at least with the
> > enthon python distribution) there is no icon under windows to start
> > ipython with the "-pylab" switch, and many people have no clue what we
> > are talking about. I change as you suggested, though.
> >
> >     Gaël
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