[SciPy-user] ipython => TeXmacs!

[Fernando Perez]

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Kasper Souren wrote:

> > I would therefore like to hear from the scipy users/developers about
> > interest on this topic.  I honestly think that ipython provides some of the
> > most solid low-level interface of all the current python shells, but it's
> > text only.  I definitely can't do the work of writing a large graphical
> > layer above it, but I'd be more than happy to coordinate witha  larger team
> > for the necessary rewrites.
> 
> Maybe you should check out TeXmacs. It's a really nice WYSIWYG TeX, it's
> GPL and it already has interfaces with some shells (Maxima, Pari, Scheme,
> Shell, Yacas and recently Octave).

Thanks for the feedback.  My main thrust would be something in coordination 
with the scipy project as a whole.  They seem to have settled on wxwindows for 
gui development and pycrust is part of wxwindows, so that might be the most 
logical starting point.  But if there is not enough interest from the scipy 
crowd, any other option is welcome.

However, as I said before, I don't intend to embark on a gui project myself.  
For my needs, ipython + xemacs is basically perfect.  However, if there is 
enough interest in a gui scientific pyhton shell,  I'd be glad to help along 
with the internal redesign and I can probably write the 'plumbing' necessary 
for ipython to plug into another external system.  But gui programming just 
doesn't interest me very much, sorry.

Cheers,

f