[Tutor] How to start IPython in Windows

[Richard D. Moores]

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 21:12, David Hutto <smokefloat at gmail.com> wrote:
> IIRC, it's like idle, just run:
> python C:\\Python\\Scripts\\ipython.py

Yes! Thank you! Here what that got me:

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C:\Python26\Scripts>ipython
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Welcome to IPython. I will try to create a personal configuration directory
where you can customize many aspects of IPython's functionality in:

C:\Users\Dick\_ipython
Initializing from configuration:
C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\IPython\UserConfig

Successful installation!

Please read the sections 'Initial Configuration' and 'Quick Tips' in the
IPython manual (there are both HTML and PDF versions supplied with the
distribution) to make sure that your system environment is properly configured
to take advantage of IPython's features.

Important note: the configuration system has changed! The old system is
still in place, but its setting may be partly overridden by the settings in
"~/.ipython/ipy_user_conf.py" config file. Please take a look at the file
if some of the new settings bother you.


Please press <RETURN> to start IPython.
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Python 2.6.4 (r264:75708, Oct 26 2009, 08:23:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 0.10 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

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Dick