On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas < [email protected]> wrote:
> > On 15/09/15 01:21, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > > Furthermore, the post overstates the problem. For example, IPython is > wildly successful in the scientific world. IPython users are scientists, > not "devs", and yet this doesn't cause great problems. > > > I used IPython for academic writing and teaching. I think that > interactivity and the web notebook metaphor are the winning arguments of > IPython. But installing can be hard (is just that you made it only once), > packaging is difficult as Fernando Perez, its author had recognized and > scientist are the kind of powerful user I referred in this thread, not the > average one. > > In short, the post is misleading. Finally, a statement such as: > > "it is *honestly easier to learn an entirely new programming language and > toolchain, and rewrite an entire application* than to figure out how to > build a self-contained executable in Python right now." > > > is, um, unconvincing. > > Yep, but if you want *some* features of IPython (interactivity, > autocompletion, embedded graphics) and Leo (outlining), for example, there > is a long way to walk in their integration from the perspective of "end > user" experience and in that case starting something new with just that > features can be easier that trying to make the integration of pre-existing > python apps be experienced smoothly by users. Moldability of python tools > can be hard, even with IPython. > We would all like to mix and match the favorite features from two different apps. Even with open software that can be a practically impossible task. There are various workarounds, including support for importing and importing data from other apps. One of the things on Leo's to-do list is to be able to import and export .ipynb files. I'll say more about IPython in another thread. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
