Hi,

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:06 PM, John Hunter <jdh2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
...
>> and so on.  I mean, the ability to keep the code context across the
>> page, both in the ..plot: and ..testcode:: and even >>> directives, so
>> I can build up my tutorial examples on top of the previous results.
>> That step would make it the perfect tool for the tutorials that I have
>> ready to port - and I am sure - many others.
>>
>> Is that already possible?  If not, how easy would it be?  It if isn't
>> easy, can y'all give me some pointers as to how to get there?
>
> This is a useful feature I've wanted myself.  I just contributed a
> change to the plot directive in svn to support this using two new
> options :context: and :nofigs:, and updated the sampledoc tutorial.
> The relevant bit from the tutorial is in the link below:
>
>  http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/sampledoc/extensions.html#inserting-matplotlib-plots
>
> Also, we have a really useful ipython directive that is stateful by
> default, and includes many options for suppressing input blocks,
> doctesting on output blocks, saving figures, and more.  It is included
> in the ipython src tree.  My original proposal is at
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ipymode/_build/html/proposal.html,
> which I've implemented with minor changes.  A real world working
> example from some lecture notes I prepared recently is attached as
> convolution.rst, and some notes are below.  I need to get this added
> to the sampledoc tutorial....

Thanks for extensions, and the pointer to the ipython directive, I had
only half remembered it, but it does look very well designed for what
I had in mind.

For the first time for a few years, I'm looking forward to writing
some tutorials...

See you,

Matthew

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