This is indeed a DOS prompt issue. Right-click the very top of the window and go to Properties. Upon exit, select that the changes should be applied to future windows "with the same title."
HTH -paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Watson [mailto:sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net] > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:58 AM > To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Installing iPython on Win XP > > Looking a little further at this problem it looks like iPython was > installed. I mis-interpreted some lines at the bottom. The very bottom > one showed [1]. I didn't recognize that as a line prompt. The next > question is whether one can accept a complete program. I suspect this > is a purely interactive program, and it's total interface is the DOS > like console? I see one must use properties of the Window to change its > size. I would think there would be a way to make these the same each > time? I think there's a tutor for this, so it looks like I need to > visit it. > > Wayne Watson wrote: > > I downloaded ipython-0.10.win32-setup.exe and began the execution. It > > seem like it installed components. It may have brought up a download > for > > ipython-0.10-py2.5.egg some minutes later. When I noticed it I thought > > maybe I accidentally triggered its appearnace from the Start menu. I > > tried ipython from the menu to see what it might look like. I got a > > console window with messages of various kinds about a successful > install > > and some general comments about features. It stated I should hit Enter > > to continue. That did nothing. I closed the window. What next? > > > > Am I supposed to install the egg file? I thought I'd download it and > > try, but Win doesn't recognize it. > > > > > > -- > Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) > > (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) > Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet > > The popular press and many authorities believe the number > of pedifiles that prowl the web is 50,00. There are no > figures that support this. The number of children below > 18 years of age kidnapped by strangers is 1 in 600,00, > or 115 per year. -- The Science of Fear by D. Gardner > > Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30- > Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
