(I don't know where this goes. I've phrased it for Terminal beginners -- now *there's* a phrase.)
======================== IPython is a replacement for the default Python interpreter. It includes better history and tab-completion features, provides more elaborate ways of inspecting objects, and can be embedded in your own applications to help you debug them. See http://ipython.scipy.org/ for a full description. (If you also want to install matplotlib, follow the instructions at http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~tobis/pylab.html instead of these. The steps given there include the steps given here.) The scipy.org site gives instructions for installing IPython, but they are not quite correct for the Mac. Assuming that you have installed Python 2.4, here are the correct steps: 1. Download the IPython archive. As of 7 March 2006 it is at http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython-0.7.1.fix1.tar.gz Move the downloaded file to any convenient place, such as the MacPython folder in your Applications folder. Double-click the .tar.gz file to unpack the archive. Then double-click the resulting folder (currently ipython-0.7.1.fix1) to open it. 2. Start the Terminal. Type "cd " (with a trailing space) at the command prompt, but don't press Return. Click once on the folder icon in the title bar of the folder you just opened. Then click and drag the icon into the Terminal window. The name of the folder will be added to your "cd" ("change directory") command. Press Return. 4. At the command prompt type sudo pythonw setup.py install --install-scripts=/usr/local/bin and press Return. From the Terminal command prompt, from any directory, you can now enter the command "ipython" to use the enhanced interpreter. These steps also install the IPythonShell module where it can be found by an "import" statement, which is what you do to embed the interpreter in your own program. ================================================== Charles _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
