Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

2007-05-12 Thread Robert Kern
Brian Hawthorne wrote: > Seems like it might be convenient for IPython to detect if matplotlib is > installed and if it is then to use pylab mode by default (unless > specified otherwise with a switch like -nopylab). That's a bad idea. IPython has some magic, but it shouldn't be that magical. Just

Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

2007-05-12 Thread Brian Hawthorne
Seems like it might be convenient for IPython to detect if matplotlib is installed and if it is then to use pylab mode by default (unless specified otherwise with a switch like -nopylab). Brian On 5/12/07, Ryan Krauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can add the -pylab switch to the desktop shor

Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

2007-05-12 Thread Ryan Krauss
You can add the -pylab switch to the desktop shortcut under Windows. I had created a Windows IPython installer that automatically creates a second entry under Start > All Programs > IPython that includes the -pylab -p scipy option. You can download my installer from here: http://www.siue.edu/~rkra

Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

2007-05-12 Thread Gael Varoquaux
On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:12:21PM -0600, Fernando Perez wrote: > Thanks a lot for putting time into this, which is extremely useful to > newcomers. I got bored of always explaining the same things to project students :->. > I think it would be best to start with the -pylab approach from the >

Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

2007-05-12 Thread Fernando Perez
On 5/12/07, Gael Varoquaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I would very much link the Getting Started wiki page ( > http://scipy.org/Getting_Started ) to the front page. But I am not sure > it is of good enough quality so far. Could people please have a look and > make comments, or edit th

Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-user] Getting started wiki page

2007-05-12 Thread Matthew Brett
> I would very much link the Getting Started wiki page ( > http://scipy.org/Getting_Started ) to the front page. But I am not sure > it is of good enough quality so far. Could people please have a look and > make comments, or edit the page. Thank you for doing this. It's pitched very well. Matthe