Installing iPython on Win XP

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.

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           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/>

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:

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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/>

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

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-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Watson [mailto:sierra_mtnview@…209…]
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/>

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