pynotebook 0.2.2

A notebook interface for wxpython

Introduction

Pynotebook is a an interactive shell for python, similar to the python command line but much nicer to work with. Notebooks can contain python code together with output and documentation. Nootebooks are a pleasent way to develop python code and to document and store your ideas.

The “notebook” concept originally appeared with the program Mathematica and became famous for python with the iPython/Jupyter project. Unlike iPython, pynotebook does not need a webbrowser, c extensions or anything except python and wxPython . Pynotebook runs out of the box and is therefore easy to embed and distribute.

Most notable features of pynotebook are:

• syntax highlighting

• command completion (tab-key)

• builtin graphics

• plotting via matplotlib

• BSD-license

Pynotebook can be used as stand alone application (pynb) or as a widget in wx programs.

There are a couple of demo applications:

• the pynb application

• a plotting demo

• a notebook interface to Gnu R

The later demonstrates how to completely modify the notebook. It uses rpy2 for interfacing Gnu R and Pygments Pygments for colorization.

Installation:

Do in a console:

python ./setup.py build

and then as root:

python ./setup.py install

This will install the pynb application and the pynotebook module.

To open a notebook:

pynb demo/ball.pyb