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To Jupyter users: Magics are specifi |
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7 | To Jupyter users: Magics are specific to and provided by the IPython kernel. | |
8 | may be implementing magics but this decision is a per-kernel one. To be able |
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8 | Whether magics are available on a kernel is a decision that is made by | |
9 | to work, Magics need to use a syntax which is not valid in the language they |
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9 | the kernel developer on a per-kernel basis. To work properly, Magics must | |
10 | are implemented. IPython choosed the `%` as it is not a valid unary operator |
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10 | use a syntax element which is not valid in the underlying language. For | |
11 | in Python. It is in other languages. |
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11 | example, the IPython kernel uses the `%` syntax element for magics as `%` | |
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12 | is not a valid unary operator in Python. While, the syntax element has | ||
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14 | Here is the help auto generated from the docstrings of all the available magics |
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15 | Here is the help auto generated from the docstrings of all the available magics | |
15 | function that IPython ships with. |
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16 | function that IPython ships with. |
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