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1 | 1 | .. _introduction: |
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3 | 3 | ===================== |
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4 | 4 | IPython Documentation |
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5 | 5 | ===================== |
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7 | 7 | .. htmlonly:: |
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9 | 9 | :Release: |release| |
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10 | 10 | :Date: |today| |
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11 | 11 | |
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12 | 12 | Welcome to the official IPython documentation |
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13 | 13 | |
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14 | 14 | IPython provides a rich toolkit to help you make the most out of using Python |
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15 | 15 | interactively. Its main components are: |
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17 | 17 | * A powerful interactive Python shell |
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19 | 19 | * A `Jupyter <http://jupyter.org/>`_ kernel to work with Python code in Jupyter |
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20 | 20 | notebooks and other interactive frontends. |
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22 | 22 | The enhanced interactive Python shells and kernel have the following main |
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23 | 23 | features: |
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24 | 24 | |
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25 | 25 | * Comprehensive object introspection. |
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26 | 26 | |
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27 | 27 | * Input history, persistent across sessions. |
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28 | 28 | |
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29 | 29 | * Caching of output results during a session with automatically generated |
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30 | 30 | references. |
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32 | 32 | * Extensible tab completion, with support by default for completion of python |
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33 | 33 | variables and keywords, filenames and function keywords. |
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34 | 34 | |
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35 | 35 | * Extensible system of 'magic' commands for controlling the environment and |
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36 | 36 | performing many tasks related either to IPython or the operating system. |
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37 | 37 | |
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38 | 38 | * A rich configuration system with easy switching between different setups |
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39 | 39 | (simpler than changing $PYTHONSTARTUP environment variables every time). |
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40 | 40 | |
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41 | 41 | * Session logging and reloading. |
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42 | 42 | |
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43 | 43 | * Extensible syntax processing for special purpose situations. |
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44 | 44 | |
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45 | 45 | * Access to the system shell with user-extensible alias system. |
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46 | 46 | |
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47 | 47 | * Easily embeddable in other Python programs and GUIs. |
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48 | 48 | |
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49 | 49 | * Integrated access to the pdb debugger and the Python profiler. |
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52 | The Command line interface inherit all the above functionality and posses | |
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52 | The Command line interface inherits all the above functionality and posses | |
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54 | 54 | * real multi-line editing. |
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55 | 55 | |
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56 | 56 | * syntax highlighting as you type |
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57 | 57 | |
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58 | 58 | * integration with command line editor for a better workflow. |
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60 | 60 | The kernel also have its share of feature, when used with a compatible frontend |
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61 | 61 | it allows for: |
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63 | 63 | * rich display system for object allowing to display Html, Images, Latex,Sounds |
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64 | 64 | Video. |
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65 | 65 | |
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66 | 66 | * interactive widgets with the use of the ``ipywidgets`` package. |
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69 | 69 | This documentation will walk through most of the features of the IPython |
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70 | 70 | command line and kernel, as well as describe the internals mechanisms in order |
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71 | 71 | to improve your Python workflow. |
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72 | 72 | |
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73 | 73 | You can always find the table of content for this documentation in the left |
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74 | 74 | sidebar, allowing you to come back on previous section if needed, or skip ahead. |
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77 | 77 | The latest development version is always available from IPython's `GitHub |
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78 | 78 | repository <http://github.com/ipython/ipython>`_. |
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83 | 83 | .. toctree:: |
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84 | 84 | :maxdepth: 1 |
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85 | 85 | :hidden: |
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87 | 87 | self |
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88 | 88 | overview |
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89 | 89 | whatsnew/index |
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90 | 90 | install/index |
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91 | 91 | interactive/index |
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92 | 92 | config/index |
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93 | 93 | development/index |
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94 | 94 | coredev/index |
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95 | 95 | api/index |
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96 | 96 | about/index |
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98 | 98 | .. seealso:: |
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100 | 100 | `Jupyter documentation <http://jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__ |
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101 | 101 | The Notebook code and many other pieces formerly in IPython are now parts |
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102 | 102 | of Project Jupyter. |
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103 | 103 | `ipyparallel documentation <http://ipyparallel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__ |
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104 | 104 | Formerly ``IPython.parallel``. |
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107 | 107 | .. htmlonly:: |
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108 | 108 | * :ref:`genindex` |
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109 | 109 | * :ref:`modindex` |
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110 | 110 | * :ref:`search` |
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