Using IPython as your primary shell
Brian Ray asks a question that I know many people have asked:
IPython, a Python interactive shell developed for the scientific computing community by Fernando Perez is such a powerful tool, I just may replace my default login settings from just bash directly to IPython over bash.
How may people do this? I mean really! Is it practical to cross this line?
Heh. I’d like to hear about the experiences of people who have tried it.
Also, if you aren’t familiar with IPython, you can check out Enhanced Interactive Python with IPython. It’ll get you up to speed.
Update: The newly released IPython 0.7.1 will be the last release with Fernando Perez as the maintainer of the stable branch:
This release marks the end of my tenure on the stable branch of ipython. Ville Vainio will continue as maintainer of the ipython trunk, while I will continue working on the development branch of IPython (chainsaw). I will remain available on the list as usual, both to assist Ville as needed, and to discuss withe anyone interested. But I’ll try to limit my time and effort spent on trunk to a minimum, so we can really advance the (fairly ambitious) chainsaw project.
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