[yt-dev] Updating documentation notebook and notebook dependency to IPython 4

[Michael Zingale]

although it looks like there is a way to convert back to an older version:

https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.site/issues/19

so this may be a non-issue for people with older ipythons.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Michael Zingale <
michael.zingale at stonybrook.edu> wrote:

> it might be good to look at what version of ipython some popular linux
> distros ship with.  I don't think that many are on 4 yet, but seem to be
> shipping with 3.2.
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> With this new format, what is the way to edit notebooks (e.g. in the
>>>> docs)?  We won't be able to edit the .ipynb file directly with a text
>>>> editor?  How now?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You can if you want, but you'll need IPython 4.0 or newer to edit the
>>> notebooks in the notebook browser interface.
>>>
>>
>> Right you have to edit it with a text editor or install IPython 2.x. This
>> is annoying because 2.x is getting pretty long in the tooth and many people
>> (well, me) don't have it installed anymore.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Would anyone object to me updating the install script dependency and
>>>>> notebook dependency to IPython 4.x?
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now it's quite annoying to edit the notebooks in the
>>>>> documentation, since you basically need to either edit them "by hand" (e.g.
>>>>> by directly editing the .ipynb file in a text editor) or update to IPython
>>>>> 2.x. It also causes a possibly scary to a new user pop-up box when opening
>>>>> the notebooks warning that notebook has been automatically converted to the
>>>>> new format.
>>>>>
>>>>> The down side of doing this update is that people on older versions of
>>>>> IPython will no longer be able to read the notebooks. In addition, we will
>>>>> need to update our build automation and sphinx setup to use the newer
>>>>> version of IPython.
>>>>>
>>>>> My ultimate goal is to make sure our docs are fully compatible with
>>>>> both python2 and python3, but I figure if I'm going over the full docs
>>>>> build I might as well update the IPython dependency as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Nathan
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cameron Hummels
>>>> NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
>>>> Department of Astronomy
>>>> California Institute of Technology
>>>> http://chummels.org
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-- 
Michael Zingale
Associate Professor

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy • Stony Brook University • Stony Brook, NY
11794-3800
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*e-mail*: Michael.Zingale at stonybrook.edu
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