Comments on: iPython as your default shell http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/ beyond the Kuiper Belt, over the sea Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Why are scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python, Ruby) not suitable as shell languages? - Question Lounge http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-6197 Why are scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python, Ruby) not suitable as shell languages? - Question Lounge Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:05:03 +0000 http://transneptune.net/?p=175#comment-6197 [...] It feels for me much smoother to use bash for example than to use the shell profile in ipython, despite reports to the contrary. I think most wil agree with me that a large portion of medium to large scale programming is easier [...] [...] It feels for me much smoother to use bash for example than to use the shell profile in ipython, despite reports to the contrary. I think most wil agree with me that a large portion of medium to large scale programming is easier [...]

]]> By: kit http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-4526 kit Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:16:16 +0000 http://transneptune.net/?p=175#comment-4526 I've actually gone back to bash myself; ipython is not yet quite usable as a shell. Close, but not quite. I’ve actually gone back to bash myself; ipython is not yet quite usable as a shell. Close, but not quite.

]]> By: Wladimir J. van der Laan http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-4523 Wladimir J. van der Laan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:39:28 +0000 http://transneptune.net/?p=175#comment-4523 I so agree on the crappy syntax of bash. I'm so sick of it and as I do a lot of data manipulation I wish I had a better shell based on a real language such as Python. I'm trying to switch to ipython (pysh mode) but it is still a big step. Especially the things requiring output redirection (piping) and "backticks" I'm not sure how to do conveniently in ipython yet. Then again, once I figured out I'll probably never want to go back to bash. I so agree on the crappy syntax of bash. I’m so sick of it and as I do a lot of data manipulation I wish I had a better shell based on a real language such as Python.
I’m trying to switch to ipython (pysh mode) but it is still a big step.
Especially the things requiring output redirection (piping) and “backticks” I’m not sure how to do conveniently in ipython yet.
Then again, once I figured out I’ll probably never want to go back to bash.

]]> By: kit http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-3748 kit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:11:43 +0000 http://transneptune.net/?p=175#comment-3748 Just so. Just so.

]]> By: Jonathan Hartley http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-3745 Jonathan Hartley Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:10:09 +0000 http://transneptune.net/?p=175#comment-3745 SOLUTION: 'easy_install pyreadline' to have up/down arrow keys browse command history on Windows. Plus some other things (like colors!) work now. SOLUTION: ‘easy_install pyreadline’ to have up/down arrow keys browse command history on Windows. Plus some other things (like colors!) work now.

]]> By: Jonathan Hartley http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-3744 Jonathan Hartley Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:57:49 +0000 http://transneptune.net/?p=175#comment-3744 Hey. I'm on Windows today. When I run an IPython session, I lose the ability to browse through previous commands using the up and down arrow keys. Does anyone know why that happens? Or how else I can trigger the same behaviour? Hey. I’m on Windows today. When I run an IPython session, I lose the ability to browse through previous commands using the up and down arrow keys. Does anyone know why that happens? Or how else I can trigger the same behaviour?

]]> By: kit http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 kit Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:54:22 +0000 http://transneptune.net/?p=175#comment-1632 I'm not sure I have much amazing to do; it's just more fun to do things using python, like, say, simple renaming loops and if you ever have to make a conditional, dealing with bash's weird behavior (which varies between a condition in [[ ]] and [ ]) is nice to avoid. I’m not sure I have much amazing to do; it’s just more fun to do things using python, like, say, simple renaming loops and if you ever have to make a conditional, dealing with bash’s weird behavior (which varies between a condition in [[ ]] and [ ]) is nice to avoid.

]]> By: Geroge http://transneptune.net/2009/06/16/ipython-as-your-default-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-1631 Geroge Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:35:36 +0000 http://transneptune.net/?p=175#comment-1631 Can you post some examples that would convince people that are pretty happy with bash that you are basically a million times cooler than they are? So, let me be the devil's advocate and ask why you would want ipython as your default shell? Amaze us! Can you post some examples that would convince people that are pretty happy with bash that you are basically a million times cooler than they are?

So, let me be the devil’s advocate and ask why you would want ipython as your default shell? Amaze us!

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