Ipython Notebook: Open & Edit Files

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I am scratching my head on what the standard workflow is for opening, editing and executing a scripts directly from within the ipython notebook? I know that you can use %edit from ipython terminal but this doesn't seem to work from notebook.

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nom-mon-ir · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-31 14:26:02Z

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in ipython 1.1.0 I just ran "!gvim a.py" in the notebook which opened the gvim editor in a window. After saving the edits into a.py file, I was able to successfully execute "%run a.py"

answered Oct 31, 2013 at 14:26

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horatio1701d Over a year ago

Interesting. When I try to run !vi a.py in the notebook it renders the script inside the notebook in a broken and uneditable format rather than opening the script in my vi editor in the terminal.

nom-mon-ir Over a year ago

Ah probably you need an editor that brings up a separate window. Notebook does not allow interactive edits.

kitsu.eb Over a year ago

!gvim locks the kernel for me until vim closes (using a batch in Windows). Any clue on how run and detach with a bang?

kitsu.eb Over a year ago

Can't edit comments? Here is why I needed to start cmd /c ...: stackoverflow.com/a/154090/770443

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