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diff --git a/development/ipython/README b/development/ipython/README index 0739d909e53f5..8cd63f0ddc532 100644 --- a/development/ipython/README +++ b/development/ipython/README @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -IPython is a replacement shell for Python programming. It offers: +IPython is a replacement shell for Python programming. It offers an enhanced +Python shell for the terminal. -* An enhanced Python shell for the terminal -* A Qt-based console -* A web-based notebook for coding -* An architecture for interactive parallel computing +The following additional features may be enabled by installing the listed +optional dependencies: -matplotlib, pyzmq and tornado are all strongly-recommended dependencies. -Without these, only IPython's default console will run. +* parallel computing: pyzmq +* Qt console: Pygments, pyzmq +* nbconvert: pandoc, Pygments, Sphinx +* notebook: Jinja2, pyzmq, tornado +* plotting: matplotlib +* LaTeX in notebooks: ipython-mathjax +* documentation: matplotlib, Pygments, Sphinx (also set DOCS=yes) |