Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Starting IPython notebook from windows file exlorer

I organize my IPython notebooks by saving them in different directories. This brings however an inconvenience, because to access the notebooks I need to open a terminal and type 'ipython notebook --pylab=inline'  each and every time. I'm sure the ipython team will solve this in the long run, but in the meantime there is a pretty descent way to quickly access the notebooks from the file explorer.

All you need to do is add a context menu that starts ipython server in your desired directory:




A quick way to add the context item is by running this registry patch.  (Note: the patch assumes that you have your python installation located in C:\Anaconda . If not, you’ll need to open the .reg file in a text editor and set the right path on the last line).

Instructions on adding the registry keys manually can be found on Frolian's blog.

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