[IPython-dev] Generic design for an IPython servers that talks to editors (TextMate, vi, emacs)

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 08:08:46AM -0800, Brian Granger wrote:
> > This is fantastic. I look very much forward to this.

> > Will your architecture work under Wdinows?

> I don't think it will work with a Unix socket, but is there a Windows
> equivalent.  If there is, it should be trivial to get it to work.

I think there is. It is just a socket, although it is not "Unix". For
instance IDLE, which is based on IPC between the frontend and the
execution engine, works under windows, although it can be blocked by
firewalls.

Gaël