[IPython-dev] Cell Magic names

Thomas Kluyver takowl at gmail.com
Sun Jun 3 09:38:54 EDT 2012


On 3 June 2012 01:54, Min RK <benjaminrk at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think script is probably best, and should then have a default interpreter
> of 'sh' (or $SHELL?).

I'd lean towards not having a default, so if you come across a script
cell, it's immediately clear what kind of script it is. Also, we aim
to be cross platform, so requiring 'sh' or 'bash' is a clear reminder
to the author that it won't work on Windows.

Thomas



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