[IPython-dev] notebook %magic

[Matthias Bussonnier]

wouldn't a %%fricas cell magic get the whole text of the cell and be able
to process %pi in a different manner than what IPython does now ?


On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Ralf Hemmecke <hemmecke at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/31/2012 10:49 PM, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
> > On 31 May 2012 21:32, Ralf Hemmecke<hemmecke at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> Anyway, if the ipython notebook should some day be able to be used as a
> >> frontend for maple or mathematica then %, %% and %%% are bad, because of
> >> their meaning inside the respective system.
> >
> > As far as I know, the notebook itself doesn't know about the escape
> > sequences - that's all processed in the kernel. A hypothetical maple
> > or mathematica kernel wouldn't process ipython escape sequences, so it
> > shouldn't be an issue.
>
> That maple/mathematica wouldn't process or even see magic sequences is
> clear. I am more afraid of the fact that input/output lines of
> mathematica/maple/fricas could confuse the program part that deals with
> magic lines. Just suppose my notebook simply contains a cell that only
> has the line
>
> %pi
>
> I don't yet know what ipython would be doing with that line, but it
> looks like magic so I guess that cell would be empty if it is seen by
> the fricas engine. Am I wrong? But I'd like fricas to see '%pi'.
>
> Ralf
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