[IPython-dev] integrating with Cadabra computer algebra system
Fernando Perez
fperez.net at gmail.com
Mon Nov 25 14:40:35 EST 2013
One more reference... The author of IHaskell, Andrew Gibiansky, did a
terrific job explaining the design of the system as he reverse-engineered
it from our docs and the code of IJulia. I highly recommend this to anyone
wanting to implement a new kernel for the IPython architecture:
http://andrew.gibiansky.com/blog/ipython/ipython-kernels/
Cheers,
f
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Gabriel Becker <gmbecker at ucdavis.edu>wrote:
> I am not a core IPython developer, but if I understand you correctly what
> you want is a Cadabra kernel.
>
> Which kernel is used when running IPython dictates how code is handled.
>
> The (AFAIK) up-to-date and authorative specification for the design of the
> kernel architecture and what a kernel needs to accept and return is here:
> http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/development/messaging.html#messaging
>
> Other than that, this<http://nbviewer.ipython.org/4279371/node-kernel.ipynb>purports to explain the construction of a new IPython kernel in the context
> of node.js, but I am not the author and make no claims as to its
> currentness or correctness:
>
> There is also the IJulia kernel, which I believe was constructed by the
> Julia folks in direct collaboration with (some part of) the IPython team:
> https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl
>
> Hope that helps.
> ~G
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Kasper Peeters <
> kasper.peeters at phi-sci.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am the author of Cadabra, an open source computer algebra system for
>> tensor computations in field theory,
>>
>> http://cadabra.phi-sci.com/
>>
>> This system currently has its own notebook-based GUI and its own
>> (restricted) programming language. I am considering switching the
>> language to Python, and also thinking of using IPython for the GUI, to
>> take some of the load off my shoulders.
>>
>> However, I would like the notebook interface to retain the capability of
>> accepting pure Cadabra expressions into an input cell, and have those
>> evaluated using Cadabra rather than Python. I know IPython has the
>> ability to evaluate input cells which contain e.g. R code, but that
>> always seems to require a magic '%' bit at the beginning of a cell.
>>
>> So my question: is there a good way to extend the functionality of the
>> IPython notebook interface so that it allows me to set the input cell
>> type to non-python in a graphical way (e.g. pick from a menu), or
>> perhaps depending on some clever scanning of the input? If not, would
>> you be open to patches from my end? Anyone else here having struggled
>> with a similar problem? (e.g. to use the IPython interface to drive a
>> different computer algebra system and not wanting to put '%'s all over
>> the place?).
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kasper
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>
>
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