[SciPy-user] SciPy, IPython, XEmacs & Windows

[ferrell at diablotech.com]

Fernando Perez writes:
 > Robert Ferrell wrote:
 > > I'm using Python on W2K.  So far I've been using Cygwin, and XEmacs, and
 > > now IPython.  I'd really like to use SciPy.  However, I notice that the
 > > SciPy binary distribution for W2K/Cygwin is quite a bit behind the native
 > > W2K distribution.  What's more, I'm starting to work with folks who would
 > > rather not have to have Cygwin installed.  So, I'm looking at using the
 > > native W2K binaries for Python, SciPy etc...
 > > 
 > > Is there a way to run the native W2K Python & SciPy (as installed from the
 > > cool Enthought mega-installer) with IPython in an XEmacs shell?  I can't
 > > seem to get this to work.  It's not an IPython issue, in the sense that I
 > > can't get just plain W2K-native python to run in an XEmacs shell.
 > 
 > Sorry but I'm not a Windows user, so I can't quite comment.  But ipython is 
 > supposed to work under XEmacs very well, so please report any other behavior 
 > as a bug.
 > 
 > Uner Linux, I can use ipython as my emacs-python shell just fine (keep in 
 > mind, you need recent python-emacs packages, provided in the ipython download 
 > area).

With cygwin on Windows, ipython works great in XEmacs, just as you
say.  Also, very smooth install.

thanks,
-robert