Emacs-IPython-Update

Posted on Wed 14 May 2014 in Tutorials • Tagged with Emacs, emacs-ipython-notebook, ipython, tutorial

Update

On May 5, I gave a lightning talk at the Emacsnyc meetup on the state of the Emacs IPthon notebook. A big thank you to Eric from http://emacsnyc.org for his extraordinary linux vs audio-visual equipment efforts.


Emacs IPython Notebook and the shaving of a Yak

Posted on Tue 25 June 2013 in Tutorials • Tagged with big data, Emacs, emacs-ipython-notebook, ipython, programmer-humor, configuration, emacs, IPython, linux, statistics

Motivation

It was this week during the project pitch exercise here at the Data Science For Social Good that I fell down a rabbit hole. I wanted to get summary statistics on foreclosures and land values for each of Chicago's 50 wards.  Of course I was not doing that when …


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Emacs-IPython-Notebook Installation Tutorial

Posted on Mon 24 June 2013 in Tutorials • Tagged with Emacs, emacs-ipython-notebook, ipython, tutorial

Packages

The Emacs package system is far from perfect. The most proficient users of Emacs are unaffected by this flaw. Many users of Emacs are experts who live at the bleeding edge of the linux kernel and gcc compiler. This guide is for the mere mortals who have used Emacs …


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