On Friday 23 July 2004 19:47, Fernando Perez wrote: > > Indeed, it looks very interesting. I've heard that texmacs is somewhat > unresponsive though, and I _really_ like lyx's overall design and > capabilities. So having this kind of environment based on lyx would be > fantastic.
There is no doubt about it. :-) > One thing which I feel would be necessary, would be to somehow strengthen > lyx's abilities for code editing (syntax highlighting, auto-indenting, > etc). That's one of the weak areas of Mathematica's notebook interface: > while it's great to have text, code and plots in one window, it _sucks_ > for complicated coding. I typically end up writing the more complex code > in Xemacs as a .m file, and then pulling it into a notebook via <<file.m. > But this is a clunky setup, which defeats some of the power of such an > environment. > > I know this is NOT easy, but just something to keep in mind. We have discussed the use of an external editor for inset external, so this could be a first approach to this issue. I will bring this subject to Chemnitz next month. > > True, but still a feature with lots of potential for users. > > I believe so. At least I'll do the work on the ipython side to make > things possible. I'll stop by again (several months at least) when this > is done, or sign up on the ipython lists so you can pitch in as well :) Probably I will do that. :-) > Many thanks for the hospitality on the list. You are welcome. > Best to all, > > f > > ps. from your wavelets comment I assume you were present at scipy'03, > right? Are you coming to '04? If so, let me know and we can hook up at > some point. Nope, but I am a scientist using python so I do care about Scipy ;-). I have read about it elsewhere and I was waiting for that module to be released to apply it to econophysics analysis. :-) -- José Abílio
