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IPython Notebook Essentials

You're reading from   IPython Notebook Essentials Compute scientific data and execute code interactively with NumPy and SciPy

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Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783988341
Length 190 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Editing and navigating a notebook

When we open a notebook (by either clicking on its name in the dashboard or creating a new notebook), we see the following in the browser window:

Editing and navigating a notebook

In the preceding screenshot, from the top to the bottom, we see the following components:

  • The Title bar (area marked 1) that contains the name of the notebook (in the preceding example, we can see Chapter 2) and information about the notebook version
  • The Menu bar (area marked 2) looks like a regular application menu
  • The Toolbar (area marked 3) is used for quick access to the most frequently used functionality
  • In the area marked 4, an empty computation cell is shown

Starting with IPython Version 2.0, the notebook has two modes of operation:

  • Edit: In this mode, a single cell comes into focus and we can enter text, execute code, and perform tasks related to that single cell. The Edit mode is activated by clicking on a cell or pressing the Enter key.
  • Command: In this mode, we perform tasks related to the whole notebook structure...
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