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diff --git a/development/ipython/README b/development/ipython/README index 182b1e5a2a..0739d909e5 100644 --- a/development/ipython/README +++ b/development/ipython/README @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ -IPython is a multiplatform, Free Software project (BSD licensed) that -offers: +IPython is a replacement shell for Python programming. It offers: -* An enhanced Python shell designed for efficient interactive work. It - includes many enhancements over the default Python shell, including the - ability for controlling interactively all major GUI toolkits in a non- - blocking manner. -* A library to build customized interactive environments using Python as - the basic language (but with the possibility of having extended or - alternate syntaxes). -* A system for interactive distributed and parallel computing (this is part - of IPython's new development). +* An enhanced Python shell for the terminal +* A Qt-based console +* A web-based notebook for coding +* An architecture for interactive parallel computing + +matplotlib, pyzmq and tornado are all strongly-recommended dependencies. +Without these, only IPython's default console will run. |