Good. Thanks. Interesting that ls and pwd are used for Win, but that's fine. How do I copy parts of the window? All I can do at the moment is sweep out a rectangular area with the mouse. It looks like I underestimated the need for automagic.
David Arnold wrote: > Depends on whether "automagic" is enabled or not. If automagic is OFF, > you need to enter the %, as in %cd. If automagic is ON (the default), > then you don't need to enter the %, as in cd. > > automagic can be toggled on and off as follows: > > In [8]: automagic > > Automagic is OFF, % prefix IS needed for magic functions. > > In [9]: %automagic > > Automagic is ON, % prefix NOT needed for magic functions. > > On my mac, I can change to my "home" directory as follows: > > In [10]: cd > /Users/darnold > > I can list the files in this directory with: > > In [11]: ls > Desktop/ Movies/ context/ > Documents/ Music/ java.log.344 > Downloads/ NetBeansProjects/ java.log.415 > Dropbox/ Pictures/ luatex-cache/ > Library/ Public/ matlab_crash_dump.344 > LizThesis/ Sites/ matlab_crash_dump.415 > > I can cd into my Sites folder with: > > In [12]: cd Sites > /Users/darnold/Sites > > I can get the current directory with: > > In [13]: pwd > Out[13]: '/Users/darnold/Sites' > > I can move up a directory level with: > > In [14]: cd .. > /Users/darnold > > > Hope this helps. > > D. > > > On Dec 6, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > >> I've seen the tutorial, but need something more. How do I know what >> folder I'm in? How do I move from where I am to, for example, >> C:\abc\def? So far I've tried various combinations like this: >> >> cd .. >> cd C:\ >> pwd (yes, I know it's not windows) >> >> I tried %cd .., and that may have moved me but I seem to get back to the >> same place. >> >> I seem to be in C:\Documents and Settings\administrator. If I doa %cp >> ..\\ it looks like I get to C:\, but follwing that with pwd gets me back >> to where I started--C:\Documents and Settings\administrator. >> >> If I want to execute a program with %run, I need to be where abc.py is >> or, perhaps say something like %run C:\myPyPrograms\abc.py. >> Dir doesn't work and I haven't been able to even see what's in the >> folder. >> >> >> -- >> Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) >> >> (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) >> Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet >> >> "... humans'innate skills with numbers isn't much >> better than that of rats and dolphins." >> -- Stanislas Dehaene, neurosurgeon >> >> Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, >> a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. >> Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-users mailing list >> Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > -- Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet "... humans'innate skills with numbers isn't much better than that of rats and dolphins." -- Stanislas Dehaene, neurosurgeon Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
