IPython/IJulia Notebook Launcher with tmux

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IPython/IJulia Notebook Launcher with tmux

sudo apt-get install tmux

then create this shell scripts somewhere in your $PATH and chmod +x them.

#!/bin/bash

tmux new-session -d -s ipython && \
tmux send-keys -t ipython 'ipython notebook --no-browser --profile=santiago' Enter && \
notify-send IPython 'Notebook started: http://localhost:8888' || \
notify-send IPython 'Failed to start. Maybe it was already running: http://localhost:8888'

#!/bin/bash

tmux new-session -d -s ijulia && \
tmux send-keys -t ijulia 'ipython notebook --no-browser --profile=julia' Enter && \
notify-send IJulia 'Notebook started: http://localhost:8888' || \
notify-send IJulia 'Failed to start. Maybe it was already running: http://localhost:8888'

and finally create launchers for them. I did this from the cinnamon menu editor in linux mint.

Reattach to them with tmux attach.

The other files in this gist are an older method. It asked you for a folder from where to start the notebook. This new method always start from the home directory, thats how I like it.

xdg-open to open notebook on double click from file browser

Make an executable file:

#!/bin/bash


tmux new-session -d -s ipython && \
tmux send-keys -t ipython 'ipython notebook --no-browser --profile=santiago' Enter

URL=`echo "$1" | cut -d / -f 4-`

google-chrome "http://localhost:8888/notebooks/$URL"

and set it as the default application for .ipynb files

ipn

#!/bin/bash

# put this file somewhere in your path (eg. ~/bin/ipn) and then chmod +x ipn. Then put ipn.desktop in /usr/share/applications/

function ipnb() {
	cwd=${PWD##*/}
	if [ "$1" = '--gl' ]; then
		shift; # take the $1 out of $@ so ipython doesnt crash on unknown flag.
		screen -d -m -S "ipython_$cwd" ipython notebook --profile=santiago --browser="google-chrome --user-data-dir=/home/santiago/.config/google-chrome/WebGL/ %s" "$@"
		echo "  Starting ipyhton notebook and launching chrome with webGL enabled..."
	else
		screen -d -m -S "ipython_$cwd" ipython notebook --profile=santiago "$@"
		echo "  Starting ipyhton notebook..."
	fi
}

if [ "$BASHRC_LOADED" ]; then # called from command line

	ipnb "$@"
	
else # called without arguments, from launcher perhaps: prompt for folder.

	export PATH="$PATH:/opt/anaconda/bin"
	cwd=$(zenity --file-selection --title="Choose ipython notebooks directory...")
	if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
		notify-send "IPython Notebook" "Preparing for awesome..." -i /opt/anaconda/glider.png
		id=${cwd##*/}
		screen -d -m -S "ipython_$id" ipython notebook --profile=santiago "$cwd/"
		screen -R
	else
		notify-send "IPython Notebook" "Good bye!" -i /opt/anaconda/glider.png
	fi

fi

ipn.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=/path/to/icon.png
Name=IPython Notebook
Exec=ipn