minor edit about Spyder

bde59643 · Philip J Clark · f1371b04 · bde59643
Commit bde59643 authored 6 months ago by Philip J Clark
--- a/CourseNotes/GetPython.ipynb
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    "This pages gives recipes on how to get  working on your own machine. It\n",
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    "it will work. *Spyder* also reads and write files is standard text so\n",
    "you can easily transfer to/from CPLab with USB key.\n",
    "\n",
-    "The *Spyder* environment has also been installed on the CPLab, but at\n",
+    "The *Spyder* environment has also been installed on the CPLab.\n",
-    "the moment it is still being developed, so it not recommended yet.\n",
    "\n",
    "The Mac is fundamentally a Unix machine, so you can tailor it to looks\n",
    "very much like the CPLab Linux machines. Do do this you have t do the\n",
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-%% Cell type:markdown id: tags:
+%% Cell type:markdown id:e766b8cd tags:
 This pages gives recipes on how to get  working on your own machine. It
 is a based on *best effort* local experience and comes with no support.
 While we encourage you to get  working on your own machine and *play*,
 remember that we will **only** marks checkpoints on the CPLab machines
 and not your own laptops.
 You must transfer any code to the CPLab system (by USB Key or e-mail),
 and make sure it works there before getting it marked.
 The best supported and comprehensive  environments is currently Anaconda
 This is free to download and install for *Windows* *Mac* or *Linux*.
 This inclues a full  3.7 kit, the IDE *Spyder* and all the additional
 libraries to could even want. It also includes *Juypter* and
 *Juypter-Lab* and *VS Code* which you will not need in this course.
 The download and install is fully doumented in the above and should
 basically *just work*. The download is very large and expands to a
 couple of couple of GByte, but this is well with the capability of most
 modern laptops / desktops.
 For *Windows* or *Mac* user we strongly recommend the *Spyder*
 development environment; this given an editor to edit code and a console
 to run code, this is actually a *IPython* console, but if you just *run*
 it will work. *Spyder* also reads and write files is standard text so
 you can easily transfer to/from CPLab with USB key.
-The *Spyder* environment has also been installed on the CPLab, but at
+The *Spyder* environment has also been installed on the CPLab.
-the moment it is still being developed, so it not recommended yet.
 The Mac is fundamentally a Unix machine, so you can tailor it to looks
 very much like the CPLab Linux machines. Do do this you have t do the
 following:
 ## Install the X11 environment
 This is not installed by default, but is a free download from the Mac
 Store and will autoinstall.
 -   In the Finder select Applications $\rightarrow$ Utilities
    $\rightarrow$ X11.
    If this is installed it will start, if not it will take you to the
    Apple Store and will take you through the install, this is a large
    install as it includes other programming development tools.
 -   This is needed to display the Matlibplot graphics and it also gives
    you an *xterminal* which is just about identical to the terminal on
    the CPLab machines. You start this click on the X11 logo in the
    Toobar, then Aplication $\rightarrow$ Terminal in the topbar.
 X11 is needed for all the orther free Unix utilities you may also wish
 to install, for example XMGrace, xfig, gnuplot. You will find there on
 your favourite download site.
 ## Installing an Editor
 The default version of emacs in the Mac is *very limited* and only works
 within the terminal window, so you will want to install something
 *better*. Here you have choice…
 Emacs for X11: This gives you the same emacs as on the CPLab.
 -   Download from for example [a](http://emacsformacosx.com/)s a dmg and
    do the install.
 Emacs for Aqua: This gives you emacs but running via the Mac OSX own
 window system (Aqua), rather than X11.
 -   Download from [.](http://aquamacs.org/)
 To run either of these select them from the Applications or Launchpad
 screen and then Open File. If you want to run from the terminal as you
 do in the CPlab, you will have to learn about `.bachrc` files and
 `alias`, ask if you want to go there.
 Other Editors There are *many* other editors, play, talk to friends etc;
 but remember some require *real money* or have limited *free trial*
 periods after which you have to pay!
 A useful alternative is Xcode which is the full Apple development
 environment which is free to download from the Mac Store. It is *huge*
 and really designed to develop apps for *iPad*, *iPhone*, *iWatch* etc,
 but it will also work as a simple  editor. xCode is however very
 resource intensive and it only really works on a new fast Mac with lots
 of memory, it also takes up about 3 Gbyte of disc!
 If you are already running Linux on your own machine then you already
 have everything to need, or can simply add it with what ever package
 manager come with your distribution. Here you also have an almost
 infinite choice of editors, but again most people will want to
 `emacs-X11` on their system.
 Note that some Linux distributions that follow the newest updates are
 now using as the default, for example Fedora, but if you are that close
 to the *bleeding*-edge you will already know this !