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"Markdown Cells"
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"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Text can be added to IPython Notebooks using Markdown cells. Markdown is a popular markup language that is a superset of HTML. Its specification can be found here:\n",
"\n",
""
]
},
{
"cell_type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Markdown basics"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Press `Enter` or double click to edit a Markdown cell. Press `Shift-Enter` to render a Markdown cell."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"You can make text *italic* or **bold**."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
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"You can build nested itemized or enumerated lists:\n",
"\n",
"* One\n",
" - Sublist\n",
" - This\n",
" - Sublist\n",
" - That\n",
" - The other thing\n",
"* Two\n",
" - Sublist\n",
"* Three\n",
" - Sublist\n",
"\n",
"Now another list:\n",
"\n",
"1. Here we go\n",
" 1. Sublist\n",
" 1. Sublist\n",
"1. There we go\n",
"1. Now this"
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"level": 3,
"metadata": {},
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"Exercise"
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{
"cell_type": "markdown",
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"Create a Markdown cell and try the following constructs:\n",
"\n",
"* Bold and italic text\n",
"* Itemized and enumerated lists"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"More elements"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"You can add horizontal rules:\n",
"\n",
"---"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Here is a blockquote:\n",
"\n",
"> Beautiful is better than ugly.\n",
"> Explicit is better than implicit.\n",
"> Simple is better than complex.\n",
"> Complex is better than complicated.\n",
"> Flat is better than nested.\n",
"> Sparse is better than dense.\n",
"> Readability counts.\n",
"> Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.\n",
"> Although practicality beats purity.\n",
"> Errors should never pass silently.\n",
"> Unless explicitly silenced.\n",
"> In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.\n",
"> There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.\n",
"> Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.\n",
"> Now is better than never.\n",
"> Although never is often better than *right* now.\n",
"> If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.\n",
"> If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.\n",
"> Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"And shorthand for links:\n",
"\n",
"[IPython's website](http://ipython.org)"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Headings"
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},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"If you want, you can add headings using Markdown's syntax:\n",
"\n",
"# Heading 1\n",
"# Heading 2\n",
"## Heading 2.1\n",
"## Heading 2.2"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"**BUT most of the time you should use the Notebook's Heading Cells to organize your Notebook content**, as they provide meaningful structure that can be interpreted by other tools, not just large bold fonts."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Embedded code"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"You can embed code meant for illustration instead of execution in Python:\n",
"\n",
" def f(x):\n",
" \"\"\"a docstring\"\"\"\n",
" return x**2\n",
"\n",
"or other languages:\n",
"\n",
" if (i=0; i\n",
"\n",
"Header 1 | \n",
"Header 2 | \n",
"
\n",
"\n",
"row 1, cell 1 | \n",
"row 1, cell 2 | \n",
"
\n",
"\n",
"row 2, cell 1 | \n",
"row 2, cell 2 | \n",
"
\n",
""
]
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{
"cell_type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Embedding a webpage"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": false,
"input": [
"from IPython.display import Image,HTML"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [],
"prompt_number": 1
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": false,
"input": [
"HTML(\"\")"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
{
"html": [
""
],
"metadata": {},
"output_type": "pyout",
"prompt_number": 3,
"text": [
""
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}
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"prompt_number": 3
},
{
"cell_type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Local files"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"collapsed": false,
"input": [
"!ls *svg *m4v"
],
"language": "python",
"metadata": {},
"outputs": [
{
"output_type": "stream",
"stream": "stdout",
"text": [
"animation.m4v python-logo.svg\r\n"
]
}
],
"prompt_number": 1
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"If you have local files in your Notebook directory, you can refer to these files in Markdown cells via relative URLs that are prefixed with `files/`:\n",
"\n",
" files/[subdirectory/]\n",
"\n",
"Note that it is **not** `/files`.\n",
"\n",
"For example, in the `figs` subdirectory, we have the Python logo:\n",
"\n",
"![img](files/python-logo.svg)\n",
"\n",
"These do not embed the data into the notebook file, and require that the files exist when you are viewing the notebook."
]
},
{
"cell_type": "heading",
"level": 3,
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Exercise"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Download a photo from the web into the local directory, and display it in the notebook by using the files URL pattern explained above"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "heading",
"level": 3,
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Security of local files"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
"Note that this means that the IPython notebook server also acts as a generic file server\n",
"for files inside the same tree as your notebooks. Access is not granted outside the\n",
"notebook folder so you have strict control over what files are visible, but for this\n",
"reason it is highly recommended that you do not run the notebook server with a notebook\n",
"directory at a high level in your filesystem (e.g. your home directory).\n",
"\n",
"When you run the notebook in a password-protected manner, local file access is restricted\n",
"to authenticated users unless read-only views are active."
]
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"input": [],
"language": "python",
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