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  1. cowlicks revised this gist Oct 21, 2013. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
    3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion serve_slides.py
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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    """A script to generate and serve the slides from a ipython notebook
    that auto updates the slides. Usage:
    that auto updates the slides. It would be nice to include something like
    this in IPython. Usage:
    >>> python serve_slides.py presentation.ipynb
  2. cowlicks revised this gist Oct 21, 2013. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
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    import pyinotify

    infile = sys.argv[1]
    # A hack because nbconvert lacks documentation.
    # It would be better to use IPython's API but...
    serve = 'ipython nbconvert --to slides --post serve ' + infile
    export = 'ipython nbconvert --to slides ' + infile

    @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def onChange(ev):
    notifier = pyinotify.Notifier(wm)

    # generate and serve the slides.
    serve = subprocess.Popen(serve.split(" "))
    serve = subprocess.Popen(serve.split(' '))

    while True:
    try:
  3. cowlicks created this gist Oct 21, 2013.
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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    """A script to generate and serve the slides from a ipython notebook
    that auto updates the slides. Usage:
    >>> python serve_slides.py presentation.ipynb
    """

    import sys
    import subprocess
    import pyinotify

    infile = sys.argv[1]
    # A hack because nbconvert lacks documentation.
    serve = 'ipython nbconvert --to slides --post serve ' + infile
    export = 'ipython nbconvert --to slides ' + infile

    def onChange(ev):
    """Regenerate slides from the notebook."""
    subprocess.call(export.split(' '))

    # Setup pyinotify to watch the notebook.
    wm = pyinotify.WatchManager()
    wm.add_watch(infile, pyinotify.IN_MODIFY, onChange)
    notifier = pyinotify.Notifier(wm)

    # generate and serve the slides.
    serve = subprocess.Popen(serve.split(" "))

    while True:
    try:
    # Start watching the notebook for changes.
    notifier.loop()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
    # Clean up
    serve.kill()
    notifier.stop()
    break