Launch IPython notebook with selected browser
ipython, python, subprocess, windows
Solution
I had the same problem on windows and got it work this way:
Create a config file with command `ipython profile create default`
Edit ipython_notebook_config.py file, search for line
`#c.NotebookApp.browser =''`
and replace it with
import webbrowser
webbrowser.register('firefox', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser('C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe'))
c.NotebookApp.browser = 'firefox'
then it works for me.
Hope it will help you.
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Problem
I am trying to start IPython with a non default browser (in my case Firefox) and thought I could replicate the replicate the script given in this blog I am on Windows 7 I put the following code in a file say "module.py" ``` import subprocess subprocess.call("ipython notebook --no-browser", shell=True) subprocess.call([r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe', '-new-tab', 'http://127.0.0.1:8888/']) ``` However when I run it from the command line ``` python C:\Users\mugabal\Desktop\module1.py ``` It execute the first line but not the second one (both lines work fine individually) My question (in a more general term) how can I launch a process and tell it not to highjack the console window? I apologize in advance if I have overseen an obvious explanation but I looked both in the subprocess documentation and on this platform ----- UPDATE ----- I should have added that I tried to launch IPython with selected browser but could not figure out how to get it work ``` >ipython notebook --browser='C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe' ... [NotebookApp] The IPython Notebook is running at: http://127.0.0.1:8888/ ... **[NotebookApp] No web browser found: could not locate runnable browser.** ``` To be precise, the following command in a Windows command prompt window works as expected: ``` start firefox ``` but ``` ipython notebook --browser=firefox ``` does not work (same error as above).