I have written a python program designed to run in the IPython qt console with inline graphs. My end users are factory workers running windows and are not technically sophisticated. I am trying hard to reduce complexity for them.
How can I create a shortcut in windows that launches my program for them in the qt console?
Idea 1
Ask the users to open IPython qt console with the desktop icon then enter:
%run G:\my_app\start.ipy
My start.ipy file consists of 2 lines:
%matplotlib inline
%run G:\my_app\my_app.py
The start.ipy file exists to reduce the number of commands they need to enter from two to one. This system works but I want to avoid it because it requires the users to remember and enter a command correctly.
Idea 2
Create a start.bat file with the flowing code:
ipython qtconsole --matplotlib inline -m my_app
Then put a shortcut to the .bat script on the desktop. This has two issues:
- The print statements in my_app don't work
- The black CMD.exe box pops up as well as the qt console
Ideally I would like a way to run an arbitrary .ipy file in qt console using a shortcut.