can't have subfolders for Python

[DavidLeoni]

Can't have notebooks in subfolders, as to import jupman module

Possible solutions:

a. add stuff like sys.path.append('../') to all files
b. using symlinks to link parent algolab
c. add some new default kernel that includes the paths I want
d. use Jupyter magic like %run ../../lib.py

all solutions which I don't quite like

See also

• Stack overflow
• This blog for Jupyter magic

Attempts with d. Jupyter magics

I tried putting this:

  %run -i ../../jupman
  jupman_init()

Passing parameters like

--toc

and

--root=../../

Some thoughts:

• Tried static classes but thought they might look confusing to users
• Since %run executes the script, to prevent namespace pollution all functions start with 'jupman_'
• Also note that with %run, last command output is not shown in Jupyter, for that you have to explictly call jupman_init() function in Jupyter
• tried importing .ipynb, but discoverd it is not possible to pass parameters

Decision: sys.path.append

Finally adopted this, it's less weird and just works

  import sys
  sys.path.append('../)
  import jupman
  jupman.init()