Examples using additional modules in separate files do not work on mybinder

[mstimberg]

Examples like this one do not currently work on mybinder because they expect to import a module from a file in their current directory. Given that this module (e.g. params.py ) has been translated to an .ipynb file as well, it cannot be imported.

I guess the easiest fix would be to add a special comment like # NO_NOTEBOOK to the top of such files and copy them over verbatim as .py files?

[thesamovar]

We could modify the way the binder script works so that it copies all files across as well as converting into ipynb?

[mstimberg]

Good point, that sounds like a better solution given that we don't have to change the example files. I initially had in mind to also remove the "Launch on binder" button on files like params.py in the Brian documentation, but this is just a tiny detail and probably not worth adding a cryptic comment to the files.