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- sympy_editor-0.1.0/LICENSE +29 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/PKG-INFO +475 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/README.md +450 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/pyproject.toml +39 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/setup.cfg +4 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/__init__.py +110 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/document.py +1550 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/examples.py +39 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/history.py +132 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/html.py +382 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/ops.py +305 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/printer.py +867 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/server.py +203 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/static/editor.css +848 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/static/editor.js +4876 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/static/widget.js +43 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor/widget.py +135 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor.egg-info/PKG-INFO +475 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor.egg-info/SOURCES.txt +31 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor.egg-info/dependency_links.txt +1 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor.egg-info/requires.txt +7 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/src/sympy_editor.egg-info/top_level.txt +1 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_browser.py +3509 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_document.py +1193 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_examples.py +326 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_history.py +97 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_html.py +112 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_mobile.py +258 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_printer.py +279 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_server.py +118 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_special_types.py +93 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_webapp.py +108 -0
- sympy_editor-0.1.0/tests/test_widget.py +145 -0
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Name: sympy-editor
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Summary: Click-to-edit WYSIWYG editor for SymPy expressions: Jupyter widget and standalone HTML
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# sympy-editor
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A click-to-edit, WYSIWYG-style editor for [SymPy](https://www.sympy.org)
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expressions. Expressions are rendered as LaTeX (with [KaTeX](https://katex.org))
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in HTML; every sub-expression is selectable, and a selection can be replaced by
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typing new SymPy syntax or by applying SymPy transformations (`expand`,
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`factor`, `simplify`, ...). The SymPy expression tree — not the LaTeX — is
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## Install
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```bash
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pip install sympy-editor # core: SymPy only
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pip install "sympy-editor[jupyter]" # adds anywidget for the notebook widget
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### Jupyter (JupyterLab, Notebook 7, VS Code, Colab...)
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| Select sub-expression | click its middle (its left/right edge places a caret before/after it instead; next to a matrix entry or a power's base the caret *extends* it: `+ 1` adds, `y` multiplies) | ↓ (enter children), ←/→ (siblings) |
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| Change the operator between two arguments | click the operator itself (`+`, `−`, `⋅`, `=`, the `−` of `x − y`...): it is selected and a small palette appears; pick `+ − × ÷ ^ =` or **Delete** (side by side, the two multiply: `x + y` → `xy`) | with the operator selected, type `+ - * / ^ = < > & \|`; Del removes it; Esc deselects; ←/→/↓ select an argument, ↑ the node. In a sum `*` binds just the two terms (`x + y + z` → `xy + z`); in a product `+` splits it there (`x·y·z` → `x + yz`). A lone operator typed at a caret does the same |
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| LaTeX shortcuts in the field | | `\theta` becomes `θ` as you type (Greek letters, `\infty`, `\sin`, `\cdot`, `\le`...); Greek letters are SymPy's names (`θ` is `theta`, `λ` is `lamda`, `∞` is `oo`) |
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python examples/demo_matrices.py # the pages embed the package; tests/test_examples.py checks they are current)
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457
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+
python examples/demo.py --serve # local-server mode
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458
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+
jupyter lab examples/demo.ipynb # notebook demo (plot_alongside.ipynb plots what you edit)
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459
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+
```
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460
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+
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461
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+
Browser end-to-end tests of the JavaScript front end use
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462
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+
[Playwright](https://playwright.dev/python/) (dev-only, Apache-2.0, never
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463
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+
shipped) and a real headless Chromium:
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464
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+
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465
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+
```bash
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466
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+
pip install playwright && python -m playwright install chromium
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467
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+
pytest tests/test_browser.py # needs network for the KaTeX CDN
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468
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+
SYMPY_EDITOR_SLOW_TESTS=1 pytest tests/test_browser.py # also the Pyodide page
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469
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+
```
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470
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+
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471
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+
They are skipped automatically when Playwright, the browser or the network
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472
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+
are unavailable. Graphical edits are tested as user scenarios with the
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473
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+
`Scenario` helper in `tests/test_browser.py` (`scenario(expr).caret_after(path)
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474
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+
.type("+ B*A").enter()` then `.source`), run on both the HTTP backend and a
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475
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+
Pyodide page. `.github/workflows/ci.yml` runs everything on push.
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