This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.
To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:
This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.
I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.
Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.
# By Jake VanderPlas | |
# License: BSD-style | |
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt | |
import numpy as np | |
def discrete_cmap(N, base_cmap=None): | |
"""Create an N-bin discrete colormap from the specified input map""" |
This gist lets you keep IPython notebooks in git repositories. It tells git to ignore prompt numbers and program outputs when checking that a file has changed.
To use the script, follow the instructions given in the script's docstring.
For further details, read this blogpost.
The procedure outlined here is inspired by this answer on Stack Overflow.