Base 16 Inline Backend Themes for IPython Notebook

An ipython extension to load custom matplotlibrcs to accompany Nikhil Sonnad's style sheets for IPython Notebook, using Chris Kempson's Base16 color scheme generator

There was a bug in IPython2.0 that resulted in the figure backgrounds always being white. If you experience this issue, pull the lastest version of IPython and it should be fixed

Screenshots

####Eighties Dark with Eighties Dark notebook

####Solarized Dark with Solarized Dark notebook

####Default Light with Solarized Dark notebook

Installation

To use these color schemes, you'll install this extension in the extensions folder of your ipython. You can find where your ipython directory is, run ipython locate

You can copy the contents of this directory into your extensions directory in your base ipython directory.

cp -r base16* ~/.ipython/extensions/.

Once installed, this extension can be loaded as any other ipython extension

Using the %load_ext magic:

In [1]: %load_ext base16_mplrc

or by modifying ipython_notebook_config.py in your profile directory

c.InteractiveShellApp.extensions = [ 'base16_mplrc' ]

If you don't have a custom profile, run:

ipython profile create <profile-name>

To locate the directory of your profile, do:

ipython locate profile <profile-name>

once loaded, you can invoke it via line magic

In [1]: %base16_mplrc <shade> <theme>
        %pylab inline

shade and theme are both optional positional arguments. If both are absent, then this extension attempts to find the one matching the base16 theme you have installed in profile directory's static/custom/custom.css.

Type:       Magic function
String Form:<bound method MPLRCMagics.base16_mplrc of <base16_mplrc_dark.MPLRCMagics object at 0x2a17050>>
Namespace:  IPython internal
File:       /home/benjib0t/.ipython/extensions/base16_mplrc.py
Definition: %base16_mplrc(self, args)
Docstring:
::

  %base16_mplrc [shade] [theme]

  positional arguments:
    shade  shade of theme, light or dark
    theme  base16 theme

This extension will only modify the colors of your matplotlibrc for the use in the ipython notebooks; it will respect any other settings in your default matplotlibrc

It also pushes an object b16_colors to your shell, which contains colors and colormaps.

#colors
b16_colors.r = b16_colors.red
b16_colors.o = b16_colors.orange
b16_colors.y = b16_colors.yellow
b16_colors.g = b16_colors.green
b16_colors.c = b16_colors.cyan
b16_colors.b = b16_colors.blue
b16_colors.m = b16_colors.magenta
b16_colors.n = b16_colors.brown
b16_colors.w = b16_colors.white
b16_colors.k = b16_colors.black

#colormaps
b16_colors.jet registered as 'b16_jet'
b16_colors.gray registered as 'b16_gray'
b16_colors.blues registered as 'b16_blues'
b16_colors.greens registered as 'b16_greens'
b16_colors.reds registered as 'b16_reds'
b16_colors.oranges registered as 'b16_oranges'
b16_colors.flame registered as 'b16_flame'
b16_colors.brbg registered as 'b16_brbg'

Custom fonts

You can set the default fonts by modifying your ipython_notebook_config.py:

c.InlineBackend.rc = {'font.family':'Inconsolata'}

Credits

• Uses Base16 builder by Chris Kempson.
• Based off of base16-ipython-notebook by Nikhil Sonnad.