double click to open an ipython notebook

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How can I open Ipython notebook from double click? I always cd to the directory of the notebook, then type ipython notebook in the browser and then open it in the browser. This steps is very inconvenient.

In windows, I remembered that I can change the directory in the browser, but in linux there is no way to explore to other directory via browser, if I want to open a new book in another directory, I have to restart another kernel as above, which annoys me.

Is there any simple and verified way to do this?

@Jongware, looks like there are some people out there now who prefer desktop environments over the pure command line interface. Really weird. — cel, Jun 20 '15 at 11:41
The question you linked has a solution for ubuntu. Is this solution not working for you? — cel, Jun 20 '15 at 11:44
@cel: not really sure what you mean. OP mentions "linux" in passing, and says he *types* other commands. Double-click in a command line? — Jongware, Jun 20 '15 at 11:47
@buzhidao: I use both (and often at the same time). My question is because there may be different solutions for different Linux GUIs. — Jongware, Jun 20 '15 at 11:48
possible duplicate of [Register file extensions / mime types in Linux](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30931/register-file-extensions-mime-types-in-linux) — Jongware, Jun 20 '15 at 11:51
@Jongware Thanks for you link, I will read through the solutions. — an offer can't refuse, Jun 20 '15 at 11:54
@cel Everyone can't be geek (yet) and command lines may be a very freaking _thing_ for many people. Nevertheless, python's notebook is a great tool to learn using python (which itself maybe a first step to be geek...). In that perspective, an easy opening mechanism for .ipynb files is essential to allow python's notebook to be used by a large audience. — jvtrudel, Aug 12 '15 at 14:52
I would like to add that you can do this natively in macOS with an Automator script. https://stackoverflow.com/a/46995543/4550784 — gr4nt3d, Oct 28 '17 at 23:41

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '15 at 15:21

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You can use a project like nbopen that handle that and will open the browser on the right notebook + start an IPython server if one is not yet running.

answered Jun 20 '15 at 15:21

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Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/nbopen", line 3, in main() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nbopen.py", line 49, in main nbopen(args.filename, args.profile) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nbopen.py", line 26, in nbopen server_inf = find_best_server(filename, profile) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nbopen.py", line 14, in find_best_server servers = [si for si in notebookapp.list_running_servers(profile=profile) \ AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'list_running_servers' – an offer can't refuse Jun 20 '15 at 15:48
error occurs, also no response of double click. Although the file icon changes to ipynb – an offer can't refuse Jun 20 '15 at 15:49
@buzhidao what version of IPython are you using? You may need to upgrade it for nbopen to work. – Thomas K Jun 20 '15 at 17:35
@ThomasK I'm using 1.2.1 – an offer can't refuse Jun 21 '15 at 01:44
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Thanks, it worked as I upgrade the ipython notebook. I have an additional question: when I double click and open the notebook. If I exit the notebook in browser, will the server close automatically or still running in the background. – an offer can't refuse Jun 21 '15 at 03:44
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No the server won't quit. You have to kill it through the process manager. – Matt Jun 21 '15 at 10:29
I have another project called [nbmanager](https://github.com/takluyver/nbmanager) which shows you the running notebook servers and lets you stop them. – Thomas K Jun 21 '15 at 20:24
@ThomasK Thank you very much. This is very good project but the problem is that I'm using python 2.7 – an offer can't refuse Jun 25 '15 at 14:48
It doesn't have to run in the same Python as your notebooks. You can have Python 2 notebooks and run nbmanager on Python 3. – Thomas K Jun 25 '15 at 17:33

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 10 '19 at 00:18

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pip install nbopen.

open Automator, create new Application

Drag'n drop Run Shell Script
Change Pass input to as arguments
Copy/paste this script:

variable="'$1'"
the_script='tell application "terminal" to do script "nbopen '
osascript -e "${the_script}${variable}\""

Save the new application to Applications directory as nb_open
Right click any ipynb file and select "Open with > Other" and select the nb_open in the Applications folder. Don't forget to check "Always Open With".
Select an ipynb file, get info (command + i) > Open With (select nb_open if not selected already) > Click Change All.... Done.

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answered Feb 02 '19 at 04:07

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This is absolutely wonderful: it is what I came here looking for. The other answer doesn't actually specify this, which is the actual solution. Thank you! – NLR Apr 29 '20 at 18:53
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Run "python -m nbopen.install_win" to integrate with windows file manager after pip installing nbopen as per the instruction page.. no need for any script or anything. – Yogesh Kumar Gupta May 02 '20 at 11:57
If you want to close the (zsh) terminal window afterwards use: `osascript -e "${the_script}${variable} &! exit\""` – Graeme Jun 05 '20 at 21:33

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 21 '21 at 15:23

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To "promote" Yogesh's helpful comment to a fully self-contained answer:

Windows 10

In a CMD or PowerShell window with administrative rights (e.g. Win+X, A):

pip install nbopen
python -m nbopen.install_win
Profit!

Double-click on *.ipynb files now starts a new server or reuses an existing instance.

answered Jan 21 '21 at 15:23

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In my experience, the script is smart enough to not spawn *more than one* server instance when double-clicking on multiple notebook files. It does *not* detect any manually launched servers and reuses those. So far, I have not launched a `jupyter notebook` server manually in months now. – ojdo Jul 24 '21 at 12:31

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