Launch IPython notebook with selected browser

Question

I am trying to start IPython with a non default browser (in my case Firefox) and thought I could replicate the replicate the script given in this blog

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Answer 1

I set the environment variable BROWSER to the the executable of the browser (in my case Google Chrome), and Ipython Notebook started in the browser I liked.

PS H:\> $env:BROWSER = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
PS H:\> $env:BROWSER
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
PS H:\>
PS H:\> ipython notebook
2015-02-19 14:05:01.690 [NotebookApp] Using existing profile dir: C:\\Users\\abc\\.ipython\\profile_default'
2015-02-19 14:05:01.832 [NotebookApp] Using MathJax from CDN: http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js
2015-02-19 14:05:01.901 [NotebookApp] The port 8888 is already in use, trying another random port.
2015-02-19 14:05:01.908 [NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: H:\
2015-02-19 14:05:01.908 [NotebookApp] 0 active kernels
2015-02-19 14:05:01.910 [NotebookApp] The IPython Notebook is running at: http://localhost:8889/
2015-02-19 14:05:01.910 [NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).

Answer 2

I had the same problem on windows and got it work this way:

• Create a config file with command ipython profile create default

• Edit ipython_notebook_config.py file, search for line

#c.NotebookApp.browser =''

and replace it with

import webbrowser
webbrowser.register('firefox', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser('C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe'))
c.NotebookApp.browser = 'firefox'

then it works for me.

Hope it will help you.

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Answer 3

Without coding, you can just set your default browser to Chrome or Firefox etc. It works for my windows system.