octave hangs in ipython

Question

I don't seem to be able to get the octave magic running in ipython. I've installed gnu octave, and (after importing oct2py) I can use oct2py.octave in canopy. When I launch ipython and issue the command

In [5]: %load_ext octavemagic

I get a return prompt, and %lsmagic says %octave is available. But when I go to actually use octave, e.g.,

In [7]: x = %octave [1 2; 3 4];

ipython just hangs.

I'm running Canopy 1.4.1.1975 on a MacBook with OSX 10.7.5. From the package manager, I've installed ipython 2.1.0-3. Any ideas?

Answer 1

octavemagic is now a part of the oct2py package. Please see if this works for you:

%load_ext oct2py.ipython
x = %octave [1 2; 3 4];
x

For me this prints the expected result:

array([[ 1.,  2.],
       [ 3.,  4.]])

Tested with oct2py-1.6.0 and octave-3.8.1 on a linux system.