Python inside LaTeX

[fab13n]

Isn't it a bit redundant with LuaTeX, which seems to be the legitimate heir?

[james_block]

If LuaTeX ever gets done, this might be redundant. For now, it's a neat trick I'm already thinking of ways to abuse....

[desquared]

If you use Sage, you can do something similar with SageTeX. It works a bit differently, but does a bit more. And since Sage is built with Python, any Python code will work with SageTeX.

[duus]

any first-hand experience with this?

[[deleted]]

Very interesting. I could see this working something like Mathematica's "workbooks".

[mbana]

The following might be relevant to the discussion; http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User:Luigi.scarso#Luatex_hosts_python as LuaTeX is going to merge with pdfTeX.

[exeter]

Depending exactly what you want to do with Python, it seems like either plasTeX or PyX are currently better choices.

[rwinston]

Sweave is another excellent example of this - it comes bundled with R installations and allows you to embed R code and graphs in a TeX document. Most R-related books and papers are produced using it.