ipysketch

A Python package for handwriting and sketching in Jupyter notebooks.

Usage

A movie is worth a thousand pictures is worth a million words...

But sometimes it's too fast, so...

• import ipysketch
• create a Sketch instance and give the sketch a name
• display the instance
• edit the sketch

Where are my sketches saved?

When creating a Sketch instance, you give it a name, say mysketch. The sketch is then saved in the same folder as the Jupyter notebook in two files with ending .isk and .png. The first file is the ipysketch-internal file format, the second is a PNG-representation of it, which is also displayed in the notebook.

Using ipysketch without Jupyter

The ipysketch GUI can also be used outside of Jupyter notebooks. To create a sketch named mysketch enter:

python -m ipysketch mysketch

Installation

First, install the ipysketch package using pip:

pip install --upgrade ipysketch

Then install and enable the widgets extension in Jupyter:

jupyter nbextension install --user --py widgetsnbextension
jupyter nbextension enable --py widgetsnbextension

Compatibility

ipysketch require Python 3.