====== Installation Instructions ======

On Windows, please download the [[http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/wiki/Downloads#Current_release|Python (xy)]] distribution.

On Mac OS X, Linux, (or Windows), please install the [[http://enthought.com/products/epd_free.php|EPD free]] distribution.

===== Editor =====

It is very important that you choose an editor which you are comfortable with, and which is Python-savvy.

For **Windows**, you can just use Spyder, which is integrated to Python(xy).

For **Linux**, there is for instance [[http://kate-editor.org/|Kate]] or [[http://www.geany.org/|geany]], which are often installed by default.
For **Macintosh**, you may install one of the editors available on Linux.


All the files that you edit should start with the following lines
<code python>
from __future__ import division
from pylab import *
from scipy import *
from scipy.linalg import *
</code>