Getting Started

Documentation

For an introduction to Eelbrain, see Introduction and the other Examples. For details on each functionality see the API Reference.

MacOS: Framework Build

On macOS, the GUI tool Eelbrain uses requires a special build of Python called a “Framework build”. You might see this error when trying to create a plot:

SystemExit: This program needs access to the screen.
Please run with a Framework build of python, and only when you are
logged in on the main display of your Mac.

In order to avoid this, Eelbrain installs a shortcut to start IPython with a Framework build:

$ eelbrain

This automatically launches IPython with the “eelbrain” profile. A default startup script that executes from eelbrain import * is created, and can be changed in the corresponding IPython profile.

Quitting iPython

Sometimes iPython seems to get stuck after this line:

Do you really want to exit ([y]/n)? y

In those instances, pressing ctrl-c usually terminates iPython immediately.

Windows: Scrolling

Scrolling inside a plot axes normally uses arrow keys, but this is currently not possible on Windows (due to an issue in Matplotlib). Instead, the following keys can be used:

	↑ i
← j		→ l
	↓ k