Automatically open a Python repl with access to the document

[martinRenou]

Similar to what tools like Mayavi/Freecad/Blender do, we should automatically provide a Python repl with access to the document:

Ideally (probably some items are long term) we would:

• [ ] Pre-execute the opening of the GISDocument and expose it as gis or doc in the Python scope.
• [ ] Save the state and history of the repl in the jGIS document
• [ ] Make the repl collaborative too

[davidbrochart]

So this REPL would be a shortcut to creating a new notebook and writing in the first cell the following code?

from jupyterlab_gis import GISDocument

doc = GISDocument("my_document.jGIS")

The state/history is saved in the notebook file already, and the notebook can be collaborative. Maybe a button like "Create new notebook/console from document" would be enough?

[martinRenou]

So this REPL would be a shortcut to creating a new notebook and writing in the first cell the following code?

More or less yes 👍🏽

The state/history is saved in the notebook file already, and the notebook can be collaborative.

True. Wild idea, could the jGIS format/ydoc be just an extension of the Notebook?

I'm thinking that if we have the code information stored in the file, it makes it easier to share and structure without needing multiple files.

EDIT: I also believe the Notebook is probably too much in the UI, a small repl fits better IMO and is closer to what exists in Mayavi/Freecad/Blender

[davidbrochart]

Wild idea, could the jGIS format/ydoc be just an extension of the Notebook?

Or stored somewhere in the notebook metadata?

[martinRenou]

I was also thinking of this idea 😄 Then that would still be a notebook

[martinRenou]

We should port https://github.com/jupytercad/JupyterCAD/pull/392 to JupyterGIS 🚀