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Frontend extension

Recent versions of Jupytext (>=1.16.0) ships frontend extension that enables users to create text notebooks and pair notebooks from main menu of JupyterLab 4 and Notebook 7. In addition, the frontend extension adds selected Jupytext text notebook formats to launcher in the Jupytext section so that users can launch text notebooks as they launch a regular notebook from JupyterLab launcher.

Launcher icons

Section titled “Launcher icons”

After installing Jupytext extension, users will have a new category in the launcher called Jupytext as shown below:

The Jupytext category in the JupyterLab launcher

Users can remove and/or add new formats to the Jupytext section via Settings>Jupytext.

The Jupytext settings panel

By (un)selecting different formats, users can filter the items in launcher and main menu. Note that users need to refresh the current browser tab when they modify the settings for them to take effect.

Section titled “Main menu”

It is also possible to create new text notebooks and/or pair existing notebooks from main menu and dedicated Jupytext main menu, respectively.

Following screenshot shows the New Text Notebook submenu available in File menu.

The New Text Notebook submenu in the File menu

Similarly, to pair existing notebooks, users can go to Jupytext menu on main menu as shown below:

The Jupytext menu for pairing existing notebooks

All the options are greyed out in the above screenshot as there is no notebook widget currently active. Once the user opens a new notebook, the options will become available.