Displaying plots in an external browser when executing code in the co…

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future_changes.md

@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@
 - Can't set None for coord limit [[#486](https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot/issues/486)].
 - Scale limits don't work for bars/area [[LPK-219](https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot-kotlin/issues/219)], [[#978](https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot/issues/978)]. 
 - No gridlines when axis_ontop=True [[#1012](https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot/issues/1012)].
-- bar-plot: do not draw bar border adjacent to the axis [[#845](https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot/issues/845)].
+- bar-plot: do not draw bar border adjacent to the axis [[#845](https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot/issues/845)].
+- Displaying plots in an external browser when executing code in the console [[#738](https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot/issues/738)].

python-package/lets_plot/__init__.py

@@ -32,6 +32,58 @@ class LetsPlot:
  Initialize the library and its options.
  """
 
+ @classmethod
+ def setup_show_ext(cls, *,
+ exec: str = None,
+ new: bool = False) -> None:
+ """
+ Configures Lets-Plot HTML output for showing in a browser.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ exec : str, optional
+ Command to execute to open the plot in a web browser.
+ If not specified, the default browser will be used.
+ new : bool, default=False
+ If `True`, the URL is opened in a new window of the web browser.
+ If `False`, the URL is opened in the already opened web browser window.
+
+ Examples
+ --------
+ .. jupyter-execute::
+ :linenos:
+ :emphasize-lines: 2
+
+ from lets_plot import *
+ LetsPlot.setup_show_ext()
+ p = ggplot({'x': [0], 'y': [0]}, aes('x', 'y')) + geom_point()
+ p.show()
+
+ |
+
+ .. jupyter-execute::
+ :linenos:
+ :emphasize-lines: 2
+
+ from lets_plot import *
+ LetsPlot.setup_show_ext(exec = 'chrome.exe --app=%s')
+ p = ggplot({'x': [0], 'y': [0]}, aes('x', 'y')) + geom_point()
+ p.show()
+
+ |
+
+ .. jupyter-execute::
+ :linenos:
+ :emphasize-lines: 2
+
+ from lets_plot import *
+ LetsPlot.setup_show_ext(exec = 'open -a safari %s', new=True)
+ p = ggplot({'x': [0], 'y': [0]}, aes('x', 'y')) + geom_point()
+ p.show()
+
+ """
+ cfg._setup_wb_html_context(exec=exec, new=new)
+
  @classmethod
  def setup_html(cls, *,
  isolated_frame: bool = None,

python-package/lets_plot/frontend_context/_configuration.py

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 from typing import Dict, Any
 
 from ._frontend_ctx import FrontendContext
-from ._html_contexts import _create_html_frontend_context, _use_isolated_frame
+from ._html_contexts import _create_html_frontend_context, _use_isolated_frame, _create_wb_html_frontend_context
 from ._json_contexts import _create_json_frontend_context, _is_Intellij_Python_Lets_Plot_Plugin
 from ._mime_types import TEXT_HTML, LETS_PLOT_JSON
 from ._static_svg_ctx import StaticSvgImageContext
+from ._webbr_html_page_ctx import WebBrHtmlPageContext
 from .._version import __version__
 from ..plot.core import PlotSpec
 from ..plot.plot import GGBunch
@@ -68,6 +69,25 @@ def _setup_html_context(*,
  _frontend_contexts[TEXT_HTML] = ctx
 
 
+def _setup_wb_html_context(*,
+ exec: str,
+ new: bool) -> None:
+ """
+ Configures Lets-Plot HTML output for showing in a browser.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ exec : str, optional
+ Command to execute to open the plot in a web browser.
+ If not specified, the default browser will be used.
+ new : bool, default=False
+ If `True`, the URL is opened in a new window of the web browser.
+ If `False`, the URL is opened in the already opened web browser window.
+ """
+ ctx = _create_wb_html_frontend_context(exec, new)
+ _frontend_contexts[TEXT_HTML] = ctx
+
+
 def _display_plot(spec: Any):
  """
  Draw plot or `bunch` of plots in the current frontend context
@@ -77,6 +97,10 @@ def _display_plot(spec: Any):
  raise ValueError("PlotSpec, SupPlotsSpec or GGBunch expected but was: {}".format(type(spec)))
 
  if _default_mimetype == TEXT_HTML:
+ if isinstance(_frontend_contexts[TEXT_HTML], WebBrHtmlPageContext):
+ _frontend_contexts[TEXT_HTML].show(spec.as_dict())
+ return
+
  plot_html = _as_html(spec.as_dict())
  try:
  from IPython.display import display_html
@@ -85,7 +109,6 @@ def _display_plot(spec: Any):
  except ImportError:
  pass
 
- # ToDo: show HTML in a browser window.
  print(spec.as_dict())
  return
 

python-package/lets_plot/frontend_context/_html_contexts.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from ._frontend_ctx import FrontendContext
 from ._jupyter_notebook_ctx import JupyterNotebookContext
 from ._static_html_page_ctx import StaticHtmlPageContext
+from ._webbr_html_page_ctx import WebBrHtmlPageContext
 from .._global_settings import has_global_value, get_global_bool, HTML_ISOLATED_FRAME
 
 
@@ -33,6 +34,22 @@ def _create_html_frontend_context(isolated_frame: bool = None, offline: bool = N
  return JupyterNotebookContext(offline)
 
 
+def _create_wb_html_frontend_context(exec: str, new: bool) -> FrontendContext:
+ """
+ Configures Lets-Plot HTML output for showing in web browser.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ exec : str, optional
+ The name of the web browser to use.
+ If not specified, the default browser will be used.
+ new : bool, default=False
+ If `True`, the URL is opened in a new window of the web browser.
+ If `False`, the URL is opened in the already opened web browser window.
+ """
+ return WebBrHtmlPageContext(exec, new)
+
+
 def _use_isolated_frame() -> bool:
  # check environment
  if has_global_value(HTML_ISOLATED_FRAME):

python-package/lets_plot/frontend_context/_webbr_html_page_ctx.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019. JetBrains s.r.o.
+# Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+#
+import io
+import webbrowser
+import tempfile
+from typing import Dict
+
+from ._frontend_ctx import FrontendContext
+from .. import _kbridge as kbr
+
+
+class WebBrHtmlPageContext(FrontendContext):
+
+ def __init__(self, exec: str, new: bool) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ self.exec = exec
+ self.new = new
+
+ def show(self, plot_spec: Dict) -> str:
+ html_page = kbr._generate_static_html_page(plot_spec, iframe=False)
+
+ path = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".html", delete=False).name
+ io.open(path, 'w').write(html_page)
+
+ webbrowser.get(self.exec).open('file:https://' + path, new=1 if self.new else 2)