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-#[Kalman Filters and Random Signals in Python][http://github.com/rlabbe/Kalman-Filters-and-Random-Signals-in-Python]
-
-this is a book BLAH BLAH BLAH
-
-Contents
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-[**Introduction**] foo
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-[**Chapter 1: You've got me]()
- tells you this and that. and the other thing.
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-Reading the book
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-Installation
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-License
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-Contact
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diff --git a/book_format.py~ b/book_format.py~
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from IPython.core.display import HTML
-import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
-
-def load_style():
- styles = open("./styles/custom2.css", "r").read()
- return HTML(styles)
-
-pylab.rcParams['axes.color_cycle'] = '348ABD, 7A68A6, A60628, 467821, CF4457, 188487, E24A33'
-pylab.rcParams['lines.linewidth'] = 1
-
-pylab.rcParams['lines.antialiased'] = True
-pylab.rcParams['patch.linewidth'] = 0.5
-pylab.rcParams['patch.facecolor'] = '348ABD' #blue
-pylab.rcParams['patch.edgecolor'] = 'eeeeee'
-pylab.rcParams['patch.antialiased'] = True
-pylab.rcParams['font.family'] = 'monospace'
-pylab.rcParams['font.size'] = 10.0
-pylab.rcParams['font.monospace'] = 'Andale Mono, Nimbus Mono L, Courier New, Courier, Fixed, Terminal, monospace'
-pylab.rcParams['axes.facecolor'] = 'eeeeee'
-pylab.rcParams['axes.edgecolor'] = 'bcbcbc'
-pylab.rcParams['axes.linewidth'] = 1
-pylab.rcParams['axes.grid'] = True
-pylab.rcParams['axes.titlesize'] = 'x-large'
-pylab.rcParams['axes.labelsize'] = 'large'
-pylab.rcParams['axes.labelcolor'] = '555555'
-pylab.rcParams['axes.axisbelow'] = True
-pylab.rcParams['axes.color_cycle'] = '348ABD, 7A68A6, A60628, 467821, CF4457, 188487, E24A33'
-pylab.rcParams['xtick.major.pad'] = 6
-pylab.rcParams['xtick.minor.size'] = 0
-pylab.rcParams['xtick.minor.pad'] = 6
-pylab.rcParams['xtick.color'] = '555555'
-pylab.rcParams['ytick.direction'] = 'in'
-pylab.rcParams['legend.fancybox'] = True
-pylab.rcParams['figure.facecolor'] = '0.85'
-pylab.rcParams['figure.edgecolor'] = '0.50'
-pylab.rcParams['figure.subplot.hspace'] = 0.5
-pylab.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = 12,6
-
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