Merge pull request #935 from pybamm-team/issue-934-collab

#934 google colab compatibility

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# [Unreleased](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM)
+
+## Features
+
+-   Made `QuickPlot` compatible with Google Colab ([#935](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/935))
+
 # [v0.2.1](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/tree/v0.2.1) - 2020-03-31
 
 New expression tree node types, models, parameter sets and solvers, as well as general bug fixes and new examples.
@@ -11,9 +17,6 @@ New expression tree node types, models, parameter sets and solvers, as well as g
 -   Added functionality to broadcast to edges ([#891](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/891))
 -   Reformatted and cleaned up `QuickPlot` ([#886](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/886))
 -   Added thermal effects to lead-acid models ([#885](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/885))
--   Add new symbols `VariableDot`, representing the derivative of a variable wrt time,
-    and `StateVectorDot`, representing the derivative of a state vector wrt time
-    ([#858](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/issues/858))
 -   Added a helper function for info on function parameters ([#881](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/881))
 -   Added additional notebooks showing how to create and compare models ([#877](https://github.com/pybamm-team/PyBaMM/pull/877))
 -   Added `Minimum`, `Maximum` and `Sign` operators

pybamm/simulation.py

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def is_notebook():
             return nb
         elif shell == "TerminalInteractiveShell":  # pragma: no cover
             return False  # Terminal running IPython
+        elif shell == "Shell":  # pragma: no cover
+            return True  # Google Colab notebook
         else:
             return False  # Other type (?)
     except NameError: