When I’m working with python, I usually have two terminal windows open – one with IPython, and the other with a fairly customized Vim. Two good resources: http://blog.dispatched.ch/2009/05/24/vim-as-python-ide/ http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/2009/02/python-and-vim-make-your-own-ide/ Though it sounds like what you want is IPython’s magic function %ed/%edit: An example of what you can do: In [72]: %ed IPython will make a … Read more
Yes. >>> import gc >>> gc.get_objects() Not that you’ll find that useful. There is a lot of them. 🙂 Over 4000 just when you start Python. Possibly a bit more useful is all the variables active locally: >>> locals() And the one active globally: >>> globals() (Note that “globally” in Python isn’t really global as … Read more
Short answer Start the virtual environment Run python -m idlelib.idle From this answer. Long answer This answer assumes Python 3. There are a few different virtual environment managers, each of which has a slightly different way of handling where python is installed and how it’s run, as detailed in this answer. This answer assumes the … Read more
Built-in python shell for the current debugging session Set a breakpoint at the line of interest in your code (i.e. by clicking the gutter), and launch debug (right-click in the editor then pick Debug myfile.py…). When the breakpoint is reached, locate the Debug > Console tab, and then click the Show command line icon (see … Read more
I think you are looking for the history-previous action, which is bound to Alt+P by default. You can remap it in “Options -> Configure IDLE -> Keys“ You can also access this command from the top menu in IDLE: “Shell -> Previous History“ Incidentally, why don’t you try a better (less ugly, for starters) shell … Read more
Version 3.8 or newer: To show line numbers in the current window, go to Options and click Show Line Numbers. To show them automatically, go to Options > Configure IDLE > General and check the Show line numbers in new windows box. Version 3.7 or older: Unfortunately there is not an option to display line … Read more
Python3: exec(open(‘helloworld.py’).read()) If your file not in the same dir: exec(open(‘./app/filename.py’).read()) See https://stackoverflow.com/a/437857/739577 for passing global/local variables. In deprecated Python versions Python2 Built-in function: execfile execfile(‘helloworld.py’) It normally cannot be called with arguments. But here’s a workaround: import sys sys.argv = [‘helloworld.py’, ‘arg’] # argv[0] should still be the script name execfile(‘helloworld.py’) Deprecated since 2.6: … Read more
In IDLE, go to Options -> Configure IDLE -> Keys and there select history-next and then history-previous to change the keys. Then click on Get New Keys for Selection and you are ready to choose whatever key combination you want.
The “cls” and “clear” are commands which will clear a terminal (ie a DOS prompt, or terminal window). From your screenshot, you are using the shell within IDLE, which won’t be affected by such things. Unfortunately, I don’t think there is a way to clear the screen in IDLE. The best you could do is … Read more