I want to open a python file in cmder terminal quickly. Currently, the fastest way i know how is to navigate to the directory of the python file in cmder terminal and then run it by calling "python file.py". This is slow and cumbersome. Is there a way for me to have a file or exe, that, when i run it (or drag the program onto it), automatically makes the program run in cmder straight away.
Windows 10
Clarification: I'm using cmder terminal specifically because it supports text coloring. Windows terminal and powershell do not support this.
On windows you can go to the directory with the file in the explorer and then simply hold shift as you right click at the same time. This will open the menu and there you will have the option to use the command shell/powershell and then you don't have to navigate to the directory inside the shell anymore and can just execute the python file.
I hope that helps.
Answer: The escape codes just weren't properly configured for the windows terminals. You can get around this by using colorama's colorama.init(). It should work after that.
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I made a Python GUI using Tkinter, but when I run it directly (double click the file) it opens the black python window but automatically closes by itself in less than half a second. I found a way to make it open the IDLE editor but it just opens the editor and doesn't run it.
I want it to run the way it runs when you open the IDLE editor and press Run Module. This runs it using Python Shell.
Is there a way I can make it automatically run using Python Shell?
Based on Mark Tolonen's comment you should do two things
rename your file to a .pyw from .py to prefer console-less runs
set your system to open .pyw files with pythonw if that's not configured already
Linux: configure xdg-open
Windows: right click and choose an application from the context menu (you may need to find where Python is installed to select the pythonw.exe executable)
Okay, one of the comments on the original question is correct.
As Terry Jan Reedy (user:722804) said,
It is possible that your mygui.py file is missing 'root.mainloop()' or the equivalent to start the GUI. IDLE lets you omit that during development so that one can interact with tkinter to retrieve values and make changes to widgets.
Adding gui.mainloop() to the end of my program worked.
So i'm trying to set up my vscode to run python, it works but the issue is I set it up in a way that when I type ./helloworld.py in the integrated terminal, it opens up pycharm and I don't want that. I want it to open up python shell or output "hello world" in the integrated terminal. how can I fix this problem or how do I change my compiler in vscode?
The best way to run your file is to open your files in the editor window and then move your cursor to the editor window and right click. You get a pane that looks like so.
There is an option to run python file in terminal. Select this. The file will excute in the integrated terminal.
You can try:
python3 ./helloworld.py
This tells your os to use the python3 program to run the file instead of using pycharms.
You can use the python command instead for python 2
I am practicing python code and executing it through command line. each time i have to execute my python file i go to cmd and write
D:\PythonPractice>python myClass.py
Is there any standard and comfortable way available to execute python code quickly?
If you are executing the same command, with no changes to arguments or anything, you can pack it in a .bat file (windows executable)
Name it something like myscript.bat
D:\PythonPractice>python C:\path\to\myClass.py
Put full path inside it. Now double click will do.
Use PyCharm Software by JetBrains (same company who developed Android studio and Kotlin language), it will help you in many ways .
Run Python with single press of a button.
Add modules easily just with some clicks.
Debugging the code as smooth as possible.
It is Awesome, I am using it for past couple of months.
you can change file association which controls what to do when invoking filename in command line. For instance, when you just type text filename in cmd, notepadd will be opened, for word docs Word or other document editor.
Have a look into following link from google or you can fiddle by yourself starting from Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations. Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.
Alternatively,you can use any of Python IDE (PyCharm,PyDev etc.) so you will be able to run directly scripts from editor.
With Notepad++, you can also create a shortcut to be able to launch your python script :
Menu Run > Run (or press F5)
Choose the python .exe (default in C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\python.exe
Then add this code next to the path : "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
This will allow to execute the current file
example of command with Python 3.6 :
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\python.exe" "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
Then save the command, by assigning a shorcut key, it's better with a modifier like SHIFT (SHIFT + F10)
Now you can launch any script with this shortcut.
I want to hide the console window of a python program, so I change the file extensions to "pyw", but when I open it, the python IDLE show up even though I choose open it with "pythonw.exe"
If I use "pythonw test.py" in cmd, it works.
So I want to know what's wrong with this and how to solve this, thank you.
Change the program that opens python files.
Assuming you're using Windows, right click any python file (in your case any .pyw file, not .py), properties, change Opens with to pythonw instead of IDLE
For me, I had multiple version of Python installed that was causing issues. Once I had only had one version, I applied that pythonw.exe was the default for .pyw files and it worked.
I'd like to write cross platform Python scripts that are GUI frontends for command line programs. The problem is I know a few Mac users who think that using the terminal will have the same effect as throwing their computer off the top of a skyscraper. In Linux and Windows it's easy enough to setup a Python script so the user can double click an icon and the script will start without opening any extra windows. Is there an easy way to do this with OS-X? Would the user have to install a different Python than the one that comes with OS-X? I haven't been able to find a definitive answer.
You might want to look at Platypus. It's a freeware app for generating apps which wrap scripts.
Another way to do something like that is using Automator or even AppleScript Editor. Either can produce an application which just runs a script.
Update:
For Automator: Launch Automator, select the Application template, type "script" in the search field, double-click Run Shell Script, switch the shell pop-up menu to /usr/bin/python, type/paste your Python script into the text field. Or, leave the pop-menu on /bin/bash and just write an invocation of an external script in the text field. Save as an application.
You can also view help from its Help menu.
For AppleScript, launch AppleScript Editor, type the following as the script:
do shell script "/usr/bin/true"
Replace /usr/bin/true with the path to whatever script you like. Save as an application.
Again, there's help in the Help menu.
py2app does this with aplomb. You make your Python script, use whatever dependencies you need (wx, Tkinter, etc.) and py2app makes you a standalone app bundle that will run in any modern OS X environment. It bundles Python too, so you can use any Python you want (not just the system default).
The downside is that the generated apps might be large, up to 50MB if you have a lot of dependencies (though that is somewhat of an extreme).
There are two ways to do this:
Click on a script.
Press command-i to open the "get info" window.
Expand the "Open With" section (if it isn't already).
Choose "Python Launcher" from the drop-down menu.
Click "Change All" if you would like ALL Python scripts to launch when double clicked.
Possibly open Python Launcher and uncheck "Run in a Terminal window"
This will work for this machine only, so it is less portable than the following. Why? Because the default for opening a document type varies depending on what is installed (XCode and/or IDLE will both take over opening a .py file).
Method Two:
Validate the Interpreter Directive, that's the first line of the file. I suggest using /usr/bin/env python3. This will run the first python3 interpreter that is on the users path.
Make the script executable chmod a+x <script_name> from the Terminal.
Change the extension from .py to .command (this will be opened by the Terminal).
Use zip or tar for distribution so that the permissions do not get mangled.
This method will open a Terminal window, but when the Python window is closed the terminal window will also close.
If your script has dependencies outside of the standard library, then you should provide a second .command file to install those. This may make things more complicated, but using pip3 install --user <list of dependencies> should minimize complications.