I'm trying to install IDLE2HTML from the following link in order to print from IDLE in color. I use Python 2.7 on a Mac.
I follow the instructions from the readme.txt, but when I reload IDLE nothing has changed. I don't have the Save As HTML option.
In the past I've installed and reinstalled Python a few times.
When trying to find my idlelib folder (as written in the readme instructions), I eventually found it under the path /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/
Is my problem that my python is in /System/Library/?
Any ideas please?
I have not tried this extension, but the following may help. When you start Idle, select File / Path browser on the menu. You should see
_ sys.path
|
+ some_path/pythonxy/Lib/idlelib
|
+ some_path/python27.zip # or MAC equivalent
The first path tells you where the new files should be. If you click the +, you will see what file are there. What about IDLE2HTML.py? The next issue is whether you properly edited config-extensions.def. If you wait a few days for 2.7.9 and install it, you can try the new Options / Config-extensions dialog on the menu. That will show whether Idle can read the new information in the .def file. Or you can edit your question, paste in the new material you added, and comment on this answer, and I will take a look. However, given that the extension has been around for years, I presume that the addition in config-extensions.txt is correct.
I suspect that whenever you upgrade Python, config-extension.def will be overwritten and you will have to re-edit it.
If the problem is not a configuration problem with the IDLE2HTML Python IDLE extension like this answer (for the same question) explains about, it may be a problem with the code itself (this has happened with Python 3 IDLE). This can be checked by running IDLE using the Python file that starts it (<PYTHON LIBRARY DIR>\idlelib\idle.py where <PYTHON LIBRARY DIR> is the location of the standard library for the Python installation), in a command line interpreter (use <PYTHON EXECUTABLE DIR>\python.exe where <PYTHON EXECUTABLE DIR is the location of the executable files that start Python). It will launch IDLE and show any errors in the C.L.I..
Quote from Python idlelib module docstring:
Idle includes an interactive shell and editor. Use the files named idle.* to start Idle.
IDLE2HTML real error example:
A common problem is that IDLE2HTML version 2.0 (latest at time of writing) needs a simple code tweak to work with Python 3.x (a fixed version that works as part of the IDLEX Python module had this tweak). File comparison image (left is original file, right is IDLEX version in image); if the Python version is Python 3.x, import Tkinter needs to be changed to import tkinter as Tkinter and import tkFileDialog needs to be changed to import tkinter.filedialog as tkFileDialog:
Edwards suggestion of using the CLI for diagnosis was very useful. It exposed that the cgi.escape attribute does not exist for Python 3.
I changed the IDLE2HTML.py line 74 from "out.append(cgi.escape(content))" to
"out.append(content)" and after a re-boot it all worked!
Later: well almost... better to replace "import cgi" with "import html and then cgi.escape() with html.escape()
If using Win10 you will need super-admin rights to change IDLE2HTML.
Related
Whenever I try to run my python code or even the simplest hellow command in VS Code's termilnal, it is just showing this:
C"/users/admin/document/my python file
Why does it happen?
Oh, this is more like an VS-Code question. But anyways: I believe you have to use a command to run the file, just like this:
py <file-path-here>
Example:
py example.py
Also, maybe try installing the Python extension in VSCode.
And make sure you have Python installed correctly (check the button "add Python to path" in the first page of the Python installation setup).
If all of this does not work, make sure to select the correct Python version in VSCode by doing this:
Go to top menu, click view, command pallete, type Python Select Interpreter and choose the correct version.
Also, check if the file ends with .py so VSCode knows that you are working with a Python file.
Since you're new here: you can support me a lot by upvoting this answer or marking this as an answer. <3 Thanls
I am aware that similar questions have been asked before, but I either don't understand the answers, or there aren't any; so I decided to describe my problem in as much detail as possible.
Problem:
RStudio reticulate package uses Python from this path:
"/usr/bin/python"
but I want it to use python from this path - always, as a default:
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/python3"
How do I know it happens?
I open RStudio, and create a new python script. A new file with an extension .py is generated. I type something in:
import pandas as pd
and execute (by clicking cmd+enter). I then see what happens in the console - the reticulate package is called:
reticulate::repl_python()
Python 2.7.10 (/usr/bin/python)
Reticulate 1.12 REPL -- A Python interpreter in R.
I would like to permanently change where the reticulate package looks for Python.
From the Terminal I know:
$ python --version
Python 3.7.3
which python3
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/python3
So, I would like to tell RStudio to always look in this path to find Python 3.7. I have tried to use the following command, run from an R script:
use_python("/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/python3")
but it doesn't do anything - my naive understanding is that this command is useful within an R markdown file, i.e. when I have code that combines R and Python, in separate chunks. I would like to change the path that is used when a Python script is run from within RStudio. Is there some kind of a config file I could edit?
I hope this makes sense. I am not a regular Python user, only started learning now, and I am also not very good with paths, so I would appreciate step-by-step answers.
OK, so I have posted too early - after some more googling I can solve this problem myself, but I think it is worth posting an answer here for people like me (i.e. not path-proficient or python-proficient).
There is something like a config file for R, called .Renviron. In order to access it, use Terminal to go to your home directory (i.e. the one that you go to when you type 'cd'). If you have never used this file before, it might not exist, in which case you need to create it.
Once in your home directory, type:
ls -a
then check on the list of files that appears whether .Renviron is there. Below are instructions what if you already have .Renviron (IF YES), and what if you don't (IF NO).
IF NO, type:
touch .Renviron
which creates the file.
IF YES, just proceed as below (without using the touch command).
Write:
nano .Renviron
the .Renviron file will open. In it, add a line that says:
RETICULATE_PYTHON="enter your desired path here"
so, in my case, this is:
RETICULATE_PYTHON="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/python3"
now save the file by exiting nano (ctrl+x) and clicking 'y' when it asks whether to save changes (press 'y' then press enter).
restart you RStudio. It should work now. I hope this is useful!
I am fairly new to programming in python. I installed anaconda and am running iPython (the Jupyter qtconsole) v.4.3.0 and python v.3.6 on a Mac. Currently, I am trying to import a module with functions located in my home directory.
I have looked at stackoverflow and python documentation and found that it could be done with:
%run "Users/myUser/python_functions.py"
or
import python_functions
However, when I try both of these approaches, I get prompted to overwrite the file that I am running or importing:
File `python_functions.py` exists. Overwrite (y/[N])?
This is changing the previous file and not getting the functions I want to be imported.
What may explain this, and what can I do to import my module?
this is wrong but leaving it up for shame
import on ubuntu (and I'm guessing many other unix-like OSs including Mac) is a utility that saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an image file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or any rectangular portion of the screen.
My guess if you are running the import command in your console, and it's about to take a screenshot and save it over an existing file - python_functions
Before you the use the python import command, start a python interpreter:
$ python
>>>import yourfile
edit: on re-reading your question, I'm not so sure about my guess anymore, but leaving it up until you tell me I'm wrong :)
Running Jupyter qtconsole as an interpreter is likely causing the problem in this scenario. Instead using a IDE or command line interpreter will resolve it .
Since anaconda was installed, trying it with the IDE Spyder executes the code just fine without the overwrite prompt. It works on others (e.g PyCharm, Rodeo, etc.) as well.
Every time I'm trying to use Emmet's Expand Abbreviation it gives me errors. First a pop up with Unknown Exception and then another pop up with python script plugin did not accept the script.
I tried reinstalling Notepad++ but that didn't help.
I'm running Windows 8 x64 & Notepad++ 6.6.9. This is the first time I'm using Emmet, after recently used the old Zen Coding. (Which works flawlessly.)
I have python 2.7 installed, if that necessary too.
I had the same problem as you.
This is the solution which worked for me:
emmetio/npp Bug ID #12: python script plugin did not accept the script
Basically, the problem lies in the Python Script plugin which will be automatically installed with Emmet.
Go to this link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/npppythonscript/files/Python%20Script%200.9.2.0/
and download PythonScript_full_0.9.2.0 package.
Replace Notepad++'s Python package with PythonScript_full_0.9.2.0 and unpack the archive in Notepad++'s MAIN directory. (This is where notepad++.exe is.)
(Do NOT unpack the archive inside the plugins directory. That will not work. The python27.dll file needs to be in the same directory where notepad++.exe is.)
I am using Notepad++ v6.6.9 and it works now.
There is a newer version (PythonScript_1.0.8.0.msi ) available here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/npppythonscript/files/latest/download?source=files
I had the exact same issue on two different computers, one Windows 7 and one Windows 8, both 64bit. I installed the MSI on the Win8 computer and it fixed the problem.
Check to see if it might be just the shortcut keys that aren't working by going to menuBar>plugins>emmet>expandAbbreviation. If clicking on that works after typing in some emmet syntax, but not when you type the shortcut key, reassign the shortcut keys. Here's what I did:
Look specifically at
menuBar>settings>shortcutMapper
under Main Menu-> "Insert Blank Line Above Current"
and see that ctrl+alt+enter is already assigned there.
Change that to something else (I did ctrl+alt+up), and you'll see that your shortcut keys are working for emmet.
You have 4 objects (2 files and 2 directories) that you have to sort:
Put the python27.dll file into the MAIN directory like so: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\notepad++\python27.dll
Put the others (doc directory, PythonScript directory, PythonScript.dll file) into %ProgramFiles(x86)%\notepad++\plugins\.
This works for Windows 8.
Also change the key shorcut by ctrl + E or some other.
Is there a configuration file where I can set its default working directory? It currently defaults to my home directory, but I want to set it to another directory when it starts. I know I can do "import os" followed by "os.chdir("")" but that's kind of troublesome. It'd be great if there is a conf file that I can edit and change that setting, but I am unable to find it.
In particular, I've looked into my OS (Ubuntu)'s desktop entry '/usr/share/applications/idle-python3.2.desktop', which doesn't contain a conf file, but points to '/usr/lib/python3.2/idlelib/PyShell.py', which points to config-*.def conf files under the same folder, with 'config-main.def' being the most likely candidate. However I am unable to find where the default path is specified or how it can be changed.
It seems that the path is hard-coded in PyShell.py, though I could be wrong with my limited knowledge on Python. I will keep looking, but would appreciate it if somebody knows the answer on top of his or her head. Thanks in advance.
I actually just discovered the easiest answer, if you use the shortcut link labeled "IDLE (Python GUI)". This is in Windows Vista, so I don't know if it'll work in other OS's.
1) Right-click "Properties".
2) Select "Shortcut" tab.
3) In "Start In", write file path (e.g. "C:\Users...").
This is also my answer here: Default save path for Python IDLE? Let me know if this works!
I've found a solution after looking into PyShell.py:
Create a python file under a preferred directory, in my case '~/.idlerc/init.py', and copy/paste the following lines:
import os
os.chdir('<your preferred directory>')
Pass "-r '~/.idlerc/init.py' " argument to the IDLE startup command, like the following (your exec location and name may vary depending on OS, etc):
/usr/bin/idle-python3.2 -n -r ~/.idlerc/init.py
Just use a shell script such as:
#!/bin/bash
cd /Users/pu/Projects/L-Python
/usr/bin/idle
and run that instead of stock idle. The example is on OS X, adapt to your system.
I'm new to python and learning from 'Dive into Python' by mark Pilgrim (can be found online free)
the answer is in chapter 2.4 - hope he doesn't mind me pasting it here as its also plugging his book and is in the GPL
Before you go any further, I want to briefly mention the library
search path. Python looks in several places when you try to import a
module. Specifically, it looks in all the directories defined in
sys.path. This is just a list, and you can easily view it or modify it
with standard list methods. (You'll learn more about lists later in
this chapter.)
Example 2.4. Import Search Path
import sys
sys.path
sys.path.append('/my/new/path')
It's a good book I am a programmer - usually I find learning from books sends me quickly to sleep - not the case here ....
All I had to do here (Linux Mint 18.2 Xfce) ...
Just add path in line "working directory" = "Arbeitsverzeichnis"
It can change depending on where you installed Python. Open up IDLE, import os, then call os.getcwd() and that should tell you exactly where your IDLE is working on.
One default path is specified in idlelib.IOBinding.IOBinding.dirname or idlelib.IOBinding.IOBinding.filename
Ubuntu
So my idle-python3.desktop
file in /usr/share/applications looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=IDLE (using Python-3)
Comment=Integrated Development Environment for Python (using Python-3)
Exec=python3 -c "import idlelib.IOBinding, os; idlelib.IOBinding.IOBinding.dirname='/DEFAULT/DIRECTORY';import idlelib.idle"
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/python3.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true
To use it you need to set /DEFAULT/DIRECTORY to your desired directory, copy it with root rights into /usr/share/applications. You can also use it for Python 2 but then you need to replace the 3s with 2s.
ConfigFiles
There are also extensions that can be loaded. These must be modules and you specify them by module name. The config files for IDLE are located in HOME/.idlerc and parsed with a configparser. I did not get further with this.
Here's a way to reset IDLE's default working directory for MacOS if you launch Idle as an application by double-clicking it. You need a different solution if you launch Idle from a command line in Terminal. This solution is a permanent fix. You don't have to rechange the directory everytime you launch IDLE. I wish it were easier.
The idea is to edit a resource file inside of the IDLE package in Applications.
Start by finding the the file. In Finder, go to IDLE in Applications (in the Python folder) as if you wanted to open it. Right click and select "show package contents". Open Contents, then open Resources. In Resources, you'll see a file called idlemain.py. This file executes when you launch idle and sets, among other things, the working directory. We're going to edit that.
But before you can edit it, you need to give yourself permission to write to it. To do that, right click on the idlemain.py and select get info. Scroll to the bottom of the getinfo window and you'll see the Sharing & Permissions section. On the bottom right there's a lock icom. Click the lock and follow the prompts to unlock it. Once it's unlocked, look to the left for the + (under the list of users with permissions). Click it. That will bring up a window with a list of users you can add. Select yourself (probably the name of your computer or your user account) and click Select. You'll see yourself added to the list of names with permissions. Click where is says "Read only" next to your name and change it to "Read & Write". Be careful not to change anything else. When you're done, click the lock again to lock the changes.
Now go back to idlemain.py and open it with any text editor (you could use Idle, TextEdit, or anything. Right under the import statement at the top is the code to change the default working directory. Read the comment if you like, then replace the single line of code under the comment with
os.chdir('path of your desired working directory')
Mine looks like this:
os.chdir('/Users/MyName/Documents/Python')
Save your changes (which should work because you gave yourself permission). Next time you start Idle, you should be in your desired working directory. You can check with the following commands:
import os
os.getcwd()
This ought to be the number one answer. I have been playing around this for an hour or more and nothing worked. Paul explains this perfectly. It's just like the PATH statement in Windows. I successfully imported a module by appending my personal "PythonModules" path/dir on my Mac (starting at "/users/etc") using a simple
import xxxx command in Idle.