when using pdb in gvim by executing
:!python %
the window that shows the progress of PDB will gradually scroll out the window that shows the whole python scripts. but sometimes I need to have a quick glance at the entire scripts. I know by typing l at PDB command prompt
can show where the current debugging point is but it is still not able to browse the whole context.
I also tried to run pdb with two windows open but both of them will be scroll out by PDB window.
do you have any ideas that I can debug python script from one window while show the entire script from another window in gvim? If there is not such solution how to you cope with the problem (want to have a look at the script when debugging)
thanks a lot!
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I am creating a TUI application using Python and curses. And I want to embed/integrate the shell, like you have in VS Code, etc. How can I do this?
I don't just want to capture input and execute it using bash, I want the real shell. E.g. in VS Code you see the real shell prompt (as defined in bashrc) and also you can run a whole application (e.g. vim) from inside the VS code terminal.
I have looked at pty module: not sure if it can help here. I want to basically have a library function like invoke_shell() to which I just pass a reference to a curses window (inside of which I want to show the shell). I do not need to interact with the shell in any other way, except to: (1) close it, (2) capture a keystroke for my application to move focus away from the shell window to another curses window in my application (and move focus back to it when I need it). Is there any such library?
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
I have no idea if this problem has the solution I want but here goes.
I'm making a PyQt4 program that apparently needs the console window to run properly. However, whenever I activate another window, sending the program I'm working on to the back, the only way I can get back to it is by closing all the windows in front of said window. I can't just click on the taskbar because the only thing that comes back is the console window.
I'm curious. Is there a way to have the GUI window activate along with, or independent of, the console window without having to go through the annoying process of closing (minimizing) potentially all the rest of your windows?
Edit: I just realized my question is pretty vague. Let me elaborate.
I'm compiling said program using pyinstaller.
The reason it needs the console window to work properly (I have tried using the .pyw file as well, to no avail) is because there's another program that's the core of this one that prints out to it in a way I can only describe as violently.
Apparently it won't be happy unless it has the console to record it's outbursts.
That being said, I need the console window. However, as I mentioned before, that is the only thing that comes up when the pyinstaller icon is clicked.
There is a gui attached to the console, but there's no way to get it back even after the user would minimize it because the pyinstaller icon insists it doesn't exist.
Maybe it has something to do with how I defined the window while programming it, but I don't see why that would be the case. Is there something in particular pyinstaller doesn't like that would make it act like this?
How are you launching the PyQt application?
If you're launching it with the python executable, it will create a console.
python my_application.py
Instead, launch it with the GUI version of python -- pythonw:
pythonw my_application.py
If the python path isn't in the system path, you may need to specify the whole path to the executable:
C:\python27\pythonw.exe C:\path\to\my_application.py
I have a python script that runs the GUI which is coded using Tkinter.
Problem is when i run the script, there are 2 windows opened. One is the GUI and other is the black console window.
I need to integrate both the windows so that when I start the script only one window appears.
Any ideas are much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Rename your Python script as .pyw (not .pyc). This will tell the invoker to to instantiate a console window. Source
Note however, this will work for non-GUI based scripts too which can cause undesireqable behaviour - such as not being able to see your script.
(I am pretty sure there is a better way, but) one way is to change the .pyc object file extension to .pyw and the console will not appear when you launch your GUI using the .pyw file.
I've just started using pydev in Eclipse and I have a lot of questions about the way the interactive console works.
I have found out how to launch an interactive console and use it to run functions. My questions are this:
Every time I change my code and re-run it, my interactive console disappears. This is annoying as I have to reopen a console and I can't see/rerun my previous history. If I pin it, it stays, but then I can't run any code. Is there any way to keep the interactive console open all the time, but also be able to run your code? I currently spend a significant amount of my day closing and opening consoles!
How can I run a function from the interactive console, but still get the debugger to stop at breakpoints. I can use the debugger if I am running the code from a main function, but if I run the code from the console, it just skips right over break points.
thanks
Niall
Instead of clicking in "Python Run", you may press Ctrl+Alt+Enter with the desired Python file active, and the console will call execfile on it. All your previous story stays there. You can also select some part of your code and run only it.
As far as I know, you can't. Check the pdb module instead.
Not sure if the source of the problem is the same, but I encountered a similar issue in which the PyDev console kept disappearing as soon as I clicked in the script editor, even if the console's Pin Console button was clicked.
I solved this simply by double-clicking on the script's tab, which allowed the console to stay visible at all times.
I wrote a program that uses the console. Most of the time, the user must see the console informations. For a specific function from command line, I would like to run the script without the console rises. I just don't want see the window but it can be in the task bar. I know I can use extra modules (gui, win32,..) to do that but I would like to use the standard python librairy.
Is it possible to do that?
The program should run on Windows. (python 2.7)
I specify... I know I can use pythonw.exe too. The question then is how to launch the same script with python.exe sometimes and with pythonw.exe (from command line) for a specific function?
Found this question via google, so to answer the question, how to minimize (not completely hide) the console window on Windows when running a Python script:
# Python 3
import ctypes
ctypes.windll.user32.ShowWindow( ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetConsoleWindow(), 6 )
GetConsoleWindow() will return the window handle for the current console.
ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow) will set the properties for the specific window. 6 is SW_MINIMIZE. Click on the link for other parameters.
on windows there are two python executables in your installation, one is "python.exe", which is the one you typically use. There is another called "pythonw.exe" which is for gui programs. It works just like python.exe, but does not display a console at all.
My first idea would be to have a .pyw-script for that specific task, that is launched in this case. Then only the original script's console pops up for a short time.