GEdit/Python execution plugin?

Question

Hi

I'm just starting out learning python with GEdit plus various plugins as my IDE.

Visual Studio/F# has a feature which permits the highlighting on a piece of text in the code window which then, on a keypress, gets executed in the F# console.

Is there a similar facility/plugin which would enable this sort of behaviour for GEdit/Python? I do have various execution type plugins (Run In Python,Better Python Console) but they don't give me this particular behaviour - or at least I'm not sure how to configure them to give me this. I find it useful because in learning python, I have some test code I want to execute particular individual lines or small segments of code (rather then a complete file) to try and understand what they are doing (and the copy/paste can get a bit tiresome)

... or perhaps there is a better way to do code exploration?

Many thx

Simon

Answer 1

To answer your second question, and hopefully guide you in a direction you'll be happier with, I think you ought to consider trying some different editors. There are many with more powerful code exploration features than GEdit has. Check out this post:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/81584/what-ide-to-use-for-python

Answer 2

I installed iPython console in gedit and do most of my simple scripting in it, but gedit is a very simple editor, so it'll not have some advance feature like an IDE

But if you want code exploring, or auto completion, I recommend a real IDE like Eclipse.

If you just want a editor, KomodoEdit is fine.

Answer 3

What I do is keep a file called python_temp.py. I have a shortcut to it in my dock. I use it as a scratch pad. Whenever I want to quickly run some code, I copy the code, click the shortcut in the doc, paste in the text and hit f5 to run. Quick, easy, simple, flexible.

Answer 4

I think what you're looking for is http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins/BetterPythonConsole.

You hit F5 and it runs the code in your file in a IDLE-like console. I don't know if it can only run selected code. (I don't think it can) but you can always copy the needed code in a new window and run it from there.

Have a look through the plugin list for other interesting stuff: http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins

Answer 5

Yes, you use "external tools plugin"

• http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/ToolLauncherPlugin

As an example,

1. Edit > Preferences
2. Plugins
3. Tick "External Tools"

4. Close the Preferences Window

5. Tools > Manage External Tools

6. Click the "Add new too" icon in the bottom left
7. Name it "Execute Highlighted Python Code"
8. give it a keyboard shortcut
9. change the input combo box to : "highlighted selection"
10. change the output to : "Display in Bottom Pane"
11. In the editor window for the tool, replace everything with :

.

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
result = eval(sys.stdin.read())
print expression, "=>", result, type(result)

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