[Eric] PyQt4 realtime interactive shell

[Shem Valentine]

After some more searching I found quite a long thread on this same
issue.  Sorry I didn't find it earlier.

Looks like the best solution is to have ipython running in a terminal
when I need to perform tasks such as this.  I know this is may be a
repeat, but it would be great if eric could integrate ipython somehow. 
It may not even be possible, that's for people much smarter than I.

Thanks,
-Shem


Shem Valentine wrote:
> Hello Gurus,
>
> I am a beginner to both python and pyqt, so I apoligize in advance if
> this question seems quite simple.
>
> Since I am such a beginner I need to play with a few functions/methods
> of PyQt and see what their result is.  I can do this quite easily from
> the IDLE shell.
>
> For Example:
>
> I'll import my mainwindow class
>
> Do the standard
>  a = QApplication([])
>  w = MyMainWindow()
>  w.show()
>
> Then I can play with the Widgets
>  w.lineedit.displayText()
>  w.lineedit.setText()
>  etc
>
>
> The Problem:
>
> When I run my app in eric4 I don't get the ">>>" prompt, and as such
> can't play with my widget methods realtime.
>
> If I remove the main .show() method, I can get a ">>>" prompt and run
> these methods, but I can't get the window to display.  I'll run w.show()
> and nothing will happen, I'll run w.hide() and the screen will flicker,
> but still nothing.
>
> I would love to be able to do this in eric4, and I imagine it's just
> something simple I'm missing.  Any help/guide on doing this would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> -Shem
>
>
>
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