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lightning
Asked: 2013-02-27 22:39:32 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 12.10 Eclipse IDE opens py file with gedit(default) cant run file from gedit? cant switch default to eclipse?

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I am trying to run a simple 'hello world" py file in Eclipse and the file opens with gedit or gvim and i cant seem to get it to run. So I installed Eclipse and I cant seem to get the py file I select to open in the Eclipse IDE ... attempting to install py dev to fix this

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    Eclipse doesn't come by default with a python-editing environment.

    You probably want to install the PyDev addon. See the link for how to get it via the eclipse addon manager - it isn't available through the Ubuntu repositories.

    EDIT: Re-reading the question, I may have misunderstood. I'm not clear if the question is:

    • How to associate .py files to be opened with eclipse rather than gedit/gvim?
    • Why eclipse starts an external editor when you try and open a python file with it? (because it has no python editor, see above)
    • Why a python file doesn't run when clicked in the file browser? (because it needs to be marked as executable, and in the hello world case probably exits before you've seen anything)
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