On 6/5/19 at 5:35 PM, [email protected] (Jon Crump) wrote:
Thanks for the quick response Rich. Yes, setting that boolean
RunUsingPython3 "fixed" the problem. But now I can't get bbedit to use my
python 3 installation if I put it in the shebang line.
When running Perl, Python, or Ruby scripts, BBEdit does not use
or interpret the #! line. This decision goes back a long way in
time, I think to 11.0 but possibly before. (The issue this
solves is that everyone who's trying to learn Python uses the
same tutorial pattern which involves "#!/usr/bin/env python" or
something similar, then they install Python3 and wonder why
BBEdit doesn't use that.)
It's clear that where bbedit once respected the shebang line, now it
does not. It seems like poor practice to teach your software to ignore
explicit instructions right in the script it's supposed to run. Yes
it's true that using "Run in Terminal" will respect shebang, but:
1. I liked getting a log file right there in bbedit;
2. this isn't the behavior I'm accustomed to; and
3. it's inconvenient.
I get this, and I'm sorry about it. But unfortunately we have to
deal with an enormous variety of use cases, and so the best we
can do is make the behavior adjustable when possible.
This does not seem like an improvement to me. It seems like a bug. Is there
really no way to instruct bbedit which python installation to use without
setting and resetting system-wide preferences from the command line?
If you'll forgive the nit: the expert preference is
application-specific, and does not affect the system behavior.
That being said, there are numerous Python-specific ways to
control which Python installation and/or version gets used
without involving BBEdit at all; they're global and will affect
all Python execution.
If you have a use case that involves a need to frequently switch
between different versions of Python, please write to
<[email protected]> and describe your needs in detail, and
we'll see what we can do.
Anything that doesn't involve trying to read your mind at the
moment you press Command-R may be possible, but I can't make any
promises right now.
R.
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