The following forum message was posted by eswierk at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pydev/forums/forum/293649/topic/3953077:
We use a script to install Eclipse and set up a workspace automatically on each user's machine. The first time the user starts Eclipse, Pydev should be set up to use a specific Python interpreter and path--no clicking required. At first I tried to implement the initial setup in an Eclipse plugin, which worked, but seems an awfully complex way to solve such a simple problem. Pydev already knows how to read its settings from a file. I just need to populate the settings file and then cause Pydev to do its normal scan of the path. I figured out a rather hacky but simple way to initialize the Pydev settings file: PYTHONPATH=/my/extra/python/modules python /my/eclipse/plugins/org.python.pydev_*/PySrc/interpreterInfo.py 2>/dev/null | sed 's/INS_PATH$//g;s/OUT_PATH$//g;s/^EXECUTABLE:/Executable\\:/g' | tr -d '\n' | cat <(echo -en 'eclipse.preferences.version=1\nINTERPRETER_PATH_NEW=Name\:python\:EndName\:') - <(echo '&&&&&') >/my/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/org.python. pydev.prefs This only works in a fresh workspace; if it already contains Pydev metadata, then Pydev doesn't try to scan the path and the user is stuck doing it manually. I thought I'd share this in case anyone else is trying to solve a similar problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Pydev-users mailing list Pydev-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pydev-users
