Oh... I missed the part that you were using interactive console. Yeah, I think the method you are currently using is currently the best way. It would be nice if we could make the console use spyders built in breakpoints...
On Mar 5, 12:40 pm, edge77 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your answer, Steve. I try to do this, when possible. But I > often run into situations where I am instantiating classes and running > methods from the interactive prompt. The problem occurs if I would > like to enable a breakpoint, e.g. in one of the instance methods, in > the middle of the interactive session (as I am used to doing in > MATLAB, for example.) > > Spyder will not stop on my breakpoint unless I create a new script > with just a single statement in it and run it in the current > interpreter with Ctrl-F5. Another possibility is to invoke the post > mortem debugger by running an illegal statement, as I described in my > posting. A more intuitive way of doing this would have been nice :) > > Regards, > -Øystein > > On Mar 5, 6:59 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Øystein, > > > You should try the built in spyder debugger. If you run your script > > using Ctrl+F5, this will execute using pdb and should stop at your > > breakpoints. > > > -Steve > > > On Mar 3, 2:24 pm, edge77 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello. I am wondering how I can make Spyder stop on a breakpoint > > > inside a function during an interactive session. > > > > Say, I have a function testfun: > > > > def testfun(): > > > print 'line1' > > > print 'line2' #breakpoint > > > print 'line3' > > > > Then I set a breakpoint on line 2 (by pressing F12 on this line). I > > > would like to be able to run this function from the IPython console > > > and make it stop on the breakpoint. > > > > I found out that if I write: > > > > > pdb > > > > Automatic pdb calling has been turned ON > > > > followed by an illegal statement such as 'spam', the debugger will be > > > opened, and I can write "debug testfun()" to do that I want: > > > > spam > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "<ipython console>", line 1, in <module> > > > NameError: name 'spam' is not defined > > > > > <ipython console>(1)<module>() > > > > ipdb> debug testfun() > > > > But is there any easier or "more elegant" way of doing this? > > > > Cheers, > > > Øystein -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en.
