Thank you Carlos. The key step that I was missing is that the workspace has to be in the parent dir of the existing sources. This is fine and makes plenty of sense, it's just not what I expected. I'm now happily exploring my project with Spyder.
On Saturday, June 8, 2013 9:02:55 AM UTC-7, Carlos Córdoba wrote: > > Hi Gleen, > > Our project facilities are very simple at this moment, nothing like > Eclipse or other IDEs. Our projects provide things like: > > a) A preferential view of the directory where you have your project. > > b) It's own PYTHONPATH > > c) Some integration with git and mercurial. > > > To create a project you need to follow these steps: > > 1. Go to: > > View > Windows and toolbars > Project Explorer > > 2. In the pane that opens to the left you need to click on the folder > icon on the top. > > 3. Then you need to select a directory for your workspace, which in your > case has to be the parent directory of your project's dir. > > 4. After that, you need to do a right-click on the Project Explorer > pane, and then go to > > Import > An existing directory > > to select your project's dir. If everything went correctly, then you > should see your project's files in the pane. > > We know this is a bit cumbersome and we plan to provide a simpler way to > create projects in the future. Also I have to tell you that we don't > have javascript syntax-highlighting right now, but we plan to add it in > 2.2.1. > > Cheers, > Carlos > > El 04/06/13 14:02, Glenn Nelson escribió: > > Another newbie joins with plaintive cry for help. I am struggling to > > understand Spyder project with existing source code. I have Python CGI > > running in Apache (forced to do it this way). I need a good editor > > with source browser - I don't have need (yet) for more advanced IDE > > capabilities. In the past I used Netbeans for my Python work (since I > > come from Java), but NB v.7 has totally dropped Python support. I > > never did get used to Eclipse. > > > > My work setup is this: > > - local Apache server with Python CGI. > > - I edit the py files in place and test directly with web browser. > > - When ready for new release, copy files from Apache to local dir and > > commit to subversion. > > > > So I need to create a project that contains the files in the Apache > > deployment tree. I want to add html, javascript and CSS files to the > > project, too. > > I cannot figure out how all this is supposed to be done in Spyder. > > Also how would I manage another Python project that has a different > > home directory? > > My Netbeans experience of a project is that it is equivalent to a > > collection of source directories. The source directories can be > > scattered around - they do not need to have the same parent dir. The > > project file is stored in a different, arbitrary location. Workspace > > is not a concept I have dealt with. > > > > Pearls of wisdom please? > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "spyder" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
