Certainly, I think the old "Run Selection" is great if you want to run short chunks of code separated by blank lines, and the current "Run Cell" is useful to run larger chunks of code defined by the user as one cell. It would be great to have both on the toolbar.
On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:56:32 PM UTC-7, meelmaar wrote: > > In my humble opinion, the new cell feature is great and something I really > missed before. Particularly nice if you quickly want to run a few blocks of > code together (so as one cell) that takes quite some time to execute. I > understand the old 'run selection' may be missed, so my question is: does > it have to be either/or? Can we not have both? At least for the buttons > this should not be a problem, I think? For the short keys it does matter of > course, but as long as we both have one, I wouldn't bother too much about > which want get the Ctrl+Enter by default. We just have to adapt or change > it to our personal preferences, > > Leaves me to say: Thanks for the great work! > > Maarten > > On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 6:39:40 PM UTC+2, Carlos Córdoba wrote: >> >> To be honest, I also miss the old feature too, especially when I want to >> quickly evaluate a visually contiguous block. I'll see what I can do about >> it. >> >> Cheers, >> Carlos >> >> El 01/10/13 10:14, [email protected] escribió: >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> Frankly, I found the old behavior much more convenient to use. Having the >> "Run Selection" execute blocks of code separated by blank lines was >> actually by far my most favorite feature of Spyder. I think most people >> naturally separate logical sections of the code by blank lines, so the >> feature was very convenient if I want to trace my code block by block. >> >> I know I can achieve the same effect by using cells, but having to insert >> the separator(#%%) manually seems a bit cumbersome. But of course this is >> just my personal opinion. >> >> Thanks for the great work. >> >> >> On Monday, September 30, 2013 2:35:55 PM UTC-7, Carlos Córdoba wrote: >>> >>> Its functionality became kind of obsolete with the introduction of cells >>> in 2.2.3. Cells are created by writing at the beginning of any line the >>> separator: >>> >>> #%% >>> >>> You can use "Shift+Enter" to evaluate the current cell and move to the >>> next one (as F9 let you move from line to line) >>> >>> As an additional note, I have to mention that "Run selection" now only >>> works by selecting something, whereas before you could use it to run >>> blocks separated by blank lines or comments (so it's less useful). >>> >>> If you consider this behavior a big regression in functionality, we >>> could consider reverting it, but please use cells first and tell us what >>> you think about them. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Carlos >>> >>> El 30/09/13 13:06, [email protected] escribió: >>> > I just upgraded Spyder from 2.2.1 to 2.2.4 and noticed that the "Run >>> > Selection" button that used to be on the toolbar has been removed. I >>> > found that button to be one of the most useful features of Spyder >>> > since it allows me to execute a script line-by-line. I know I can >>> > press F9 instead but it's not as convenient. Is there any reason this >>> > button was removed from the toolbar? >>> > -- >>> > 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. >>> > 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. >> 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
