You can try a workaround : create a symbolic link to your file and give it 
a .py extension. Spyder should recognise it as a python file.

For spyder it would be nice to be able to force the file type in a menu 
somewhere.

Le jeudi 28 novembre 2013 00:01:36 UTC+1, Fede Dronkit a écrit :
>
> Hi! I'm new to spyder and almost new to python.
>
> I chose spyder as an IDE for linux, and I need to debug some errors in an 
> installed program called phonopy (you can google it).
>
> It's installed at /opt/phonopy and its scripts are owned by root, with run 
> permissions, and don't have the .py extension. I have read and execute 
> permission (though also tried to run spyder as root to get write permission 
> and have the same issue).
>
> The issue is I open the executable script phonopy-qha (no .py extension) 
> on spyder and I get no syntax highlighting and the run and create 
> breakpoint options are all grayed out.
>
> Can't spyder work on files without the .py extension? Can I make it work? 
>
> BTW my version is 2.1.9
>
> Thanks!
>

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