to be more precise, it is under: Tools > Preferences > Console > Advanced settings > Python executable, and locate to your 3ds Max 2015 Python binary
On 28 July 2015 at 09:54, David Verelst <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Christoph, > > Have you tried to explicitly change the location of the external console > as follows: > Tools > Preferences > Console > Python executable, and locate to your 3ds > Max 2015 Python binary > > All new external consoles you create will now relate to the one you > specified. I think a possible drawback is that now you will only have tab > completion etc in the console, but not in the editor. The editor runs in > the python environment that is used to execute Python, and that one seems > to be disconnected from your 3ds Max Python environment. But maybe Carlos > or another dev can confirm this. > > An alternative approach could be to try to install spyder within the 3ds > Max 2015 Python environment...Not exactly sure what the best way of doing > that would be though. > > Regards, > David > > On 27 July 2015 at 16:26, Christoph Bülter <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I would like to use spyder's external console within some external >> application (namely 3ds Max 2015). It has a builtin python interpreter, but >> lacks an interactive shell which makes development quite a pain so far. >> >> The spyder documentation says its console is made to be used in other >> programs, however I have not yet found the proper way to do it. I was able >> to launch a single python shell using the testcode at the bottom of >> *spyderlib/widgets/externalshell/baseshell.py*, but I would like to have >> the wrapper widget that can contain multiple of those. >> >> I found some related code in *spyderlib/plugins/externalconsole.py* but >> it seems to be coupled to having a spyder main application window. >> >> Could someone give me a short primer on how to use the external console? >> Any help is much appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> Christoph >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/d/optout.
