Hello, With Spyder 3, the directory in the IPython console is automatically updated after you change the directory in the toolbar (to the left of the "folder" icon). The "Set Console Working Directory" was then removed because it was not so useful. Does that make sense to you? It's important to me that Spyder is reasonably intuitive especially for beginners.
There is some discussion at https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/2910 . The screenshot on the Spyder GitHub page does not show Spyder 3. I guess we should update it. Hope this helps, Jitse On Tuesday, 18 October 2016 20:23:05 UTC+1, fchi...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm not sure if this is an issue with Spyder or with Anaconda, but here it > goes; I raised this same question on Stack Overflow > <http://stackoverflow.com/q/39905258/4118153> a few days ago, so I'm just > gonna copy the same text here. > > I've been using Spyder 2 as my default Python IDE for a couple of years > already, and while preparing a class on Signal Processing I've stumbled > upon the new Spyder 3 on Anaconda and decided to see what it looks like. > > First, I've updated the Anaconda distribution on my Ubuntu 16.04 office > computer to the newest version (i.e. I had a previous version already > installed), and then got quite surprised when the button for "Set Console > Working Directory" on the File Explorer (top right, between the "folder" > icon and the "up arrow" icon) was missing. I can still change the working > directory manually on the IPython console, but it's impractical and > certainly won't motivate the students! > > Thinking it could be a bug with the conda update, I've then decided to > give it a go at downloading and installing the Anaconda for Windows on my > home laptop (which is probably what most of the students will do), and it > also does not have the "Set Console Working Directory" button. > > By then I was thinking the new Spyder version might have abandoned it, but > strangely enough, the Spyder GitHub page has a screenshot > <https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder> of the new Spyder 3 that HAS this > exact same button (again: top right, between the "folder" icon and the "up > arrow" icon)! > > EDIT: here <http://i.stack.imgur.com/eDHih.png>'s a screenshot of how my > Spyder looks like in Windows (the big red arrow is pointing towards where > the icon should be). > > Does anyone knows if there is a setting option that hides the "Set console > working directory" button, or if this is a bug in the more recent Anaconda > version that doesn't show it? > > Many thanks! > -- 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 spyderlib+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to spyderlib@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
