Hi Jitse, Thank you for your reply and the link with the discussion; it does clarify things, and the new behaviour does makes sense - except that it doesn't work on my Spyder installations :P
I've just tried changing the directory on my office machine (Ubuntu 16.04) and on my personal laptop (Win 8), both running Spyder from a reasonably recent Anaconda install; on both systems I tried changing the working directory through the file explorer inside Spyder and checking for corresponding changes on the console using "%pwd", but on neither system the output of "%pwd" changed from the starting folder to the folder set through the file explorer. I should also mention that the output of "%pwd" seems to be the correct one; I told Python to create a simple figure and save it, and the figure was saved in that directory (and not the one shown in the file explorer). Strangely enough, however, I can successfully change the working folder through the console using "cd" on both systems; not ideal for teaching, but at least it still works! I'd be grateful if other people could confirm if this affects them as well; in any case, we have another class on Friday and I can also test the University computers to see if this bug affects them too. Please let me know if there are any other tests you'd like me to do! Many thanks :) Fabio On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 6:00:25 PM UTC+1, Jitse Niesen wrote: > > 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, [email protected] 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
