Hi Carlos,

No worries about it :) Considering the amazing job you guys do with Spyder, 
this is a very, very minor problem. Looking forward to the next update!

Many thanks,
Fabio

On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 1:20:23 AM UTC+1, Carlos Córdoba wrote:
>
> Hi Fabio,
>
> I can confirm this is a bug, and I'm very sorry for it!
>
> As part of a big refactoring we did to improve how Spyder is connected to 
> our IPython consoles, I forgot to reconnect the Working Directory toolbar 
> to them. I opened an issue about it
>
> https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/3561
>
> which I plan to fix this weekend and release it in 3.0.2 next week.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Carlos
>
> El 19/10/16 a las 12:45, fchi...@gmail.com <javascript:> escribió:
>
> 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, 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+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>.
> To post to this group, send email to spyd...@googlegroups.com 
> <javascript:>.
> Visit this group at https://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 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.

Reply via email to