Full featured Spyder?

[dirktheeng]

Is this version of spyder different than the standard version that comes with pyhonxy?  It has all the basic functionality that I like, but some of the things I find useful like the object tree (maybe that name is wrong.  I had to change my paths to get Fusion 360 to open up this spyder version) that creates a tree version of all the classes and methods in it.  I also miss the rich text object inpsector because I find it easier to find infomration at a glance.  I also miss the link in the python window that takes you directly to the line with the error in it.

It would be nice if fusion 360 would pull up my spyder IDE.

[neil.liu]

Thank you for the report. We really customized Spyder a little to meet some requirements. We will do further investigation about the enhancement in the future.  

[dirktheeng]

any possiblitity you would be willing to share the plans?  If you want user feedback on your ideas, I would be willing to provide it.  I've written thousands of lines of code already for the fusion api and I use spyder almost every day at work.

[neil.liu]

We will investigate soon after the holiday break and update you the plan. Can you share with us more information about the object tree and the link to the error you mentioned above? As for object inspector, do you mean to get the help from console in Object Inspector?  Is Python3.3 enough for this Spyder? 

Thank you very much. 

[dirktheeng]

The Object Tree is what is inside the Outline window.  It contains an outline of your code with classes and functions laid out in a tree view.  Wneh you click on a function or class, it automatically brings you to the definition in the editor.  See below.  I highlighted the Object Tree and the section of the code it brought me to when I cliked on it:

the error links apper in the consol when you run the file.  The lines that point to a file and line number end up as a link that you can click on in blue.  When you click on it, it brings up the file in the editor and sets the cursor to the head of the line number where the problem exists.  See below:

These two features alone save a TON of time when you are writing something large.  It saves a ton of time looking through your code to finds stuff.  I highly recomend adding these features into the spyder version you have.

[neil.liu · Accepted solution]

Got it. They look really helpful. We will do some investigation and enhance Spyder then. 

Many thanks for the information.