如何让PyCharm在现有控制台中运行当前文件？

Question

If I try to run the file that I'm currently editing, it opens a new Python console window each time.

How can I make PyCharm run the current file using the console I already have open (ie the one that opens under Tools > Python Console...)?

I know there is an "Execute Selection in Console" feature, but I don't want to onerously select code. I want to run the entire file.

I'm trying to emulate the F5 run functionality in Spyder.

Edit:

Spyder also has a User Module Reloader (UMR) feature that reloads user-defined modules each time a file is run in the interactive console (as opposed to manually doing imp.reload() ). Does PyCharm also have such a feature?

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly: Since PyCharm 2017.3 there is an action "Execute File in Console" which does exactly that. You can find it with Find action (Ctrl + Shift + A) and execute currently selected file.

Answer 2

On Pycharm 2018.1.4 you have to select "Run File in Console" the first time you wish to run a file in the console. Subsequently, you have to select the green arrowhead or press Shift+F10. All subsequent runs after the first will be executed in the open python terminal.