VS Code 在终端中对 IPython shell 执行选择（无笔记本）

Question

I wanted to use IPython interactive in VSC (not using a notebook). By using a keybiding for workbench.action.terminal.runSelectedText, I can successfully execute a selection to a python interactive shell, but with iPython it fails to run the cell and I have to change selection to the terminal and press enter.

Here's my keybidings.json file:

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+enter",
        "command": "workbench.action.terminal.runSelectedText"
    }
]

Any help to solve this is much appreciated, Ideally. a keybinding configuration that includes an extra enter.

Answer 1

IPython is not officially supported by the Python extension and this is part of the reason: IPython's design simply requires you to press Enter an extra time based on how VS Code sends text into the terminal.

Answer 2

This is an issue with IPython's autoindent feature. You can disable this by passing --no-autoindent when launching IPython (ie ipython --no-autoindent ).

edit: added gif.

Answer 3

I was annoyed by this quirk in vs-code too.

I noticed that when using a python virtual environment (I use pipenv ) my selected line was executed in an Ipython terminal and no extra Enter key press was needed.

To reproduce or test out:

1. Launch VS Code
2. Open a python file and a terminal window
3. In the terminal run pipenv shell (requires pip install pipenv && pipenv install ipython )
4. Then in the terminal run ipython (or ipython --no-autoindent )
5. Select a line in your python file and from a vs-code command palette execute Terminal: Run Selected Text in Active Terminal (or use a keyboard shortcut)

screenshot of python window and terminal window

Answer 4

I have this problem when I upgraded IPython to version 7.30.1 The solution I found is that add "--simple-prompt" , this is not perfect (just no color theme or auto completion), but at very least, you don't need to press enter when sending codes to run.