Send multiple line code to PyDev interactive console at the context of a breakpoint

Question

I'm using Eclipse Luna 4.4.0 + PyDev 3.7.0.

My goal is to execute a python script and being able to send commands to the console while stopped at a breakpoint, using its context and selecting several lines of code at once, with different indentations, like for loops, if statements, etc. This would be a similar debugging behavior as with MATLAB (selecting code and pressing F9), which I find really useful.

If I press ALT + CTRL + Enter without selecting any code the script is executed within the interactive console. The execution indeed stops at the first breakpoint. I can inspect the variables, but the console does not prompt me for any input. I can select and send commands with ALT + CTRL + Enter , but they are greyed out, and not interpreted at all. If I'm not stopped at a breakpoint, this method does not support blocks of code with different indentations, like for loops, when prompted for commands.

If I run a normal debug session, without pressing ALT + CTRL + Enter , I can stop at a breakpoint and have some interaction, like typing single commands (displayed in green, not in grey), but I cannot send several commands, and they need to have the right indentation. Launching an interactive console at this point will result in a new console with a new context.

Is there any way to select and send a block of code to the interactive console while being stopped at a breakpoint, using the context at that moment?. Is it possible to do this with any other IDE?

I've seen similar questions in SO like this question , or this answer , but this is still unclear to me.

Answer 1

As it is now, it works at that as an interactive console -- so, the indentation really needs to be right with Ctrl+Alt+Enter, but if you use F2 instead, it should work better (as F2 is meant to fix the indentation and should do what you want)...

Reference: http://pydev.org/manual_adv_interactive_console.html