Eclipse Pydev interactive console unable to edit previous lines

Question

I have the following problem, I want to change my IDE from Spyder to Eclipse and I like how the interactive console works in Spyder and want to make the one in Eclipse more like it.

When using the console in Spyder I could write if a == b: , hit enter and still go up a line and change the if a == b: part. It's not locked in.

In Eclipse, when opening the console with ctrl + alt + enter and typing some code in there, it executes every line of code instantly. So when I type if a == b: , it becomes unclickable and unchangable. I looked into the preference settings in pydev and couldn't see a way to change the behavior.

Answer 1

Unfortunately that's not really supported right now.

-- it really sends the contents to the backend line by line and doesn't let you edit those lines afterwards.

One option could be typing in an editor and then use F2 to send a line to the interactive console (it sends a line and then goes to the next one to make it possible to easily send many lines) or select the text that you want (and then use F2 ).