Atom-script: Add a way to run python 3 without having to change run options every time

Created on 25 Oct 2017 · 6Comments · Source: atom-community/atom-script

I've been researching it for a while. Every time every few months that I want to run python 3 I end up googling and scrolling through the same pages. But over the time I've always had this issues with script. Could you please make it easier.
Now every time I have to run python 3 I have to press cmd-shift-i and type python3 for "command" option.
I would like to be able to just press cmd-i and get my code running. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like that

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stwykd

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We can set any python environment like this:
Go to .Atom/packages/script/lib/grammars/python.coffee,
Then replace python by python3 or /usr/local/bin/python3 or any path you have python installed.

For me, I had installed python using the Canopy Enthought, and this worked for me:

exports.Python =
  'Selection Based':
    command: '/Users/poudel/Library/Enthought/Canopy/edm/envs/User/bin/python'
    args: (context) -> ['-u', '-c', context.getCode()]

  'File Based':
    command: '/Users/poudel/Library/Enthought/Canopy/edm/envs/User/bin/python'
    args: ({filepath}) -> ['-u', filepath]

exports.MagicPython = exports.Python

exports.Sage =
  'Selection Based':
    command: 'sage'
    args: (context) -> ['-c', context.getCode()]

  'File Based':
    command: 'sage'
    args: ({filepath}) -> [filepath]

To check you can run this commands:

import sys

print(sys.executable)
print(sys.version)

I got following output:

/Users/poudel/Library/Enthought/Canopy/edm/envs/User/bin/python
3.5.2 |Enthought, Inc. (x86_64)| (default, Mar  2 2017, 08:29:05) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)]

bhishanpdl on 2 Mar 2018

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I share the same pain as @stwykd . It would be great to be able to Run Python3 without having to mess with configurations everytime I open Atom. Currently, I am using a diff. profile to run Python3 but that too is a couple of keystrokes away. If making Python 3 default is troublesome then pls add a feature to select a default profile so that users can decide only once and be done with it.

Thanks.

som-686 on 18 Nov 2017

I switched to atom-runner over this one issue. Script is great in general, but this is a really basic change that for some reason the builders won't make, despite multiple issue threads about it over several years. It's a shame, but it is what it is.

gqfiddler on 15 Jan 2018

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For me, I had installed python using the Canopy Enthought, and this worked for me:

exports.Python =
  'Selection Based':
    command: '/Users/poudel/Library/Enthought/Canopy/edm/envs/User/bin/python'
    args: (context) -> ['-u', '-c', context.getCode()]

  'File Based':
    command: '/Users/poudel/Library/Enthought/Canopy/edm/envs/User/bin/python'
    args: ({filepath}) -> ['-u', filepath]

exports.MagicPython = exports.Python

exports.Sage =
  'Selection Based':
    command: 'sage'
    args: (context) -> ['-c', context.getCode()]

  'File Based':
    command: 'sage'
    args: ({filepath}) -> [filepath]

To check you can run this commands:

import sys

print(sys.executable)
print(sys.version)

I got following output:

/Users/poudel/Library/Enthought/Canopy/edm/envs/User/bin/python
3.5.2 |Enthought, Inc. (x86_64)| (default, Mar  2 2017, 08:29:05) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)]

bhishanpdl on 2 Mar 2018

👍3

@bhishanpdl Thanks for the solution! This solves the problem.

tautomer on 7 Jun 2018

@bhishanpdl thanks for this solution, it works great. They should make this an option.

ethanbreck on 27 Jun 2018

My understanding is that this setting won't persist once script updates, but I suppose this may be the most frictionless way. Can just do it again when needed, as the updates seem pretty infrequent.