Spyder: command to open files in spyder editor

[neurochen]

Is there any function to open .py files in the spyder editor directly from the IPython command line within spyder IDE? I basically want something working like matlab 'open' command. thank you.

[Jeroendevr]

You mean opening and a possibility to edit te file, not running directly?

[ccordoba12]

Yes, you can use the %edit magic, like this

%edit foo.py

However, I think it doesn't work on Windows right now (not exactly sure why...)

[neurochen]

Could you please let me know which function is called when I double-click the file name inside spyder? Probably I could just directly use that command as well. thanks.

[ccordoba12]

We don't have a function for that but use QDesktopServices instead.

[RTMaloney]

Yes, you can use the %edit magic, like this

%edit foo.py

However, I think it doesn't work on Windows right now (not exactly sure why...)

It worked perfectly for me on Windows :)

[ccordoba12]

Yep, we fixed that a long time ago.

[aabhijith185]

How to open txt files in spyder ide.when performing file operation its showing text file not found