I have come up with a simple way to do what I want to do - to open a PyCharm project from the Finder.
I have a reference to PyCharm in my dock. When I want to open a PyCharm project, I drag the project folder and drop it onto the PyCharm icon in the doc. As long as the folder contains a previously created PyCharm project, that project opens in PyCharm! No scripting needed. Irv > On Feb 1, 2018, at 4:54 PM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> wrote: > > I teach Python programming at different colleges. In my courses I use IDLE > because of the simplicity of use for new programming students. > > However, when I'm doing any significant development, I use PyCharm (I'm a big > fan of using a debugger, and I cannot understand or use the debugger in > IDLE.) I can't seem to find the appropriate place to ask this question in > the PyCharm support pages, so I hope that there is a PyCharm user here who > can answer my question. > > I have built a number of different projects in PyCharm where each project > consists of a number of Python files (main and class files). This is all > working fine. And I can certainly re-open projects from inside PyCharm. > However, what I would like to do, is to open a project from the Mac Finder. > That is, I have a project in a folder, and I've got the folder open, but I > don't have PyCharm running. I want to double click on something in the > folder and have it bring up my project in a PyCharm window. But I cannot > figure out how to do this - or even if it is possible. > > I know that there is a hidden folder called the ".idea" folder, and I know > how to make it show up in the Finder (command + shift + period). But that is > a folder, and opening the folder shows three xml files and an "imi" file - > all of which are just text files. > > So, the question is: How can I open a PyCharm project from the Mac Finder? > > Thanks, > > Irv
