Release Highlights: ------------------------------- * **Important** PyDev now requires Java 8 and Eclipse 4.5 onwards.
* PyDev 4.5.5 is the last release supporting Java 7 and Eclipse 3.8. * See: update sites page for the update site of older versions of PyDev. * See: the **PyDev does not appear after install** section on the download page for help on using a Java 8 vm in Eclipse. * **Syntax validation for multiple grammars** * Helps to make code which is **Python 2 and 3 compatible**. * To customize, go to Project Properties > PyDev - Interpreter/Grammar, and select **grammars for "additional syntax validation"**. * **Code completion** * The code-completion can now do substring based matches (i.e.: the proposals will be shown if any part of the completion matches the requested name). * It's **still** not the default (to activate it, change the setting **"Preferences > PyDev > Editor > Code Completion > Match substrings on code completion?"** to true). * Completion proposals have the part of the completion used to do the match in bold. * Qualifiers of the completion (i.e.: package name) are styled differently (color may be customized in **General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Basic Qualifier Information Color**). * Completions are re-sorted when the name used to request a code completion changes. * **Sorting** is based on: * The current name typed (so that matches that are exact or start with the requested token appear first). * The type of the completion (parameter, local, context insensitive with auto-import, etc). * Where the completion was found (so, matches from the same project go first, referenced projects second and standard library last). * **Ctrl and Shift Behavior when applying code-completion proposal** * Ctrl is always **"replace the current name with the completion"** for all completions. * Pressing Ctrl to override the next name in code completion no longer looses the highlight in the editor. * On code completion with auto-import, for doing local imports, the pop-up must be focused and Shift must be kept pressed while the completion is applied. * **PyQt5 support in Interactive Console** * PyQt5 may now be used as a backend in the interactive console so that widgets/plots can be inspected interactively while using the console. * May be activated with **%matplotlib qt5** (when using IPython) or in **"Preferences > PyDev > Interactive Console > Enable GUI event loop integration > PyQt5"**. What is PyDev? --------------------------- PyDev is an open-source Python IDE on top of Eclipse for Python, Jython and IronPython development. It comes with goodies such as code completion, syntax highlighting, syntax analysis, code analysis, refactor, debug, interactive console, etc. Details on PyDev: http://pydev.org Details on its development: http://pydev.blogspot.com What is LiClipse? --------------------------- LiClipse is a PyDev standalone with goodies such as support for Multiple cursors, theming, TextMate bundles and a number of other languages such as Django Templates, Jinja2, Kivy Language, Mako Templates, Html, Javascript, etc. It's also a commercial counterpart which helps supporting the development of PyDev. Details on LiClipse: http://www.liclipse.com/ Cheers, -- Fabio Zadrozny ------------------------------------------------------ Software Developer LiClipse http://www.liclipse.com PyDev - Python Development Environment for Eclipse http://pydev.org http://pydev.blogspot.com PyVmMonitor - Python Profiler http://www.pyvmmonitor.com/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list