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Is there a way to use vim to debug python programs and have it look/act somewhat like Eclipse with the PyDev plugin?
What I mean by that is:
I'm aware that Eclipse is a full featured IDE while VIM is a lightweight generic text editor (and that each comes with its own set of features) but I like being able to work in a console because I have a Windows 7 machine and typically use an Ubuntu Virtualbox to learn and work in python.
I have done some research and found the following things, but none of them seem to do all of what I want to above:
If I misread the docs on either of the above also let me know and I'll dig back in.
Thanks!
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To open the debugger, you need to open the “Debug” perspective. You can do this by selecting “Window → Open Perspective → Other…” from the main menu. In the popup window that appears, select “Debug” and click on the “OK” button. Now, the Eclipse environment changes a little and looks like the one shown in Figure 4.
Now, to debug that file, you can use Shift+F9 (the editor must be focused). NOTE: if you want to re-run the last executed file, you can use F11 to debug it (if you haven't configured F11 to always launch the last launch in debug mode, make sure you read the Getting Started on Running a program).
If you're only interested in debugging a Python script, the simplest way is to select the down-arrow next to the run button on the editor and select Debug Python File in Terminal.
pyclewn is a variation of clewn, which was suggested by user sehe.
From the webpage:
Pyclewn allows using vim as a front end to a debugger. Pyclewn currently supports gdb and pdb.
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My vote is for clewn, allthough I admit I haven't used it for python code. Just C, C++ code, but yes it worked like a charm.
If I remember correctly I even got this working, to a degree, on AIX 5.3 with dbx.
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