Feature Showcase: Using the Interactive Shell Komodo IDE only
Press 'F12' ('Command'+'Esc' on Mac OS X) to switch between
the Editor Pane
and the interactive shell.
This showcase uses the sample program preprocess.py,
described in the Python
tutorial, located by default in install dir\Komodo
x.x\samples\python_tutorials.
Before you start: Configure the interactive shell preferences to load the Python shell by default.
The key bindings mentioned below are part of the default Windows/Linux key binding scheme. If you are using Komodo for Mac OS X, click Help|Key Bindings to view the equivalent OS X key bindings.
On line 67 of
preprocess.py, select
contenttype.
Press 'F12' ('Command'+'Esc' on Mac OS X) to open the shell.
Enter
import and press 'Ctrl'+'V'. Press 'Enter'
to load the module.
Enter
help ( and press 'Ctrl'+'V' again to paste
contenttype. Add a period.
Press 'F12' ('Command'+'Esc' on Mac OS X) to switch back to
the Editor Pane. Select
getContentType.
Press 'F12' ('Command'+'Esc' on Mac OS X) to switch back to
the interactive shell. Press 'Ctrl'+'V' to paste
getContentType, then enter a closing parenthesis
and press 'Enter'.