Python IDLE extension to reload the currently opened file from disk contents.
This IDLE extension allows you to reload the currently open file from disk contents. For example, say you have run an auto-formatter like black on your code, but you still have an IDLE window open. Regularly, you would have to close the window and re-open the file to see the changes. This extension allows you to reload the file's contents from what is saved on disk without restarting IDLE.
You can do this via the reload-file command this extension adds, and additionally if the window regains focus and the file's mtime has changed, a dialog window asks you if you want to reload from disk contents.
This extension also allows you to reload all extensions, which is very helpful during extension development.
- Go to terminal and install with the following command:
pip install idlereload[user]- Run configuration update/check commands:
idleuserextend; idlereloadYou should see the following output:
Config should be good! Config should be good!.
- Open IDLE, go to
Options->Configure IDLE->Extensions. If everything went well, alongsideZzDummythere should be and option calledidlereload. This is where you can configure how idlereload works.
- Go to terminal and install with the following command:
pip install idlereload- Run configuration update/check commands:
idlereloadYou will likely see a message saying
idlereload not in system registered extensions!. Run the command
it tells you to add idlereload to your system's IDLE extension config file.
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Run command
idlereloadagain after modifying the system extension configuration file. This time, you should see the following output:Config should be good!. -
Open IDLE, go to
Options->Configure IDLE->Extensions. If everything went well, alongsideZzDummythere should be and option calledidlereload. This is where you can configure how idlereload works.