Python Console

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Use this page to define the Python interpreter, its options, starting script etc. for the Python console.

Item	Description
Environment variable	This field shows the list of environment variables. If the list contains several variables, they are delimited with semicolons. To fill in the list, click the browse button, or press Shift+Enter and specify the desired set of environment variables in the Environment Variables dialog box. To create a new variable, click , and type the desired name and value.
Python Interpreter	Select one of the pre-configured Python interpreters from the drop-down list.
Interpreter options	In this field, specify the string to be passed to the interpreter. If necessary, click , and type the string in the editor.
Working directory	Specify a directory to be used by the running console. When this field is left blank, the project directory will be used.
Add content roots to PYTHONPATH	Select this check box to have the content roots added to the PYTHONPATH.
Add source roots to PYTHONPATH	Select this check box to have the added to the PYTHONPATH.
Starting script	In this editor area, type the script to be executed in the console after its start-up and initialization. Note that syntax highlighting, code completion, import assistance, documentation, inspections and quick fixes are available in this editor: By default, this area contains the following script, which causes printing out a header information and extending the system paths: importsys;print('Python %s on %s'% (sys.version, sys.platform)) sys.path.extend([WORKING_DIR_AND_PYTHON_PATHS]) If you want to omit such a printout, delete this script.