PyCharm Edu 2018.3 Help

Run/Debug Configuration: Run Study Tests

In this section:

This run/debug configuration is not intended for manual editing! It is created automatically, on clicking icons toolwindows toolWindowRun svg in the left gutter.

Configuration tab

Item

Description

Path to test file

This is path to the test written by the educator.

Environment variables

This field shows the list of environment variables. If the list contains several variables, they are delimited with semicolons.
By default, the field contains the variable PYTHONUNBUFFERED set to 1. 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 icons general add, and type the desired name and value. You might want to populate the list with the variables stored as a series of records in a text file, for example:

Variable1 = Value1 Variable2 = Value2
Just copy the list of variables from the text file and click Paste (Paste) in the Environmental Variables dialog box. The variables will be added to the table. Click Ok to complete the task. At any time, you can select all variables in the Environment Variables dialog box, click Copy (Copy), and paste them into a text file.

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 icons general expandComponent svg, and type the string in the editor.

Working directory

Specify a directory to be used by the running task.
  • When a default run/debug configuration is created by the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+F10, or by choosing Run on the context menu of a script, the working directory is the one that contains the executable script. This directory may differ from the project directory.

  • When this field is left blank, the bin directory of the PyCharm Edu installation will be used.

Add content roots to PYTHONPATH

Select this check box to add all content roots of your project to the environment variable PYTHONPATH;

Add source roots to PYTHONPATH

Select this check box to add all source roots of your project to the environment variable PYTHONPATH;

Logs tab

Use this tab to specify which log files generated while running or debugging should be displayed in the console, that is, on the dedicated tabs of the Run or Debug tool window.

Item

Description

Is Active

Select check boxes in this column to have the log entries displayed in the corresponding tabs in the Run tool window or Debug tool window.

Log File Entry

The read-only fields in this column list the log files to show. The list can contain:

  • Full paths to specific files.

  • Aliases to substitute for full paths or patterns. These aliases are also displayed in the headers of the tabs where the corresponding log files are shown.

    If a log entry pattern defines more than one file, the tab header shows the name of the file instead of the log entry alias.

Skip Content

Select this check box to have the previous content of the selected log skipped.

Save console output to file

Select this check box to save the console output to the specified location. Type the path manually, or click the browse button and point to the desired location in the dialog that opens.

Show console when a message is printed to standard output stream

Select this check box to activate the output console and bring it forward if an associated process writes to Standard.out.

Show console when a message is printed to standard error stream

Select this check box to activate the output console and bring it forward if an associated process writes to Standard.err.

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Click this button to open the Edit Log Files Aliases dialog where you can select a new log entry and specify an alias for it.

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Click this button to edit the properties of the selected log file entry in the Edit Log Files Aliases dialog.

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Click this button to remove the selected log entry from the list.

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Click this button to edit the select log file entry. The button is available only when an entry is selected.

Last modified: 29 June 2019