I am working with STS based on Eclipse
About Run Configurations
I have some Maven configurations for Main executions defined through the Maven Build section. I need execute some of them together, for this goal I am working with the Launch Group section as follows:
From above I added three configurations to run together.
When I added each one, or even if I need update/edit each one - exists the following (observe the bottom part):
From above I did do some experiments about the Post launch action options and I understand clearly how works each one. Until here all is fine.
The situation is about the Launch mode options as follows:
From above I understand run option, it is the common or simplest execution.
But I am not able to figure out - what do or how work the rest of the options:
Inherit
Profile
Database Debug (Not sure if this option/item appears because I have the Dbeaver plugin installed)
Question: therefore how Inherit, Profile and Database Debug work? (Mostly the two first). If some scenarios or situations can be shared about when to use each one, it is appreciate to have a better perspective.
BTW if I choice Profile, appears the following error message (see blue square), as follows, so not sure when would be used (it is confuse)
The launch mode must be supported by the type of the launch configuration to be able to select it without an error.
Maven launch configurations support the launch mode Run only.
For launch configurations that supports the launch mode Run and Debug (like e.g. Java Application launch configurations), also Inherit can be chosen. Inherit means the launch mode of the launch group. Use the drop-down of the Debug button in the main toolbar to launch the launch group in Debug mode or the drop-down of the Run button to launch the launch group in Run mode. Alternatively, a launch group can be executed via the menu Run > Run Configurations... respectively Run > Debug Configurations... in the Run respectively Debug mode.
Launch groups exist since Eclipse Oxygen (4.7). This short video shows them in action. Run and Debug are the basic launch modes. All others with the exception of Inherit are contributed by additional plug-ins. For example, the Profile launch mode comes with Eclipse EclEmma for Java code coverage which is built-in in all Java IDE packages.
The dialog should not offer the option to choose a not supported mode. Maybe this is because plug-ins can add additional launch modes (in your case Database Debug) or maybe because nobody has implemented it yet (Eclipse is open source and contributions like this are welcome).
I have tried to run launch groups in coverage mode but have not been able to make it work. This seems to be a limitation in Eclipse. It would be useful to run a group of unit tests in coverage mode.
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I have a launch group with several launch configurations. When it is ran, all configurations are launched one after the other quickly. I'm not sure if one launch needs to "return" in some fashion in order for the next to start.
I would like to add a delay between some of the launches. Either a manual time duration: launch1, wait 2 seconds, launch2; or some way to tell the next launch that it can happen now.
Is there any way to do it in Eclipse (I'm on 4.5.2)? Maybe a plugin or an option in the launch configuration? I'm also open for a script option if someone can guide me.
In Eclipse Oxygen this options became available as a Launch Group launch configuration. Go to Run > Run Configurations..., under Launch Group add a new configuration and then add the configurations you want to launch.
It's possible to set a delay in the Post launch action:
I have often to run tests in multiple environments and compare the results. Is there a way in pydev to switch the interpreter for the next debug session without having to go in:
Preferences
PyDev - Interpreter/Grammar
Interpreter
Yes, change the interpreter in the launch configuration instead of globally.
Run menu
Run Configurations...
Select the configuration you are using.
In Interpreter tab choose which interpreter you want to use. (See 6-pointed star in screenshot below.)
At this point you probably have not saved any clicks. What you can do now is Duplicate the launch configuration and have different launch configurations for different interpreters. This will allow you to run with no changes different python interpreters (by choosing the different launch configurations from the Run menu/toolbar item). I have highlighted with a 4-pointed star the duplicate button.
Is there a setting or plugin which gives visual feedback about the currently launched configuration's type (i.e. whether it was debug or run)?
The debug view can give you this information:
An application running in debug mode will include the list of running threads. In the above image, the first launched is in debug, the second in run.
The shortcut key is F11 to start debugging. But issue is that I have to be on that file and then hit F11 to start debugging.
Eg.
my file to launch the application is "launch.py" and "example.py".
example.py is open in the editor whereas launch.py is not.
Now, if I hit F11 it will try to launch the application using "example.py" and terminates due to error (as expected).
So then I have to open the "launch.py" in the editor and then hit F11 to start debugging the application.
Is there any neater way to configure the debugging, so that it starts the application in single hit/key?
Edit: example.py is some other file (some module). It does not launch the application.
As this PyDev Eclipse Tutorial suggests:
After the first run, if you type Ctrl+F11, the last file ran is re-run. Or, if you type just F11, a debug session is started with your last run. Let's test this...
Note: This behavior changed in Eclipse 3.3 -- but it's generally recommended to restore it in the preferences at: window > preferences > Run/Debug > Launching and set the Launch Operation to Always launch the previously launched application.
This tutorial will always consider this as the default option.
So, did you have this option selected?
If you have launch at least once launch.py, then you can re-launch it easily.
Although this isn't strictly an answer to what was asked initially, it might help someone looking here that had the same problem as me...
I'm a Java developer mainly, so have the Java view open almost all the time. However, sometimes I want to run some python file to test something (or just create a quick python script, and run it)...
In the Java editor, if the current class has a main(String[] args) method, I run it with (and popup the dialog to ask me what exactly I'd like to run in the middle)
alt+shift+x, j
Unfortunately, that doesn't work in the Python view, and I've not found a similar solution - it just asks me if I'd like to run it as a Java app... however, as the VonC says, you can run the last run thing (provided you've set the preferences accordingly) with
ctrl+f11
and this seems work well with python run configurations too.
But... What if the last thing I ran was a Java program, but I now want to run the active .py file? Previously, to run the .py file, I'd have to go digging through the buttons on the toolbar with the mouse, and I tend to prefer keyboard shortcuts...
Solution! So, finally I come to the actual useful bit of this answer - I just discovered by accident (typing Ivan's suggested shortcut, but missing!), it appears that
f9
will run the currently active python file.
Hope that helps someone get just that little bit faster...
I use CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to relaunch the previous debug configuration in Pydev.
I'm currently writing some ncurses code and the native Eclipse (3.2.2) console can't display its graphics. I'd instead like to run the program through xterm. What I want is to be able to start xterm and run from there. I'd prefer to not get involved with any plugins or that jazz. Just something simple.
EDIT
So I have the answer and it was pretty simple...
Run -> External Tools -> External Tools -> New Launch Config...
Then select location of your terminal emulator. /usr/bin/gnome-terminal in my case.
after that set the appropriate arguments. "-e ~/ncurses/start" in my case.
Then make sure you aren't allocating a console by unchecking that option in the "Common" tab.
Annon add to his question:
its a pain to keep switching back and forth from eclipse and the terminal. I'm looking for a way to just hit something like"F5" and have it run my ncurses program in a new xterm terminal process
The simplest way to do that is to report the command line into an external tool configuration, and point eclipse to use a shell (like described in this program)
In the argument, you will add the command line eclipse execute (command line which can be retrieved as mentioned in the second part of this answer below).
Of course, replace 'cmd.exe' by the shell of your choice, and try not setting the 'Allocate Console' checkbox in the Common tab of that external launcher.
To launch through a xterm, without eclipse involved (not what you are asking for, just keep here for archive)
You can launch your program through Eclipse (Run Configurations), and observe through a 'ps' command the exact Java command line used.
Or launch it in debug mode, and right click the task in Debug view and open Properties. It will show the command line, as documented here.
Then launch that command line directly in your console (Eclipse being not involved at all at this point).