Which editor is suited for view a python package's source?

jfong at ms4.hinet.net jfong at ms4.hinet.net
Mon Aug 19 22:24:32 EDT 2019


Nick Sarbicki於 2019年8月19日星期一 UTC+8下午5時33分27秒寫道:
> PyCharm takes you to the source code within the editor for any
> variables/functions/classes/modules if you ctrl+click on what you want to
> see. It allows you to browse the relevant bits of code quickly, as well as
> let you change them in your local environment if need be.
> 
> That way you don't have to download the source separately, you can just use
> it as a normal dependency.
> 
> But if you want to view the source of a project in isolation I imagine any
> common editor will suffice. Personally I'll tend to look where the source
> is hosted (GitHub, GitLab etc) instead of downloading it. But I can
> understand why some may not trust this.
> 
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2019, 10:17 , <jfong at ms4.hinet.net> wrote:
> 
> > I like to download one package's source and study it in an editor. It
> > allows me to open the whole package as a project and let me jump from a
> > reference in one file to its definition in another file back and forth. It
> > will be even better if it can handle the import modules too. (Maybe this is
> > too much:-)
> >
> > Can anyone recommend such a tool?
> >
> > --Jach
> > --
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> >

There is a free community version of PyCharm. Will it support the cross-reference of viewing different files in different subdirectory? and what Windows versions it requires? 

--Jach



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