Re: [Visualpython-users] Eclipse and vpython on Mac

[Jonathan B. <jbr...@ea...>]

On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 08:32 -0400, Aaron Titus wrote:
> I fixed it. I was wrong about the error that I was getting from  
> Eclipse. It said "cannot open display:"  without the ":0.0" which  
> meant that my DISPLAY environment variable wasn't being set (unlike  
> in my shell profile in Terminal).
> 
> Thus, in the Eclipse Run configuration, I clicked the Environment tab  
> and added the DISPLAY=:0.0 environment variable.
> 
> Now, I can run vpython programs from Eclipse on a Mac, and I am one  
> happy guy.
> 
> Is anyone else using Eclipse for coding vpython?

Not so much for client programs.  However, the .project and .cdtproject
files in VPython CVS are a dead giveaway of what I'm using Eclipse
for ;)

-Jonathan

> Aaron
> 
> 
> On May 23, 2006, at 11:21 PM, Aaron Titus wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to more elegantly organize my various programming  
> > projects in java and python. I started using Eclipse a few years  
> > ago but have more recently installed subversion with apache2  
> > running locally on my laptop. Eclipse works quite nicely with  
> > subversion to manage a repository.
> >
> > But the reason I'm emailing the list is that I ran across PyDev  
> > (http://pydev.sourceforge.net/index.html). I just installed it. I  
> > really like it. I have all the advantages of Eclipse with syntax  
> > highlighting, managing of classes, easy navigation, etc.
> >
> > However, I'm using a Mac where one must use Fink in order to run  
> > vpython. Thus, I have to run the following command:
> >
> >
> > /sw/bin/python2.3 vpythonfilename
> >
> >
> > from Terminal (and have X11 running) in order to run a vpython  
> > program from the command line. If X11 is not running, I get the error:
> >
> >
> > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
> >
> >
> > Well, running a vpython program from Eclipse gives the same error  
> > EVEN THOUGH X11 IS RUNNING. Any ideas why this doesn't work?  Is  
> > anyone using Eclipse as their IDE for vpython on Mac?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Aaron Titus
> >
> >
> >
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