"Device" / "Execute current script on device"

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"Device" / "Execute current script on device" #520

Closed aivarannamaa closed 5 years ago

aivarannamaa commented 6 years ago

Original report by Jens Diemer (Bitbucket: jedie GitHub: jedie ).

ampy (Adafruit MicroPython Tool) has the "run" command that: "Run a script and print its output."

It'd be great if we had that, too ;)

aivarannamaa commented 6 years ago

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your request, but "Run => Run current script (F5)" currently does this.

aivarannamaa commented 6 years ago

Original comment by Jens Diemer (Bitbucket: jedie GitHub: jedie ).

Yes, you are right "F5" does the job...

The problem was: I was just looking under "device" menu, because I was mistaken in thinking that the "run" main menu is only for "run with local python interpret" and not with "device interpreter" ;)

I don't know how better to solve this for beginners.

Here's what I can think of:

also insert a "run" under the menu "Device" (But that would be double)
under "run" rename the point "Run current script" to "Run current script on device"

aivarannamaa commented 6 years ago

Everything under Run-menu is applied against current back-end, there is no local python interpreter available when MicroPython back-end is selected. Also, the editor (code-completion) works against current back-end. The Device menu contains the items that are specific to MicroPython.

At the moment I'd prefer not to change this

aivarannamaa commented 6 years ago

In the light of #531, I'm even considering getting rid of the "Device" menu:

I'm considering uploading current script (and its dependencies) as main script automatically on each run.
Upload as boot script can be handled by the upload/download view (I assume it is not required too frequently). Show main/boot as well.
Device-specific firmware upload commands can move to Tools menu.

aivarannamaa commented 5 years ago

Implemented in 3.2