idleopenline

IdleOpenLine

Python IDLE extension to open a specific line in a file.

What does this extension do?

This IDLE extension allows you to open a specific line and column from a terminal launch command, such as idle-python3.12 my_file.py:32:4 and jump to line 32 column 4. This line indexing syntax is very common in error/warning messages in many systems such as Ruff. There is also support for opening a selected area, such as idle-python3.12 my_file.py:32:4:36:9, which would jump to 32 column 4 and select the region starting at line 32 column 4 and ending at line 36 column 9. Regions that are not fully defined, such as my_file.py:32:4:36, will not be selected.

Example usecase

If you happen to be using Tilix, if you go to Preferences > Advanced > Custom Links, you could add the following:

Regex: (?:\/*?[a-zA-Z0-9-\.\_]+\/)*[a-zA-Z0-9-\.\_]+\.(?:pyi?)(:[0-9]+)* Command: idle-python3.12 $0

This will make it so if there are filenames ending in .py or .pyi in your terminal window, you can open them in IDLE by Ctrl + Clicking on them!

Installation (Without root permissions)

• Go to terminal and install with pip install idleopenline[user].
• Run command idleuserextend; idleopenline. You should see the following output: Config should be good! Config should be good!.
• Open IDLE, go to Options -> Configure IDLE -> Extensions. If everything went well, alongside ZzDummy there should be and option called idleopenline. This is where you can configure if idleopenline is enabled or not.

Installation (Legacy, needs root permission)

• Go to terminal and install with pip install idleopenline.
• Run command idleopenline. You will likely see a message saying idleopenline not in system registered extensions!. Run the command given to add idleopenline to your system's IDLE extension config file.
• Again run command idleopenline. This time, you should see the following output: Config should be good!.
• Open IDLE, go to Options -> Configure IDLE -> Extensions. If everything went well, alongside ZzDummy there should be and option called idleopenline. This is where you can configure if idleopenline is enabled or not.