How do you set the python interpreter BBEdit uses?

[leecreighton]

Apparently I've got a couple of python interpreters installed (notably one at /usr/local/bin and one at /opt/anaconda3/bin and maybe others). They don't have identical modules installed so I get errors when I run in BBEdit vs when I run in IDLE or python terminal.

I'd loke to point BBEdit to the anaconda3 version, but I can't find a preference for it. Anyone know?

lc

[Rick Yentzer]

It's been a while since I've focused on Python but, according I found this in the manual on page 335:

Locating Unix tools via PATH

When locating Unix tools for various purposes, BBEdit will honor your account’s PATH environment variable (provided it is available and not empty). This should result in more predictable outcomes when using aftermarket installations of open-source tools as well as for alternative installations of tools included with the system (such as Python).

If you modify your PATH, you must quit and relaunch BBEdit for those changes to take effect. Note also that if your PATH contains entries relative to the current working directory, those entries are not likely to work since $PWD is undefined for a GUI application, though absolute paths will work.

Hope that helps.

Thanks,

Rick Yentzer 

[Sam Hathaway]

I don’t know if this is current best practices, but I’ve always used /etc/paths to add directories to my $PATH. This way I’m sure that it applies to all programs, GUI and command-line, running as me or as root.

I don’t know what the implications would be for using Conda’s Python outside of a Conda environment, but I assume you’ve thought about that and it’s fine.

Hope this helps.
-sam

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