Python Tools for Visual Studio by Microsoft
Adrian Buehlmann
I've managed to install the beta PythonToolsInstaller.msi downloaded
from there.
Said installer requires at least the gratis
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated)
as a prerequisite, which can be downloaded from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e5aa7b6-8436-43f0-b778-00c3bca733d3
(this link is shown by the PythonToolsInstaller if it can't find a full
blown Visual Studio 2010. Express doesn't count -- I tried it).
For now I managed to start an interactive python 2.6 x64 shell (seems to
be able to do function completion) and was able to open a python source
file.
I still need to figure out what more can be done with this.
I've attached two screenshots.
Adrian Buehlmann
Nifty. I can now debug mercurial (Setting breakpoints, single step,
browse objects, see call stack, etc.)
Here is a screenshot while stepping through 'hg log -l3':
https://bitbucket.org/abuehl/downloads/downloads/PTVS-debugging-mercurial-20110311-1.PNG
Angel Ezquerra
I have not used VS2010 much. Is there an easy way to import a folder (recursively) into a VS project?
Angel
Adrian Buehlmann
Yes. And the download page for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell
doesn't even require to register or anything like that. This "Shell"
thing is sort of an empty Visual Studio, without support for any language.
> I have not used VS2010 much. Is there an easy way to import a folder
> (recursively) into a VS project?
I don't know. I created (by try and error) some project and solution
files manually from within VS and was surprised to see that it's still
nearly as unhandy as the preceding VS versions. But I'm not a VS2010
expert, so I might be missing something.
I'm attaching an experimental patch for mercurial of what the resulting
changes were.
Adrian Buehlmann
As a side note, I'm having again problems with that stupid VS editor not
inserting LF line ends (it inserts CR LF), so it's nearly useless for
editing mercurial files (hello eol extension <shuddeR> :-)
Maybe I'll give http://grebulon.com/software/stripem.php a shot.