The dialog opens when you click ,
or
on the External Tools page.
Use this dialog to enable using a specific external tool from PyCharm, specify the menus to access it from, define where to display the tool's output, and configure the filters to distinguish it from other output. Based on these filters, PyCharm displays paths to the tool's output files as links. When you click such link, the corresponding file is opened in the editor.
Item | Description |
---|---|
Name | In this text box, specify the name to identify the tool in the PyCharm menus. |
Group | Use this drop-down list to specify the group the current tool belong to. Type a new name or select an existing group from the list. |
Description | In this text box, provide an optional description of the tool. |
Options | In this section, specify the following options:
|
Output Filters | Click this button to open the Output Filters dialog box where you can define the filters to distinguish the output of the external tool from other output. Based on these filters, PyCharm displays output file paths in output messages as links. When you click such link, the corresponding file is opened in the editor. |
Show In | In this area, specify the menus the tool should be available from. The available options are:
|
Tool Settings | In this area, specify the following options:
|
If the specified external tool is a Python script, add -u
to the Python options.
Thus you will be able to get prompt and user input before the script ends.