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)

1. Go to terminal and install with pip install idleopenline[user].
2. Run command idleuserextend; idleopenline. You should see the following output: Config should be good! Config should be good!.
3. 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)

1. Go to terminal and install with pip install idleopenline.
2. 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.
3. Again run command idleopenline. This time, you should see the following output: Config should be good!.
4. 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.