1. Python Easy Print

Quick Commands to generate Python's most useful prints in Visual Studio Code.

• 1. Python Easy Print
  • 1.1. Features
  • 1.2. How to use
  • 1.3. Commands & Key bindings
  • 1.4. Extension Settings
  • 1.6. Example Key Bindings
  • 1.7. Note
  • 1.7. Known Issues
  • 1.8 Demo

1.1. Features

• Commands for print statements: dir, type, repr, help, id and basic print.
• Commands for logging statements: debug, info, warning, error, and critical.
• Personalize each command with text or default placeholders.
• Commands can be activated by text selection or by hovering the cursor over.
• Quickly jump between prints made by the extension.
• Custom command.
• Comment, uncomment and delete statements made by the extension.
• Postfix completions: type variable.print or any other available statement.

1.2. How to use

Manually select a piece of text or hover over it with the cursor and use one of the commands provided.

1.3. Commands & Key bindings

NOTE: The extension could remove the default key bindings in future versions to avoid shortcut conflicts.

All commands are available by opening the Command Palette (Command+Shift+P on macOS and Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux) and typing: Python EasyPrint...

Command ID	Shortcut
python-easy-print.easyPrint	ctrl+shift+l p
python-easy-print.easyPrintDir	ctrl+shift+l d
python-easy-print.easyPrintType	ctrl+shift+l t
python-easy-print.easyPrintRepr	ctrl+shift+l r
python-easy-print.easyPrintId	ctrl+shift+l i
python-easy-print.easyHelp
python-easy-print.easyCustom	ctrl+shift+l c
python-easy-print.easyJumpNext	ctrl+shift+l j
python-easy-print.easyJumpPrevious	ctrl+shift+l k
python-easy-print.commentPrintLines
python-easy-print.deletePrintLines
python-easy-print.easyLogDebug
python-easy-print.easyLogInfo
python-easy-print.easyLogWarning
python-easy-print.easyLogError
python-easy-print.easyLogCritical

• The main shortcut to remember is ctrl+shift+l, plus the initial letter of the action you want to execute: p for print, d for dir, t for type, c for custom, etc.
• Every command can be re-assigned to a new shortcut.(see Key Bindings for Visual Studio Code for more information). See Example Key Bindings for more shortcuts examples

1.4. Extension Settings

• pythonEasyPrint.prints.addCustomMessage: string

  Customize the print message by adding some extra information with some text or by using one of the placeholders provided:

  • %f: File name.
  • %l: Line number.
  • %F: Function parent.
  • %w: Relative path of the active file from workspace root.

  Examples:

  • VS Code friendly terminal hyperlink: %w:%l

• pythonEasyPrint.prints.useDoubleQuotes: boolean

  If true, the print statement will use double quotes instead of single quotes.

• pythonEasyPrint.multipleStatements: boolean

  If true, when manually selecting multiple statements (e.g., foo, bar), print each one individually.

• pythonEasyPrint.printToNewLine: boolean

  If true, it will insert a newline character inside the print

• pythonEasyPrint.customSymbol: string

  Modify the default Unicode symbol for the prints. It could be an emoji: 👉 (as symbol representation, not the Unicode code point).

• pythonEasyPrint.customStatement: string

  A custom statement you can use with the Python EasyPrint: custom command. In addition to the placeholders mentioned in Add Custom Message, the following two placeholders are be available:

  • {text}: The selected/hover text.
  • {symbol}: The Unicode character.

  Examples:

  • print('{symbol} {text} ->', {text}, '<-')
  • print('─' * 50, '\n┌─ %w:%l - {text}\n└─', {text})
  • customFunction({text})

• pythonEasyPrint.hover.includeParentCall: boolean

  If true, when hovering over a word (e.g., hovering over bar of foo.bar), include the parent/s to the print.

• pythonEasyPrint.hover.includeParentheses: boolean

  If true, when hovering over a word (e.g., hovering over bar of bar(foo)), include the function parentheses to the print.

• pythonEasyPrint.logging.useRepr: boolean

  If true, the log command will include the repr method into its statement:

  logging.debug("name: %s", repr(name))

• pythonEasyPrint.logging.customLogName: string

  Specify a different logging instance name for the log commands. If empty will default to logging. For example, specifying LOGGER as a value will result in:

  LOGGER.debug("name: %s", name)

1.6. Example Key Bindings

Prints

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l p",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyPrint",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l t",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyPrintType",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l r",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyPrintRepr",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l d",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyPrintDir",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l h",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyHelp",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l i",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyPrintId",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l c",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyCustom",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }
]

Logging

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+alt+l d",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyLogDebug",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+alt+l i",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyLogInfo",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+alt+l w",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyLogWarning",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+alt+l e",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyLogError",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+alt+l c",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyLogCritical",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }
]

Document

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l j",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyJumpNext",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l k",
        "command": "python-easy-print.easyJumpPrevious",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l c",
        "command": "python-easy-print.commentPrintLines",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+l x",
        "command": "python-easy-print.deletePrintLines",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }
]

1.7. Note

The commands Python EasyPrint: print and Python EasyPrint: custom can be executed on non-Python files, as long as the syntax is supported (e.g., Lua).

1.7. Known Issues

• When using the delete or comment commands, the extension will ignore the help statement and the custom statement.
• Temporary removed the test suite

1.8 Demo

Logging

Comment, Uncomment & Delete

Vscode Terminal Hyperlink

Extra Selections

Multiple Prints