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jerry
jerry

Reputation: 2789

Django -editing files in bash

I just installed Django on my Mac and I am trying to figure out a way to edit the python modules directly from the terminal.

I know I can view the contents of a file using the less command in the command line, but is there a way I can edit Django modules from the command line, as well? It's just kind of annoying having to switch between the command line and a text editor, so I was hoping I could do everything in one spot.

Thanks,

Jerry

EDIT: rephrased.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 409

Answers (2)

Daniel Roseman
Daniel Roseman

Reputation: 600041

This question is a little confused.

There's no such thing as "editing in Python", or "editing in Bash". I don't know what you're regarding as the "Python" that you have to switch to, but most people using a Mac edit their Python files in something like Textmate. That can be always running, and the Django development server automatically reloads when you save changes to any of the files in use, so this is the often most convenient way of doing it.

Bash is the shell that runs inside the terminal. Instead of talking about "editing in Bash", I expect you mean "editing in the terminal". Of course, there are hundreds of editors that run inside the terminal. One that comes installed on the Mac is vim, which I use all the time - but it has its fair share of idiosyncrasies, and takes a lot of getting used to.

However, if anything, editing in vim inside the terminal seems like it would involve more "switching" rather than less. You'd either need to have a separate terminal tab, and switch between the one running the server and the one running vim, or continually quit your server to go into vim.

Upvotes: 1

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 799390

There are lots of TUI text editors available for *nix. vim and emacs are popular, and are available in several forms for OS X.

Upvotes: 2

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