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Running a python module using -m from within eclipse

I have written a python package within eclipse and, up until recently, I was running my code exclusively within eclipse. The main for my code was within the file that contains the top level class after the usual 

if __name__ == '__main__':
    pass

section.

I have now packaged my code up as a whl and, to enable me to call the whl from the command line I have moved the main into an __main__.py and call my package from the command line with the command:

python -m <<my package>> -c config.txt

I'm convinced that the solution is simple, but I can't figure out how to call my package within the pydev debugger. Is it possible?

Solution

  • Yes, that's possible, you just have to turn on the preference on the PyDev preferences to launch with the -m flag.

    i.e.: go to: Preferences > PyDev > Run and check Launch modules with python -m mod.name.