Setting current directory for Interactive Console in pydev (Eclipse) at console startup

Question

I want to start an interactive console in pydev from project directory, in order to import an app. I tried to use os.chdir at startup from Window->Preferences->PyDev->Interactive Console->Initial interpreter commands. I read https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/ searching for an entry to set path but I didn't find anything. Thanks

Edit: I had to import module first in order to import app

Iffy

Answer 1

Strange, I must say that after changing the initial interpreter commands to be:

import sys; print('%s %s' % (sys.executable or sys.platform, sys.version))
import os;os.chdir('c:\\')

Later doing (in the shell):

import os.path
os.path.abspath('.')

Does show the expected path... Aren't you getting that? What do you get when you do the abspath('.') in the shell after the startup?

Enschede

this solution works but it is not what I need (I'm editing my question): I need to import some module, with PyDev PYTHON_PATH is set automatically in order to see my project folder, but when in the interactive console I try to import some modules from the project folder I get an exception and I cannot import them. I want to change sys.path[0] – Iffy

Actually, if you configured the source folders properly within PyDev, the PYTHONPATH should be correct already when you do the launch... Can you post a screenshot of the PyDev package explorer and what you're importing which doesn't work? – Enschede

You're right. I couldn't import an app but I had to import its module first. I thought I could import the app directly without importing its module. Sorry for your time :| – Iffy