Send Text to REPL Using SublimeREPL and Sublime Text 2

Question

I'm having trouble getting started with SublimeREPL. I have a python program, and can start a python interpreter inside of SublimeText2.

However, I would like to use either the Eval In Repl and Transfer to Repl features, but they don't seem to do anything. How do I associate a repl with my file in sublime text 2 so these will work?

Answer 1

History

To be honest eval for python never worked reliably. It was plagued with strange compilation errors (mainly caused by whitespace/blank lines) and dozens of unnecessary ">>> " prompts showing up during evaluation.

My attempt to fix it using temporary files was only moderately successful and broke down completely with the ability to run remote Pythons over ssh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zodAqBvKQm0

Now

However it seems that I've finally cracked it :) (with a surprisingly short solution that feels hacky but AFAICT should be orders of magnitude more reliable than the previous one, link for the curious: https://github.com/wuub/SublimeREPL/blob/master/text_transfer.py#L43)

Howto

1. Install SublimeREPL 1.2.0 (released +- 10 minutes ago)
2. Run Python REPL (any one you wish, w/ or w/o virtualenv)
3. Focus a file you wish to evaluate
4. Tools -> SublimeREPL -> Eval in REPL -> File or [Ctrl+, f]
5. Play with other options (line evaluation should be useful, you only need one cursor in each line you wish to eval, try [Ctrl+Alt+<down-arrow>])
6. ...
7. Profit! :)