how to get started with Eric from the very beginning

[apollo]

fairly new to python

opened a file - then eric (an ide that i have installed') opened the code.

then the following messages popped up;:


Es ist kein Provider für Code Dokumentation registriert. Diese Funktion wurde deaktiviert.


wähle einen listeneintrag um die Konfigurationsseiteite zu sehen



Warning: translation file 'git_de_DE' could not be loaded. Using default.


what to do?

[apollo]

hello see my approach


if i do like so - in eric

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Python 3.7.1 (default, Oct 22 2018, 10:41:28)
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[GCC 8.2.1 20180831] auf martin-pc, Standard
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>>> contacts.py
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>>> Traceback (innermost last):
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File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
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NameError: name 'contacts' is not defined



i get errors...

[j.crater]

contacts.py seems to be a Python module, maybe you wanted to import it?

import contacts

[apollo]

hello dear all - i have found out some issues.


The Python interpreter understands and accepts only Python commands. i was running contacts.py in the interpreter, which is not a Python command. That causes some issues.


i have had to do it the correct way: To run the code of the contacts.py file in Eric, simply open it and select Start > Run Script from the Eric main menu (I’m not using Eric, so this option might be a different one, just look at the main menu of the program for something similar).


From Python documentation:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/except...#NameError
exception NameError
Raised when a local or global name is not found. This applies only to unqualified names. The associated value is an error message that includes the name that could not be found.


now i started in eric the correct way and all goes well now,.

[j.crater]

Great, I am glad you got it working right, and thanks for posting back about solution!