Script issue not showing in Notepad++

[Dr. Sylvain J.R. Garceau-Bergeron]

Hello there.

I have Python 3.12.6 and Notepad++8.6.8 just installed. Inside Notepad++, I have a very simple script like RUN $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)
. The code below works in the Python interpreter. But when I try ro run it in Notepad++, there is a quick black window that appears then goes away. I saw one post that said to have a statement in the Python script so that it waits for the user to press a key to continue. That wait for key code is the msvcrt.getch() statement. I was wondering why I don’t see the execution of the Python script? I am all new to do and I am looking forward to learn. Any

Thanks
import msvcrt, os

coord_a = input ("Enter coord A: ")
coord_b = input ("Enter coord B: ")
print ("Coord a is " + coord_a + " .Coord b is " + coord_b)
print(“Press any key to continue…”)
msvcrt.getch()
os.system(‘cls’)

[PeterJones]

@Dr-Sylvain-J-R-Garceau-Bergeron ,

I am going to assume that you don’t actually type RUN $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH) into the Run dialog, because that’s obviously not what you’d type at a command line to get it to work – because python is the name of the interpreter, not run …

When I do Run > Run… > python "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)" , it does exactly what I’d expect with your code: it opens the cmd.exe window, prompts for the inputs, then prompts to press any key to continue, then closes after it has cleared the screen.

(Note: I use quotes around the $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH) so that the whole path will be passed to python, even if there is a space somewhere in the directory or filename)