I am a fairly new Pycharm user switched from other IDEs recently.
One question I have is about the interactive python interpreter, which is the \"window\" I can type
I'm using Pycharm community edition version 2016.1.2
I do the following to get an interactive prompt when debugging
As mentioned in the OP, to just get an interactive python prompt outside a running script, in the main menu bar select Tools->Python Console
Magically this will appear:
You can set the PyCharm then it runs the same as PyScripter.
Run --> Edit Configurations --> Select "Show command line afterwards".
Yes.
To launch an interactive console
On the main menu, choose Tools | Run Python console, or Tools | Run Django console
Running Console
Choose Run
, Edit Configurations
, check "Show command line afterwards". It doesn't work after an exception is raised, however.
Run->Edit Configurations->Interpreter Options-> add -i
There will be a red prompt when your run is finished.