Use Sublime and Spyder together in a REPL-like fashion

Sublime and Python (Linux).md

Running a Python script or selected code from Sublime in Spyder's IPython console

A supplement to the Brushing Up Science post: Invest in a good text editor

I like to use both Python and Sublime Text. But I also like Spyder as a Python IDE. Therefore, although I edit in Sublime, to run scripts or evaluate lines of code in a REPL-like fashion, I do so via Spyder. Detailed below is how I achieve this in such a way that if I want to run the file or evaluate the selected lines, I simply press Shift + Enter.

This example works for Linux using Autokey. For Windows instructions, click here.

Step 1: Autokey code

In AutoKey, save the code below as "Spyder Run File" (note that this file name is referenced in step 2).

# Copy file path using shortcut defined in the sublime-keymap below
keyboard.send_keys('<super>+o')
# Switch to the Spyder Window
window.activate('Spyder (Python 3.5)')
time.sleep(0.1)
# Focus the IPython Console
keyboard.send_keys('<ctrl>+<shift>+i')
time.sleep(0.1)
# Past the path copied from Sublime surrounded by runfile('  '), a command defined in Spyder
keyboard.send_keys('runfile("')
time.sleep(0.1)
keyboard.send_keys('<ctrl>+v')
time.sleep(0.1)
keyboard.send_keys('")')
time.sleep(0.1)
keyboard.send_keys('<enter>')

Save a second file entitled "Spyder Run Lines" with the following content:

# Copy file path using shortcut defined in the sublime-keymap below
keyboard.send_keys('<ctrl>+c')
time.sleep(0.2)
# Switch to the Spyder Window
window.activate('Spyder (Python 3.5)')
time.sleep(0.1)
# Focus the IPython Console
keyboard.send_keys('<ctrl>+<shift>+i')
time.sleep(0.1)
# Past and evaluate
keyboard.send_keys('<ctrl>+v')
keyboard.send_keys('<enter>')

Step 2: Sublime Text preferences

In Sublime Text, add the following to the User Keymap (Preferences > Key Bindings)

(Note that "super+o" is an arbitrary shortcut that is unlikely to be in use, but required in the AutoKey files above)

{
    "keys": ["super+o"], 
    "command": "copy_path"
},
{
    "keys": ["shift+enter"],
    "command": "exec",
    "args": {"cmd": ["autokey-run", "-s", "Spyder Run File"]},
    "context": [{"key": "selector", "operator":
                 "equal", "operand": "source.python"}]
},
{
    "keys": ["shift+enter"],
    "command": "exec",
    "args": {"cmd": ["autokey-run", "-s", "Spyder Run Lines"]},
    "context": [{"key": "selection_empty",
                 "operator": "equal",
                 "operand": false},
                {"key": "selector",
                 "operator": "equal",
                 "operand": "source.python"}]
}

The file above will need square brackets around the file if nothing else exists in the keymap file. See the default keymap for an example.