PyCharm for grognards

Initial setup:

• charm opening script: ~/.local/bin/charm (manually expand ~ first)

Important shortcuts:

• https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/help/keyboard-shortcuts-you-cannot-miss.html
• Gnome keymap is probably better than the default X11, to reduce conflicts with the window manager.

Settings:

• Disable unused plugins, for simplicity.
• Editor → General → Other: Always write EOL, and strip spaces
• For Python projects: set virtualenv under "Project Interpreter"

To configure Vim or such as external editor, see here. PyCharm's line and column can be passed like -c "call cursor($LineNumber$, $ColumnNumber$)" (must be double-quotes; single-quotes don't work)

Example:

• Program: gvim
• Parameters: -c "call cursor($LineNumber$, $ColumnNumber$)" $FilePathRelativeToSourcepath$
• Working directory: $SourcepathEntry$