How to execute a python script and leave open a shell for further testing in VIM

Question

When I write python script in VIM I would like to test them into VIM directly I know that I can use:

w !python -

But this execute the script and suddenly close the shell so if I want to test a function I can't call it with various arguments! For example if I have this code:

print "How can I test the following function in Vim?"
def testfunc(test):
    print test*2

When I run in VIM w !python - it print me the print statement but I can't try to test the function with some arbitrary arguments. How can I run the script in a python shell for further testing?

Max Noel · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-13 15:59:30Z

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You can run a Python script and then immediately switch to interactive mode with the -i flag:

python -i test.py

answered Dec 13, 2013 at 15:59

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G M Over a year ago

Perfect now i use :!python -i %and it works great! Thanks a lot!

Ingo Karkat · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-13 16:09:06Z

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You may run interactive buffer like Conque Term with python commandline and then just import your .py file in it.

edited Dec 13, 2013 at 16:09

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