how to use pythontex in winedt

Question

is there a shortcut within WinEdt to use the pythontex command?

For the pythontex command, I know that you have to use the command prompt and then go to the path where the pythontex file is stored. In my example it is at: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\scripts\pythontex

Then you have to type in the path to the file that you need to compile for pythontex. I will then have to type: pythontex C:\Users\superman\Desktop\test\example

Can WinEdt be customized to carry out these steps in a more efficient manner, for example by creating a button??

OK, I followed some steps and copied all the text from the active toolbar.ini file (in my case all the verbage in Toolbar2d.ini) and copied it to Private.ini under the \ My custom Tex toolbar: [TOOLBAR*]

I added:

  BUTTON="|"   
  BUTTON="PyTeX"
  BUTTON="|"

to the bottom of the file.

I would like to know what commands to input in the MainMenu.ini file. I did a copy/past and have this so far appened to the end of the MainMenu.ini file:

ITEM="PyTeX"
CAPTION="&PyTeX"
IMAGE="Python"
MACRO="Exe('%b\Exec\TeX\dvi2ps.edt');" % need to get the command for the pythontex execution
SHORTCUT="24644::Shift+Ctrl+Y"
REQ_FILTER="%P\%N.dvi" % need to change for pythontex to run
ITEM="-"

Can you help me edit these commands to run the pythontex?

Answer 1

Update (2016-04-10)

A new add-on PythonTeX is available for WinEdt, so, if you want, revert the changes you've made in MainMenu.ini and install this package.

Be sure to have PythonTeX installed correctly, i.e. run the script python­tex_in­stall.bat bundled with PythonTeX.

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Original answer

I don't have neither Python nor PythonTeX installed, so I couldn't try it, but the following should work.

In your local copy of MainMenu.ini, just before the line

  ITEM="ConTeXt"

add the following lines

  ITEM="PyTeX"
    CAPTION="PyTeX"
    IMAGE="Python"
    SAVE_INPUT=1
    MACRO=`WinExe('','"C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\scripts\pythontex\pythontex.exe" "%N%T"','%P','',100,0,'','','',0);`
    SHORTCUT="24665::Shift+Ctrl+Y"
    REQ_FILTER=:"%!M=TeX"|"%!M=TeX:STY"|"%!M=TeX:AUX"
  ITEM="-"

Adjust the command line inside MACRO to your settings.

Then press Shift+Ctrl+F9 to reload the file.

If pythontex in your command line is not an executable, but a python script, as I suspect, replace the MACRO line with the following:

    MACRO=`WinExe('','cmd.exe /C ""C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\scripts\pythontex\pythontex" "%N%T""','%P','',100,0,'','','',0);`

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EDIT

If you're redirecting your auxiliary files to another folder, you will have the need to move the .pytxcode file to your main directory.

In this case, substitute the MACRO line with the following:

    MACRO=`IfStr("%O","%P","<>",!|IfFileExists('%O\%N.pytxcode',!'CopyFile("%O\%N.pytxcode","%P\%N.pytxcode",1);DeleteFile("%O\%N.pytxcode");');|);`+
          `WinExe('','cmd.exe /C ""C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\scripts\pythontex\pythontex" "%N%T""','%P','',100,0,'','','',0);`+
          `IfStr("%O","%P","<>",!|IfFileExists('%P\%N.pytxcode',!'CopyFile("%P\%N.pytxcode","%O\%N.pytxcode",1);DeleteFile("%P\%N.pytxcode");');|);`