Thonny change background4/30/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s easy to nod along to that apocryphal Einstein quote: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” whilst reinforcing the same old solutions. They just end up steepening the learning curve for no good reason. It is ironic when respected authors lament the lack of programmers while insisting that IDE interfaces should regress to the mean. Obviously if I’ve invested in a dual monitor setup I’m more likely to insist that “All IDEs must look like Spyder” (or whatever) in order to justify the expense and to appear to the casual observer that I really am doing something terribly, terribly complicated Simple Mode also reduces the overall size of the Thonny window, leaving more screen space for when I need to refer to Python docs. (Not suggesting anyone here would do that, of course). Dismissing large buttons on the grounds that they are insufficiently serious would be just clumsy and thoughtless. I find that reducing this sort of IDE “clutter” on an only-when-needed basis is an aid to concentration (Of course, YMMV).Īnd it’s great to see big tool buttons being promoted as a default-for-all-users rather than as an option buried in some menu somewhere for those with limited visual accuity. They don’t need to be visible all the time. If I need to refer to the other panels displaying variables, I just click on the Debug tool in the Thonny toolbar and up they pop. Just learn a few keyboard shortcuts and away you go. ![]() TLDR: Simple Mode doesn’t mean Simplistic.Īs an avid user of BlueJ (on Windows rather than RPiOS - since the Pi still struggles with JavaFX) I don’t get the dismissal of Thonny’s Simple Mode. If the user desires simple mode, instructions can be provided on how to switch it. Since simple mode seems to be used so rarely, the as-shipped configuration for Thonny should be to start in regular mode. And the first thing that any article on using Thonny with a Raspberry Pi mentions is how to disable simple mode and revert to the "regular" mode Thonny has. It appears to be Thonny and Thonny alone that starts in such an abbreviated mode. Other tools start with all the necessary menus and options available. Why does the Raspberry Pi implementation of Thonny start in simple mode? Geany doesn't. The home page for Thonny at does not even mention the existence of "simple mode" and all the instructions given there assume that the user is in "regular mode". There is one article I found here that asked how to return to simple mode because the shell window had disappeared.Įvery article that I have found that mentions simple mode always talks about how to get rid of it, including the article at RealPython I found ONE article at RealPython that discussed the fact that the Raspberry Pi's implementation of Thonny starts in simple mode and - as a consequence - the menu items everyone needs are not there. Every single article about learning Python or using Thonny always shows Thonny in "regular" mode.Īctually, that's not true. As far as I can tell, (and I have spent a while researching this), the Raspberry Pi's implementation of Thonny is the only one that starts in "simple mode" - which has no menus or drop-downs.Īdditionally, I have not found any articles, on any sites, anywhere I have searched, that talks about actually using Thonny in simple mode. ![]()
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