Question

I am using (a clean install off) Eclipse version 3.7.2 with PyDev for Eclipse, version 2.4.0.2012020116 (both the latest stable versions at the time of writing). The Eclipse installation is dedicated to be used for Python development so I don´t have a lot of plugins installed.

I am able to run pylint while redirecting output to the Eclipse Console, but I can not see anything in the Problems view.

The URL http://pydev.org/manual_adv_pylint.html mentions that I should enable ...pydev.pylint... in the Problems view filter. Which I can not find. I suspect it has been removed from Eclipse and that the page is obsolete.

I am able to find the View Menu in the upper right corner of the Problems view. If I look under it at Configure Contents I can see that Show all items is checked and that PyLint Problem exists and is checked under Types.

Related facts:

• In Windows / PyDev I have set Location of pylint (lint.py): to
  C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\pylint-0.25.1-py2.7.egg\pylint\lint.py.
• I installed pylint using easy_install.
• Pylint works from the command line, and of course, inside Eclipse when output is directed to the Eclipse Console. But I would much rather have it in the Problems view.
• My Eclipse project structure is simple.
  • I have my PyDev workspace at C:\Users\extntf\pydevws.
  • I have a PyDev project called Test in it.
  • The project
    • uses the PyDev Builder and has the (workspace relative path) /Test.
    • has PYTHONPATH set to /Test
    • is of type Python and has Grammar Version set to 2.7.
  • Inside it I have a module called TestModule.py with the following two lines:

    names = ['Monday','Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday', 'Sunday']
    print 'Hello ' + ' and '.join (names) + '!!'
    

If I need to provide anything else to be able to get help, please let me know in a comment.

Answer 1

Just took your code and things seem to work as expected, so, I guess your problem is that by default, PyDev will ignore ‘Conventions’ and ‘Refactoring’ suggestions from PyLint (only Conventions issues where reported in your code).

So, go to window > preferences > pydev > pylint and change the severity for the ‘Conventions’ and ‘Refactorings’ if you want those to appear as problem markers.