As you become familiar with programming QGIS using Python, you'll want the Python console to always be available in QGIS. So, in this recipe, we'll add a Python startup script to QGIS to make sure the console starts when QGIS does.
First, you need the startup.py
file, which QGIS will read at startup. You'll be able to use this file to customize different aspects of QGIS:
In your user directory, locate the hidden
.qgis2
folder.Your user folder is typically located in
~/.qgis2
on Linux and OSX andC:\Users\<username>\.qgis2
on Windows, which you can also access the%USERPROFILE%
environment variable.Create a Python file named
startup.py
.
Open the
startup.py
file you created.Add the following lines to it:
from console import console console.console_show()