Python interactive window should start in the project root directory, not in Python interpreter location

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When a Python interactive window starts, the current directory needs to be the project's root directory. It opens in the Python interpreter location, instead:

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Original Comments

Feedback Bot on 8/24/2023, 09:59 PM:

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[ShiShuyang]

I can't agree more!

import os
print('The path:', os.getcwd())
with open('1.txt', 'w') as f: f.write('1')

The result shouldn't be

The path: C:\Program Files\Python311
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\***\1.py", line 4, in <module>
    with open('1.txt', 'w') as f: f.write('1')
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '1.txt'

I have to write os.chdir(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])) to solve this problem. While this is not appropriate.

Other IDE, such as VS Code, Spyder are in the project root directory.