To get a very convenient full-screen console debugger for python, install ipdb and pdbpp packages.
Then use __import__('ipdb').set_trace() to start the debugger and enter sticky to switch to the full-screen mode.
Both packages can be installed with pip:
virtualenv -p python3 venv source venv/bin/activate pip install ipdb pip install pdbpp The ipdb package improves the standard (pdb) debugger by adding syntax highlight and code completion. And the pdbpp adds the “sticky” mode, so the debugger can be run in a full-screen mode, in terminal: