No "Run Python Console" in PyCharm menu
Click the icon in the lower left corner of pycharm, then you will get a button for the console.
I am new to PyCharm and I am stuck on something really stupid: I cannot get Pycharm to display a Python interpreter console window.
The help tells me to click "Tools -> Run Python Console" in the main menu, which is simple and logical enough, except there is no Run Python Console command in my Tools submenu. There is a "Tools -> Python Console..." command (yes with the dots, plus an icon), but it does nothing. Ditto for the "Python Console" box (with the same icon) in the right end of the bottom bar.
I have searched a lot for a solution, but nobody seems to have discussed this or a similar problem.
My installation is:
PyCharm Community Edition 2016.1.2,
Build #PC-145.844, built on April 8, 2016,
JRE: 1.8.0_60-b27 x86,
JVM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM by Oracle Corporation
Thanks for any hints.