Simon Forman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 8, 6:45 pm, Jeremy C B Nicoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ah, I've been using IDLE so far (but would probably prefer to write > > Python in my normal text editor). In IDLE Alt-X syntax checks the saved > > copy of the file being edited (at least it seems to), and I was > > wondering how to replicate that elsewhere. > > I don't know of a command line tool to do that, but I hasten to point > out that you have the source code of IDLE available so you could just > figure out what it's doing and encapsulate that in a script. I was afraid someone would suggest that. Figuring out how IDLE works is a bit beyond me at this stage. I note the idea posted by Jan Claeys involves running a working python program which manages the compile process, which is an approach I'd not have thought of in a hurry. My experience of other languages' compilers has never been like this, eg to compile a Fortran program I would not expect to run a Fortran program that calls the compiler, IYSWIM. -- Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
