Jeff Schwab wrote: > jmDesktop wrote: >> On Mar 20, 11:21 am, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On 2008-03-20, jmDesktop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, I'm trying to learn Python. I using Aquamac an emac >>>> implementation with mac os x. I have a program. If I go to the >>>> command prompt and type pythong myprog.py, it works. Can the program >>>> be run from within the editor or is that not how development is done? >>>> I ask because I was using Visual Studio with C# and, if you're >>>> familiar, you just hit run and it works. On Python do I use the >>>> editor for editing only and then run the program from the command >>>> line? > > Sort of. Modern editors generally have support for building and running > your program directly from a toolbar button or textual command. I > personally use Vim with the toolbar disabled, running in a Terminal, and > run the program by first putting Vim in the background (^z).
Modern editors like GNU Emacs show you a Python tab when you're editing a Python file that allows you to do various things with the code, just like Visual Studio, I don't know about "Aquamacs". > I believe Grant was suggesting that Emacs often serves a similar purpose > on Unix to what Visual Studio does on Windows, which seemed to be what > you were asking. When asking about Mac OS X here, you are likely to get > a lot of generic Unix responses. (Would it have been clearer if he had > just said "emacs?") There are several flavors, it's best to specify which one you mean. People who say Emacs often mean GNU Emacs. Paulo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
