The free Python editors/IDEs really do need work as far as code completion goes but I am hopeful.
IMO Stani's Python Editor comes closest by providing some code sense through a combination of history and doc strings for Python built-ins. Where it falls short is the ability to scan doc strings for your own code and non built-in modules in the Python path. Python already has the ground work in place to accomplish something similar to VS's XML commenting/intellisense system. With a Python interpretor you can type help(myModule) and get the doc string documentation. So I imagine implementing code sense for code being developed as well as non built-in modules would just be a matter of finding the appropriate module at the right time and piping the output of help([module]) to a popup window. If your willing to help work on something like that I suggest contacting Stani directly http://pythonide.stani.be/ or creating a plugin for Geany http://geany.uvena.de/ Ivan Ven Osdel Software Engineer http://www.datasyncsuite.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ali Servet Dönmez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: python-list@python.org Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 3:33:59 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: Freesoftware for auto/intelligent code completing in Python On Jul 1, 12:15 am, Fuzzyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 30, 10:46 pm, Ali Servet Dönmez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I don't want to be so mean here, but how hard it could be be writing a > > freesoftware which would automatically/intelligently auto complete > > Python code? (I mean something that really does the job, like > > Microsoft's Visual Studio or Sun's NetBeans or something else, you > > name it, but just don't give me PyDev please...) > > > This could be an extension, a plugin, an Emacs mode, a new editor or > > even a brand new huge all-fancy IDE, I don't care, but what am I > > missing here? > > > Could someone please point me out something that I'm really missing > > which is already present in the wild, otherwise I'd like discuss with > > whoever is willing to help me to get this thing done. I made my mind > > and I could volunteer to make this happen as thesis project for my > > incoming graduation in the next year. > > > Regards you all, > > Ali Servet Dönmez > > Vim, Emacs, Wing, Komodo, ... more? > > Yeah, I guess you're missing something. :-) > > Michael Foordhttp://www.ironpythoninaction.com/http://www.trypython.org/ I've checkout Wing IDE's license and it doesnt' seem to be a freesoftware; am I wrong? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
