Ken Seehart writes: | | Lacrima wrote: | > I am new to python. | > And now I am using trial version of Wing IDE. | > But nobody mentioned it as a favourite editor. | > So should I buy it when trial is expired or there are better choices? | > |
| I've heard notepad is pretty good. http://www.notepad.org/ | | :-) Ken | Seriously. I actually know a programmer who does all of his work in notepad: no macros, syntax-highlighting, or any other robust features, plus that horrible font. I use emacs. No alternative presentation rivals, for me, the ability to program your editor while you use it. Never having to reach for the mouse in emacs is a terrific (and optional) bonus. I guess it depends on how you work. If you're willing to invest a fair amount of time in your editor and you like the idea of being able to drastically modify your editor while you use it, you should consider emacs. Emacs has a good on-line help system, including a friendly emacs lisp introduction. If you're using a Mac, check out Aquamacs Emacs. I can't say a thing about other editors, except that when some shell script perversely dumped me into vi a month ago, I felt as horrified as if some actually living bugs had crawled out of my own reflection on the computer screen and fallen, clicking and scraping, onto the keyboard. That's a personal reaction - totally irrelevant, of course. Bar -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
