On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:57:14 -0400, Frank Scafidi wrote: > I just acquired a Raspberry Pi and want to program in Python. I was a > PL/1 programmer back in the 60's & 70's and Python is similar. I am > struggling with some very fundamental things that I am not finding in > the documentation. Can someone help me with the basics like how do I > save a program I've written, reload it in Python, list the program once > it's loaded? How do I edit a program? Are these command line functions? > > Thanks Frank <div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" > style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff">I just > acquired a Raspberry Pi and want to program in Python. I was a PL/1 > programmer back in the 60's & 70's and Python is similar. I > am struggling with some very fundamental things that I am not finding in > the documentation. Can someone help me with the basics like how do I > save a program I've written, reload it in Python, list the program > once it's loaded? How do I edit a program? Are these command line > functions? </div> > <div class="gmail_default" > style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff"><br></ div><div > class="gmail_default" > style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff">Thanks</ div><div > class="gmail_default" > style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff"> > Frank</div><div class="gmail_default" > style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff"><br></ div></div>
I am not in the same league as many of the posters here when it comes to Python but fortunately i do have two Raspberry Pi's :-) if you are running the Pi connected to a TV/Monitor with the Gui enabled then you should have access to Idle as well as a number of text editors (Geany works well if installed) if you are using it from the commands line then as previously stated you need to use a text editor to write the code (Nano is part of the basic Raspian Distro and easier to use than VI/Vim) once you have created your code file type python <file Name> at the command prompt remember if you are connecting to the Pi remotely Via SSH it is useful to have multiple connections open, one for the text editor & 1 to enable you to run the code or execute other Linux commands. If you have any more questions post them back &I hope I can help (Maybe I can become useful to this group as the R-Pi expert, hopefully more productively than some of the groups other 'Experts') -- Expect the worst, it's the least you can do. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
