[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote] > Hi Everybody, > > If I were to use Komodo to write in Python, would it add a lot of goo to my > code such that I would not be able to switch to another IDE without having to > claw my way out of a tarpit first?
Nope. Komodo adds no goo to your code (TM). TM's my name, not a trademark on "Komodo adds no goo to your code" -- but I'm thinking about it. :) Perhaps you are thinking of some of the C/C++ IDEs (like Visual Studio on Windows and Xcode on the Mac) that will help you setup of projects using their build systems that sometimes imply a number of standard files. Komodo doesn't mandate a build system. > Any other thoughts on Komodo? I am considering it because I am hoping to find > a solution to the install-packages-until-you-go-blind aspect of Python. > Setting up a serious, cross-platform, gui development environment is quite a > struggle for a newbie. Not sure about the "install-packages-until-you-go-blind" thing. Komodo doesn't help you install packages into your Python implementation. Nor does Komodo have front-ends to py2app or py2exe for wrapping up Python code into standalone executables. GUI development, however. Komodo's GUI Builder is intended to be a GUI designer for simple Tkinter-based UIs. It does mandate a certain style for your *GUI* code, but I believe that all GUI designers need to do this. Because I work on Komodo I am biased, so won't give you an opinion on it relative to other tools out there. Cheers, Trent -- Trent Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list