Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-17 Thread JussiJ
On May 26, 3:35 am, LittleGrasshopper wrote: > With so many choices, I was wondering what editor is the one you > prefer when coding Python, The Zeus for Windows IDE is Python aware: http://www.zeusedit.com/python.html > and why. It does syntax highlighting, smart indenting, code folding e

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-17 Thread JussiJ
On May 31, 12:42 am, edexter wrote: On the Windows platform the Zeus editor has Python language support: http://www.zeusedit.com > I will sometimes use word pad but i perfer syntax > highlighting.. The syntax highlighter is fully configurable. > I would be after is to be able to define my

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-05 Thread Xah Lee
On May 25, 10:35 am, LittleGrasshopper wrote: > With so many choices, I was wondering what editor is the one you > prefer when coding Python, and why. I normally use vi, and just got > into Python, so I am looking for suitable syntax files for it, and > extra utilities. I dabbled with emacs at som

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-05 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
Ben Finney wrote: > Emile van Sebille writes: > > > On 6/4/2009 3:19 PM Lawrence D'Oliveiro said... > > > In message , Nick Craig- > > > Wood wrote: > > > > > >> You quit emacs with Ctrl-X Ctrl-C. > > > > > > That's "save-buffers-kill-emacs". If you don't want to save buffers, > > > the exit se

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-04 Thread greg
Albert van der Horst wrote: Memories of Atari 260/520/1040 that had a keyboard with a key actually marked ... HELP. Modern day Mac keyboards have one of those, too. -- Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-04 Thread Ben Finney
Emile van Sebille writes: > On 6/4/2009 3:19 PM Lawrence D'Oliveiro said... > > In message , Nick Craig- > > Wood wrote: > > > >> You quit emacs with Ctrl-X Ctrl-C. > > > > That's "save-buffers-kill-emacs". If you don't want to save buffers, > > the exit sequence is alt-tilde, f, e. This is an i

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-04 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 6/4/2009 3:19 PM Lawrence D'Oliveiro said... In message , Nick Craig- Wood wrote: You quit emacs with Ctrl-X Ctrl-C. That's "save-buffers-kill-emacs". If you don't want to save buffers, the exit sequence is alt-tilde, f, e. Ha ha ha ha ha! No -- really? Emile -- http://mail.python.o

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-04 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Albert van der Horst wrote: > Memories of Atari 260/520/1040 that had a keyboard with a key actually > marked ... HELP. And the OLPC machines have a key marked "reveal source". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-04 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Nick Craig- Wood wrote: > You quit emacs with Ctrl-X Ctrl-C. That's "save-buffers-kill-emacs". If you don't want to save buffers, the exit sequence is alt-tilde, f, e. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-04 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:54:48 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > > > In message , Albert van der Horst wrote: > > > >> An indication of how one can see one is in emacs is also appreciated. > > > > How about, hit CTRL/G and see if the word "Quit" appears somewhere. > >

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-04 Thread Albert van der Horst
In article , Emile van Sebille wrote: >On 6/1/2009 4:57 PM Steven D'Aprano said... >> Having noted that the word "Quit" does appear, how do you then *actually* >> Quit? Apart from taunting the user, what is it that Ctrl-G is actually >> doing when it displays the word "Quit" in what seems to be s

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-02 Thread Christopher
On May 25, 1:35 pm, LittleGrasshopper wrote: > With so many choices, I was wondering what editor is the one you > prefer when coding Python, and why. I normally use vi, and just got > into Python, so I am looking for suitable syntax files for it, and > extra utilities. I dabbled with emacs at some

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-01 Thread MRAB
Emile van Sebille wrote: On 6/1/2009 4:57 PM Steven D'Aprano said... Having noted that the word "Quit" does appear, how do you then *actually* Quit? Apart from taunting the user, what is it that Ctrl-G is actually doing when it displays the word "Quit" in what seems to be some sort of status b

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-01 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 6/1/2009 4:57 PM Steven D'Aprano said... Having noted that the word "Quit" does appear, how do you then *actually* Quit? Apart from taunting the user, what is it that Ctrl-G is actually doing when it displays the word "Quit" in what seems to be some sort of status bar? Ahhh.. memories of d

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-01 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:54:48 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message , Albert van der Horst wrote: > >> An indication of how one can see one is in emacs is also appreciated. > > How about, hit CTRL/G and see if the word "Quit" appears somewhere. Ah, one has to love user interfaces design

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-01 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Albert van der Horst wrote: > An indication of how one can see one is in emacs is also appreciated. How about, hit CTRL/G and see if the word "Quit" appears somewhere. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-01 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Albert van der Horst wrote: > You can carry vim (or Edwin's editor for that matter) on a FAT > [USB] stick. > (As they say: "Speak softly, and carry a large stick.") I like that. :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-01 Thread Albert van der Horst
In article , Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >In message , Lie Ryan wrote: > >> norseman wrote: >> >>> Suggestion: >>> Take a look at the top two most used OS you use and learn the default >>> (most often available) text editors that come with them. >> >> Which means Notepad on Windows? > >Or you coul

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-06-01 Thread Albert van der Horst
In article , Roy Smith wrote: >In article , > Bar Shirtcliff wrote: > >> 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

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-30 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Lie Ryan wrote: > norseman wrote: > >> Suggestion: >> Take a look at the top two most used OS you use and learn the default >> (most often available) text editors that come with them. > > Which means Notepad on Windows? Or you could take a Linux preinstallation on a Live CD/DVD or U

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-30 Thread edexter
On May 30, 6:28 am, "Hendrik van Rooyen" wrote: > "Lie Ryan" wrote: > > norseman wrote: > > > Suggestion: > > > Take a look at the top two most used OS you use and learn the default > > > (most often available) text editors that come with them. > > > Which means Notepad on Windows? > > you could

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-30 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
"Lie Ryan" wrote: > norseman wrote: > > Suggestion: > > Take a look at the top two most used OS you use and learn the default > > (most often available) text editors that come with them. > > Which means Notepad on Windows? you could live dangerously and use WordPad... - Hendrik -- http://mail

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-29 Thread Falcolas
I am a long time VIM user, and I likely will not change that. The speed, ease of use and functionality, for me, is worth the time spent learning how to use it. My secondary editor on the desktop is UltraEdit, which does a fine job as a text editor and has all the same functionality of VIM - yet de

Syntax highlighting, round 42 (was Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python)

2009-05-29 Thread Aahz
In article , Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >In message , Steven >D'Aprano wrote: >> On Tue, 26 May 2009 18:31:56 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> In message >> b201-4b2445732...@v35g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, LittleGrasshopper >>> wrote: ... I am looking for suitable syntax files fo

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-29 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message <003b3d8c$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2009 14:00:19 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message <003af57e$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 29 May 2009 09:04:39 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro w

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-29 Thread Lie Ryan
norseman wrote: > jeffFromOz wrote: >> On May 26, 10:07 pm, 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? >> >> No one mentioned t

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-29 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:57:18 +0200, Gabor Urban wrote: > In one the last postings about this topic Steven D'Aprano has written: > "As a general rule, menus are discoverable, while keyboard commands > aren't. There's nothing inherent to text editing functions which makes > then inherently undiscove

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-29 Thread Ben Finney
Gabor Urban writes: > This is a Python mailing list, which supposed to be a forum of people > using the Python programming language. Agreed so far. > As a summary, any open source editor should be perfect, which is > extensible, optionally language-sensitive, portable, basically > independent o

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Gabor Urban
Hi guys, I would like to reflect this issue for the last time, though I found this thread to be quite inspiring. In one the last postings about this topic Steven D'Aprano has written: "As a general rule, menus are discoverable, while keyboard commands aren't. There's nothing inherent to text edit

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 29 May 2009 14:00:19 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <003af57e$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: > >> On Fri, 29 May 2009 09:04:39 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> In message <003a5518$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven >>> D'Aprano

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message <003af57e$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2009 09:04:39 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message <003a5518$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 28 May 2009 20:58:07 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro w

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 29 May 2009 09:04:39 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <003a5518$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: > >> On Thu, 28 May 2009 20:58:07 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> In message <0039e83c$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven >>> D'Aprano

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread norseman
jeffFromOz wrote: On May 26, 10:07 pm, 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? No one mentioned textmate either . a brilliant text edi

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread jeffFromOz
On May 26, 10:07 pm, 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? No one mentioned textmate either . a brilliant text editor with pytho

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message <003a5518$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2009 20:58:07 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message <0039e83c$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >> >>> A good UI standard should mean that: >>> >>> * all funct

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread JanC
Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > When ssh- ing I have been using vim, painfully. Must look at nano - sounds > good. > I really miss Brief. Or try 'joe'. -- JanC -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Gabor Urban
I use Emacs, as for the other editing activities. I like it for it is very powerfull. -- Linux: Choice of a GNU Generation -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread paffnucy
Or you can try pyscripter http://code.google.com/p/pyscripter/ Very fast, lightwieght and powerfull python editor. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Jason S. Friedman
I use Eclipse (www.eclipse.org) with the PyDev plugin (pydev.sourceforge.net). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Esmail
Andreas Roehler wrote: Esmail wrote: LittleGrasshopper wrote: So what do you guys use, and why? Hopefully we can keep this civil. I use Emacs, just because I have been using this editor for all sorts of things in the last 20+ years. I haven't been able to get the python mode to work for Windo

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Rhodri James
On Thu, 28 May 2009 06:24:56 +0100, Paul Rudin wrote: "Rhodri James" writes: The feature that caused me to uninstall python-mode.el was its bloody-minded determination to regard '_' as a word character, something which caused me more typing that it ever saved. Probably you could have cha

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 07:38:33AM EDT, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Your point is? notepad, otoh.. > *ducks and runs* .. likewise. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread David Robinow
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Andreas Roehler wrote: > Rhodri James wrote: >> and I'll get over that.  The feature that caused me to uninstall >> python-mode.el was its bloody-minded determination to regard '_' as a word >> character, something which caused me more typing that it ever saved. >

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 28 May 2009 20:58:07 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <0039e83c$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: > >> A good UI standard should mean that: >> >> * all functionality should be discoverable without reading the manual; > > Which means no scripting l

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 28 May 2009 11:08:08 +0100, Paul Rudin wrote: > Steven D'Aprano writes: > > >> * if possible, all functionality should be capable of being performed >> by either the mouse or keyboard. > > I'd imagine that the requirement that *all* functionality can be > performed with the mouse rules

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 28 May 2009 05:44:07 -0400, Chris Jones wrote: >> * if possible, all functionality should be capable of being performed >> by either the mouse or keyboard. > > All valid points on the face of it, but doesn't the above rule out both > vim and emacs? Your point is? *ducks and runs* --

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Andreas Roehler
Rhodri James wrote: > On Wed, 27 May 2009 16:56:12 +0100, Bruno Desthuilliers > wrote: > >> Rhodri James a écrit : >>> On Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:29 +0100, Roy Smith wrote: >>> My pet peeve is syntax-aware editors which get things wrong. For example, the version of emacs I'm using

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Andreas Roehler
Rhodri James wrote: > On Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:29 +0100, Roy Smith wrote: > >> My pet peeve is syntax-aware editors which get things wrong. For >> example, >> the version of emacs I'm using now doesn't parse this properly: >> >> '''A triple-quoted string. Some editors won't get this right''' >

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Andreas Roehler
Esmail wrote: > LittleGrasshopper wrote: >> >> So what do you guys use, and why? Hopefully we can keep this civil. > > I use Emacs, just because I have been using this editor for > all sorts of things in the last 20+ years. > > I haven't been able to get the python mode to work for Windows A bug

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Paul Rudin
Steven D'Aprano writes: > * if possible, all functionality should be capable of being performed by > either the mouse or keyboard. I'd imagine that the requirement that *all* functionality can be performed with the mouse rules out many text editors. Almost the defining feature of a text editor

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:06:25AM EDT, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:34:45 -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > > I'm unsure about a python editor for everyone but since acquiring > > habits takes time, I'm in favor of sticking to one editor for > > everything. > > Or use an editor whic

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Tim Cook
On May 26, 9:07 am, 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 use nothing but Wing. Their support is great as well. -- http://ma

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-28 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message <0039e83c$0$9673$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > A good UI standard should mean that: > > * all functionality should be discoverable without reading the manual; Which means no scripting languages are allowed? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Paul Rudin
"Rhodri James" writes: > The feature that caused me to uninstall python-mode.el was its > bloody-minded determination to regard '_' as a word character, > something which caused me more typing that it ever saved. Probably you could have changed this in a few minutes. Or does fiddling with emacs

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:34:45 -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > I'm unsure about a python editor for everyone but since acquiring habits > takes time, I'm in favor of sticking to one editor for everything. Or use an editor which follows user interface standards, rather than invents its own conventions

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Chris Jones
I'm unsure about a python editor for everyone but since acquiring habits takes time, I'm in favor of sticking to one editor for everything. CJ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread John Yeung
On May 27, 2:09 pm, Stef Mientki wrote: > John Yeung wrote: > > > I kind of marvel at how few people complain about [SciTE's] > > Python indentation.  (I'd like to think it's because anyone > > who edits Python code in SciTE has downloaded my patch, but > > I am confident that is not the case.) >

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Rhodri James
On Wed, 27 May 2009 16:56:12 +0100, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: Rhodri James a écrit : On Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:29 +0100, Roy Smith wrote: My pet peeve is syntax-aware editors which get things wrong. For example, the version of emacs I'm using now doesn't parse this properly: '''A tri

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Stef Mientki
John Yeung wrote: On May 26, 9:43 am, Mel wrote: SciTE I like one big uncomplicated window, tabbed file panes, syntax coloring and help with indentation. There's nothing to it I hate. It would be nice if customization were easier. This is a decent summary of SciTE, but I kind of m

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Gunter Henriksen
> This, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, points > up the essential difference between a modal and > a non-modal way of doing things. That is one reason I love emacs... I not only get a selection of several "major modes", I can also have multiple "minor modes" active at the same time! And I can e

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Bryan
On May 26, 5:07 am, 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? First read this and think about where you want to invest your time, IDE

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Rhodri James a écrit : On Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:29 +0100, Roy Smith wrote: My pet peeve is syntax-aware editors which get things wrong. For example, the version of emacs I'm using now doesn't parse this properly: '''A triple-quoted string. Some editors won't get this right''' The solutio

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread godshorse
On May 26, 7:07 pm, 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? Hello, I too new to Python. I tried several IDEs and ended up with Win

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread rustom
I dont think Ive seen it said on this thread (if yes sorry for missing it) If you use emacs 1. DONT use the python.el that comes with emacs but use python-mode.el that comes from python 2. Use python as an interpreter ie not as you would use C or Java or ... which is to say 2.1 Start python as an

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread flyingfrog
On 27 Mag, 08:44, Ben Finney wrote: > Lacrima writes: > > 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 think your time will be better spent l

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-27 Thread Jeremiah Dodds
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Teguh Iskanto wrote: > > > BTW: "screen" does split screen too :) > > HTH > > Unfortunately, screen only does horizontal splitting. (I heard that vertical splitting is supposed to be in the next version of it, and is in the dev trunk, but I don't know). That said

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Ben Finney
Lacrima writes: > 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 think your time will be better spent learning a powerful, mature, well-supported, free-

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Ben Finney
Steven D'Aprano writes: > nano is basically an updated (forked?) version of pico. Re-implemented http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v1.2/faq.html#6>. Pico was under a non-free license, so Nano was written to be a feature-compatible free-software clone. -- \ “If you ever catch on fire, try to

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Paul Rudin
Lawrence D'Oliveiro writes: > In message , Jean-Michel > Pichavant wrote: > >> Why buy an IDE when you just need a text editor ? > > Because all the cool kids have one. If you want to be different and > individual like them, you have to have what they have. Of course it's not always clear what

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Teguh Iskanto wrote: > Have you tried vim ? it has got tons of tons of features ... So has everything else these days. > for example: you're working in the office and connected to your remote > CVS server ... Wouldn't it be easier to use a distributed VCS? -- http://mail.python.

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Teguh Iskanto
Have you tried vim ? it has got tons of tons of features, like ( just to name a few) : file manager, color syntax, tab screen, command/syntax completion (cache only) , vertical split, horizontal split, colorful diffing, create a patch, etc .. you name it !! . There's also plugins / script that pe

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Ankit
On May 26, 6:04 pm, J Kenneth King wrote: > Lacrima writes: > > 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 will suggest u to use TEXTPAD 4 o

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread John Yeung
On May 26, 9:43 am, Mel wrote: >  SciTE > I like one big uncomplicated window, tabbed file panes, > syntax coloring and help with indentation.  There's > nothing to it I hate.  It would be nice if > customization were easier. This is a decent summary of SciTE, but I kind of marvel at how few peo

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Roy Smith wrote: > The real problem is when you get dumped into some editor other than you > one you expected and don't realize it for a while. It's really amazing > how much damage you can do to a file by typing (for example) emacs > commands at vi. Doesn't work the other way round

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > Why buy an IDE when you just need a text editor ? Because all the cool kids have one. If you want to be different and individual like them, you have to have what they have. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Arnaud Delobelle wrote: > That's why I use ed. After 20 years of suffering with vi, I finally decided to switch to Emacs. Yes, it has lots of fancy features and "modes" and things, but it wasn't hard to figure out how to turn the intrusive stuff off, and still leave a very powerfu

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Roy Smith
In article , "Rhodri James" wrote: > On Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:29 +0100, Roy Smith wrote: > > > My pet peeve is syntax-aware editors which get things wrong. For > > example, > > the version of emacs I'm using now doesn't parse this properly: > > > > '''A triple-quoted string. Some editors

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Rhodri James
On Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:29 +0100, Roy Smith wrote: My pet peeve is syntax-aware editors which get things wrong. For example, the version of emacs I'm using now doesn't parse this properly: '''A triple-quoted string. Some editors won't get this right''' The solution is to change the oute

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Bar Shirtcliff wrote: > 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 an

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Arnaud Delobelle wrote: > That's why I use ed. Ed is the standard text editor [1]. Ed is open > source [2]. I still use ed sometimes. If I'm on a box which doesn't have emacs installed (or using something whose terminal emulation is totally broken), it lets me get work done. -

RE: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Benjamin J. Racine
ne=glosten@python.org] On Behalf Of Dave Angel Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:36 PM Cc: python-list@python.org; Lacrima Subject: Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python Lacrima wrote: >> I am new to python. >> And now I am using trial version of Wing IDE. >> But nobody

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Dave Angel
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'm a little surprised nobody has explicitly mentioned Komodo IDE (the full version). Although

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Brian Blais
On May 26, 2009, at 8:07 , 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 have found that the appreciation of a text editor varies greatly

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Brian Blais
On May 26, 2009, at 11:17 , Ken Seehart wrote: 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? Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: Why buy an IDE w

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Tim Chase
Zamnedix wrote: So what do you guys use, and why? Hopefully we can keep this civil. Nano! Nano! Nano Revolution!!! Thank you, Mork[1] :) -tkc (who uses Vim for Python coding, and on rare occasions, Notepad or ed) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy -- http://mail.python.o

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Bar Shirtcliff
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.

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:07 AM, 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? We're mostly talking about text editors, not full-fledge

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Ken Seehart
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? Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: Why buy an IDE when you just need a text editor ? I don't get i

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Zamnedix
On May 25, 10:35 am, LittleGrasshopper wrote: > With so many choices, I was wondering what editor is the one you > prefer when coding Python, and why. I normally use vi, and just got > into Python, so I am looking for suitable syntax files for it, and > extra utilities. I dabbled with emacs at som

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread David Smith
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 use Wing IDE and like it. It very nicely enforces consistent space indentations and othe

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Ken Seehart wrote: > > 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? >> >> > > Jean-Michel Pichav

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
Lawrence D'Oliveiro writes: > In message , Hendrik van > Rooyen wrote: > >> "Lawrence D'Oliveiro" wrote: >>> >>> Why [do you want syntax highlighting]? >> >> It makes your screen look more busy as you type - for instance, if you >> type a " or a ' then it treats the rest of the file from that

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Mel
LittleGrasshopper wrote: > With so many choices, I was wondering what editor is the one you > prefer when coding Python, and why. I normally use vi, and just got > into Python, so I am looking for suitable syntax files for it, and > extra utilities. I dabbled with emacs at some point, but couldn't

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Ken Seehart
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? It's my favorite. Buy it. I'm not aware of any better choices. If you can afford the Pro ver

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Roy Smith
In article , "Hendrik van Rooyen" wrote: > [syntax coloring] makes your screen look more busy as you type - for > instance, if you > type a " or a ' then it treats the rest of the file from that point on as > belonging to the same string you are about to start typing, and colours it > all usin

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
Why buy an IDE when you just need a text editor ? I don't get it. Anyway gvim (aka vim aka vi) and emacs are the most powerful editors for years. Both have Windows and Linux version and most important, they both are very effective at editing any file type (python, C, latex, love letters...) Ema

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread J Kenneth King
Lacrima writes: > 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? That is a slightly better question. Try some of the free alternatives. I do happen to u

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Lacrima
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? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > "Lawrence D'Oliveiro" wrote: >> >> Why [do you want syntax highlighting]? > > It makes your screen look more busy as you type - for instance, if you > type a " or a ' then it treats the rest of the file from that point on as > belonging to the same stri

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

2009-05-26 Thread Paul Rudin
Steven D'Aprano writes: > e.g. I can instantly tell if I neglected to close a string, because > my code displays in red. I like syntax hightlighting for whitespace related things in python. e.g to highlight tabs, or whitespace at the end of a line. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/py

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