On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:54:43 -0800 (PST), Terry Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Robert Campbell wrote: > > > I am not a programmer, but have decided to learn Python. I am wondering > > if anyone has used the Activestate ActivePython and what are the > > advantages/disadvantages of using it rather than the standard Python > > tools. > > If you're on Windows, I recommend it. > > It is the full Python, plus some Windows extensions.
I fully agree. ActivePython contains everything that you'd get from the standard distribution, plus extra tools that are especially useful under Windows. (I like PythonWin a lot more than IDLE...) > The only downside I've encountered is that, as of 2.4, it no longer > includes the Help files in their original HTML format. Instead, there's > just one big help file in Windows Help format. > > I prefer the HTML, because I can then run searches against it from > outside the help system. Interesting -- I prefer the CHM (Windows helpfile), because it's internally indexed. I feel that the internal search is more convenient than external searches would be. But I suppose that there's room for reasonable people to disagree, here. :) Jeff Shannon _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
