yeah, I've got it running in colour.. I just meant the 'inline' colour changes as you type also, what editor do you use with ipython? I quite liked the idle built in editor Dave ________________________________ From: scipy-user-bounces@scipy.net [mailto:scipy-user-bounces@scipy.net] On Behalf Of Ryan Krauss Sent: 13 July 2005 14:13 To: SciPy Users List Subject: Re: [SciPy-user] wxpython Ipython can be made to run in color if you follow the Windows install instructions. It will also suggest syntax when you hit the tab key. Howey, David A wrote: gui_thread is obsolete and has not been upgraded to handle the latest wxPython. ipython has up-to-date threading support. I've just installed ipython. Seems okay, although I was getting to quite like the look and feel of 'idle', particularly the way it hints at syntax (like excel does) and also uses colours in the interpreter, and links to its own editor. Dave _______________________________________________ SciPy-user mailing list SciPy-user@scipy.net http://www.scipy.net/mailman/listinfo/scipy-user
Howey, David A wrote:
yeah, I've got it running in colour.. I just meant the 'inline' colour changes as you type
also, what editor do you use with ipython? I quite liked the idle built in editor
You can use any editor you want, as ipython has very poor editing capabilities (limited to single-line changes). Some users like to call %edit with ipython, which will invoke your $EDITOR, try %edit? for more info. I personally don't like %edit, and my normal modus operandi is to run Xemacs with my files open, along with an ipython session where I use '%run foo' over and over as I modify the file foo.py. I find this to be a good balance: I get a good editor for the heavy lifting, and in the interactive ipython session I get good tracebacks, %pdb debugging, the ability to inspect objects resulting from my runs, and no expensive reinitialization of the interpreter for each test (this can be a HUGE deal if you are using complex/large libraries like scipy or VTK). Cheers, f
participants (3)
-
Fernando Perez -
Howey, David A -
Ryan Krauss