[Edu-sig] RE: [Idle-dev] IDLE's save-before-run requirement

[Guido van Rossum]

> Lots of schools have iMacs and teaching Python would probably
> involve using IDLE on a Mac.  I tried this once.  My recollection
> is I didn't get the color-coding of key words.  Can anyone
> confirm/disconfirm this is a missing feature in Mac version?
> Perhaps I missed a toggle or something.
> 
> Kirby
> Python IDLE user

Actually, IDLE on a Mac doesn't really work, because Tcl on a Mac
doesn't really work.

But MacPython comes with its own IDE, built by Just van Rossum (my
brother) using the native Mac toolbox.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)