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

Kirby Urner pdx4d@teleport.com
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:03:10 -0700


At 02:07 PM 6/20/2001 -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:

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


So I presume MacPython has a shell for interactively importing
modules and using their contents.

Does it auto-color key words in the shell and in the editor
I wonder? ala IDLE in Win/Linux?

The reason I ask is (a) an interactive shell is very
important for learners and (b) iMacs are very popular in
many schools.

Kirby