[Python-3000] What to do about IDLE?

[Jim Jewett]

On 5/6/06, Talin <talin at acm.org> wrote:

> I'd be curious to know how many Python developers actually use IDLE?

I do.

The fact that 2.5 got to alpha 2 before anyone noticed that the new
Quitter object didn't work suggests that either I'm in the minority. 
(Though that could just be not shutting down at all, or using older
methods.)

> Clearly IDLE is never going to be the top-end IDE for Python
> development, so what is its purpose? To provide a "backup" in case a
> top of the line IDE is not available?

That works for me.

I agree that there are better programmer's editors, though
availability is an issue.

I will note that I personally prefer it to the IDEs I have tried
(though they weren't specific to python), because the IDEs were a
little too insistent on having eyes and mouse control as good as the
authors expected.

-jJ