[Python-Dev] Replacing IDLE

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 11 Nov, 2009, at 2:48, anatoly techtonik wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> What's so bad about IDLE that you'd like to replace it?
> 
> That was exactly my previous question. You don't use IDLE either, so
> why not to replace it with something that you can actually use, with
> something that is at least extensible? So people will be interested to
> learn and contribute.

I don't use IDLE because I'm too used to my current editor, which btw. is the cmd-line version of vim.  That offers everything I need from a Python editor.  That said, I have used IDLE occasionaly and it works fine for a basic Python environment.

IDLE is extensible, I've seen a number of IDLE extensions on the IDLE-dev mailinglist (<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev>). That list would be a better location to discus this.

BTW. You still haven't mentioned why you think IDLE should be replaced.
> 
>> The obvious alternative to replacing IDLE is to fix whatever is wrong with it.
> 
> It is also obvious that developer would better download a decent
> editor than bog their mind with once perspective, but now dead
> technology IDLE was build upon.

Tk is actively developed, it is not dead technology.  Replacing IDLE by an editor which uses another toolkit would either mean that the default editor uses libraries not in the stdlib, or the inclusion of that toolkit in the stdlib. 

Ronald

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