[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[Nick Coghlan]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Giampaolo Rodolà wrote:
>>
>> One of the main problems with IDLE is the lack of tabs for editing
>> multiple files within the same window.
>
> While tabs seem to work well for web browsing, I'm not so
> sure about using them for source editing. Often I want to
> display two or more files side by side, which can't be
> done if they're in different tabs of the same window.

I use tabbed editors all the time (Kate, Notepad++) and find them to
be excellent. Tastes will obviously vary though, since there are even
people out there that use vim and emacs voluntarily ;)

Cheers,
Nick.

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