[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

[geremy condra]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
>>   Sorry for being a wet blanket but vim implements tabbed windows even in
>> console (text) mode. (-:
>
> Oh, I know vim and emacs are actually incredibly powerful once you
> learn how to use them. I'm just a child of the GUI generation and
> believe UIs should be readily discoverable in accordance with
> http://xkcd.com/627/. I've tried to apply that technique to both
> applications in the past and failed miserably (although I will admit I
> haven't had the inclination to even try to use either of them for
> years now). Neither really strikes me as just a text editor, but more
> a way of life ;)
>
> Anyway, to bring this back on topic...
>
> Neither Kate nor Notepad++ allow you to easily move documents between
> windows (you have to open them explicitly in the second window). I had
> never noticed the lack until I explicitly checked for it after
> Stephen's last email. I suspect whether you consider this a must have
> feature or not depends greatly on your personal workflow when coding.
> If IDLE were to adopt a tabbed view without easy migration between
> separate windows, it would have plenty of company.

It might be, but I'll admit that my work habits (used to be
all-vim-all-the-time) have changed substantially since finding the joy
of gedit's tab system (and plugins). Something along these lines is
probably necessary to be competitive, at least on Linux.

Geremy Condra