Newbie w IDE Issues (win32)

[Kenny Tilton]

I am trying to settle on the best way to work on multi-module projects 
in Python. In other IDEs for C and CL, after editing any number of 
separate text files I can with one keystroke:

    save all open files
    recompile all and only changed files
    run the project

With IDLE (hopefully needlessly):

   for each changed file other than the 'main' one:
      save it
      run it (^F5) [side question below]

   find the module I consider main
   save it
   run it

1. main question: is there a better way with IDLE? Or.. I saw the 
various IDEs in the vaults, any recommendations? Oddly, after /years/ of 
  doing Lisp I still have not gotten into emacs, and want to defer that 
a while longer.

2. side question: IIANM, I cannot just save a module. I guess the import 
picks up the old .pyc?

FWIW, all in all, IDLE is serving nicely.

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  kenny tilton
  clinisys, inc
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