Request for simple a customisable Python editor

[Peter Hansen]

OP:
> >I want to develop a simple Python program to edit source code that is
> >persisted in a database (memo fields).
[snip]
> >My question is can anyone recommend a good Python editor program that I can
> >use as a starting point for customisation?

Shu-Hsien Sheu wrote (top-posting fixed):
> 
> SciTE, which is based on Scintilla is very nice. I settled down with it
> after 3+months of trying around. I tried emacs and VI at first, but the
> customization in emacs was confusing (to me) and some of vi's behavior
> isn't what I used to (in Win32), and it lacks code foding.

Unfortunately for the OP, Scite is written in C++, not in Python...
he was asking specifically about Python source, it appears.

-Peter