My future Python IDE article

[Don Rozenberg]

mertz at gnosis.cx (David Mertz) wrote in message news:<mailman.1061920192.21278.python-list at python.org>...
> Pythonistas,
> 
> My loyal fans :-) will remember that I did a Python IDE roundup for
> _Charming Python_ a couple years back.  Now I have another such roundup
> lined up... not the very next article, but it's there on the list.
> 
> In the intervening years, I've hardly touched anything one might call an
> IDE.  I've looked at screenshots from time to time, and read various
> announcements.  But really I just use text editors and command lines.
> 
> Here's the thing:  I probably have room to look at about four different
> tools in one article.  In fact, it wouldn't be absurd to only do three.
> Past that, I cannot do more than list contact information and platform
> in the available words.  I'm sure there are more than four IDEs that
> -someone- loves to work with out there... but I need to have a cutoff.
> 
> So c.l.py readers... make the case for your favorite one getting on the
> list.  I have a while to ponder the opinions advanced, should this
> prompt some discussion (it may take a little while to order review
> copies of commercial tools and/or get things installed).
> 
> Yours, David...

For a long time, I have been using emacs as my Python IDE and have
found that python-mode can be improved - see
http://page.sourceforge.net/py-mode-ext.html
for my version. Also a straight-forward way of using pdb under emacs,
can be found at http://page.sourceforge.net/tricks.html.  These two
tweeks make a great difference for me.

Am happy to learn about ELSE from these postings, I will give it a try
immediately.