a desired python editor

[Gary Herron]

On Monday 08 March 2004 06:13 pm, Jim Benson wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   Does anyone know of a source code editor for python
> that has the following characteristics:
>
> 1) Freeware (desired)
> 2) Runs on Linux (required)
> 3) Syntax high lighting (required)
> 4) A separate window for each file opened (desired)
> 5) A way of seeing (and jumping to) the names of all methods/functions
>    data elements in the file. (required)

Emacs gives you all of the above 


1 and 2 are no-brainers, although, as a matter of terminology,
calling it freeware is going cause severe heartburn for some.

Items 3 and 5 come from python-mode.el, which is distributed with
python.

Item 4 will take a one line bit of configuration.

Gary Herron