Python IDE's

[Mike Meyer]

bruno modulix <onurb at xiludom.gro> writes:

> Jon Hewer wrote:
>> I do use Vim a lot.  I am currently using it for some PHP development
>> i'm doing.  I'm been using it so much recently that i keep pressing
>> ESC and typing vi commands out of vi.
>> 
>> But, if i use Vi, then whenever i want to test some code i have to
>> open up python, import the necessary modules and run it - I like the
>> idea of developing python in an IDE and just hitting a run button.
>
> the Emacs + python-mode combo solve this problem - and in fact gives
> much more than the common "run and print results" feature of most IDEs,
> since you can run either the whole script or any part of it in an
> (embedded) interactive python shell - just as if you had copy/pasted the
> code in the python shell... This is very useful for exploring/quick
> testing.

You may want to use Emacs VI mode as well, so that when you press ESC
and type vi commands, it has a chance of working.

    <mike
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