alternative to eclipse [ python ide AND cvs ]

[Stargaming]

yomgui schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Eclipse is just not really working on linux 64 bit
> (I tried ubuntu and centos, it is freesing and crashing
> and extremly slow)
> 
> I use eclipse for python and cvs, what is "the" good alternative ?
> 
> thanks
> 
> yomgui

Well, basically any editor that features plugins IMO. Although this 
sounds much like a "which editor is the best?" question (what will 
enrage us even more than non-ASCII identifiers <wink>), I'd suggest Vim.

It is available at almost all platforms I guess (linux 64 bit should be 
*no* problem at all). You can make it match your personal editing 
preferences (I recently got in touch with the `:map` command -- 
wonderful one), extend it (there are lots of plugins as for example 
snippetsEmu that allows some Textmate-like autocompletion) and let it 
work with CVS (never tried it but a `search for CVS`_ yields dozens of 
results).

Ah -- and it works with python very well. Lots of plugins again, good 
highlighting, indentation support, built-in python shell (when compiled 
with +python).
(If you're going to give it a try, put something like ``autocmd FileType 
python map <F5> :w<CR>:!python "%"<CR>`` into your .vimrc to get the 
IDE-feeling (F5 for write+execute) back in.)

Regards,
Stargaming

.. _search for CVS: 
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=cvs&script_type=&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search