Old Man Yells At Cloud
MRAB
python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Tue Sep 19 23:42:19 EDT 2017
On 2017-09-20 01:41, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:
>>A simple "autocorrect" in *what*? The interpreter? The editor? Both?
>
> I imagine something like this: When the editor gets the
> command to run the contents of the buffer as Python,
> it would then do the autocorrect in the buffer (making a
> backup first or preparing an undo feature) as a kind of
> preprocessor and then send the result to Python. But the
> user is encouraged to also continue to work with the result
> of the preprocessor.
>
>>Do you think Microsoft will consider adding it to Notepad? I seem to recall that
>>you use an editor which doesn't even auto-indent after a colon.
>
> In fact, in my courses, I often use Notepad.
>
> In my Python course, I will use the console that comes with
> Python and, later, I may introduce how to create source files
> with Notepad, but I will also show IDLE.
>
Notepad is very basic. There are many free and open-source text editors
available. I suggest you try one!
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