[Pythonmac-SIG] editing Python scripts on OS X

Kevin Altis altis@semi-retired.com
Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:33:46 -0700


> From: Ryan Wilcox
>
> On Saturday, April 27, 2002, at 1:35 PM, altis@semi-retired.com
> (Kevin Altis) wrote:
>
> >You can use TextEdit to edit Python files, but again it isn't
> Python-aware.
> >That leaves Alpha and BBEdit and those aren't free and I haven't
> spent any
> >time with them yet (well both of them many years ago, but that doesn't
> >count), so I'm not sure of how well they work with Python.
>
> BBEdit works excellently.
>
> Well, ok.. the latest version (6.5.1) of BBEdit works excellently. 6.5
> didn't work so hot with python - but they fixed the "show-stopper bug".
> (something with pressing option-rightarrow or something... I don't
> remember)
>
> Syntax colouring, Run functionality, Check Syntax, function popup. All
> the fun toys.

Just to clarify you're referring to BBEdit, not BBEdit Lite, yes? I don't
really have a problem paying for BBEdit (I think I probably still have a
license for a 10 pack from 5 or 6 years ago). However, I think we still need
to have a free or low cost GUI python-aware text editor that can be
recommended to everyone else. If BBEdit Lite doesn't have language
support... then that is a show stopper.

What about Alpha? Is there still a free or low-cost version? Low cost means
like $25 US or less.

ka