[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac User Python newbies

[Bill Janssen]

> I don't know if I
> want to tackle this without the "security" of an environment which
> includes code colorization (if not completion), a debugger, and
> ideally a interactive interpreter tied in for command line testing.

I use Emacs for all of this.  python-mode.el works well for
colorization, and pdb works as both an interactive interpreter and a
debugger.

Bill