[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Mac Python User Newbies

[Dethe Elza]

Kevin Walzer wrote:

> (Footnote two: ActiveState makes a  commercial IDE for open-source
> languages, including Python, called Komodo: it's available for Windows
> and various Nixes, but not for the Mac. The only reason I can think of
> for this is market strategy, as Komodo is built on top of Mozilla;
> there's no reason that it shouldn't run on the Mac. So perhaps you
> should also lobby ActiveState to bring out Komodo-Mac.)

I know some of the ActiveState folks and have talked to them about 
this.  There are a few issues: Komodo was started with some very early 
release of Mozilla (I'm thinking 0.7, but it might even have been 
earlier), and the Mac support wasn't as good then.  Also, it uses 
Scintilla as it's text-editing component (as does wx), and that has 
only been ported to the Mac recently.  Finally, they haven't had enough 
demand from (potentially) paying customers.  Post-finally, they don't 
have much knowledge of OS X among their development staff.  So just 
because Komodo is built on top of Mozilla doesn't mean they get a Mac 
port for free, unfortunately.

--Dethe

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  -- Pain Not Bread, The Rise and Fall of Human Breath


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