[Pythonmac-SIG] More on stdin and python scripts in BBEdit and TextWrangler

[Charles Hartman]

Well, one other option -- not free, but not very expensive -- is 
WingIDE (wingware.com). I've gotten to like it very much, even though I 
don't much like (on Mac) having to run under X11. That gives it a small 
performance hit as compared with the Windows version (which I've used 
only a little). But for me at least, it's a very nice debugging 
environment. TextWrangler is better as an editor for big tasks, but 
Wing's is quite OK, especially for the editing required while 
debugging.

Charles Hartman
Professor of English, Poet in Residence
http://cherry.conncoll.edu/cohar
http://villex.blogspot.com

On Mar 4, 2005, at 1:40 PM, Louis Pecora wrote:

>
> I contacted the software company for BBEdit and TextWrangler re:  my 
> problem with using stdin (e.g raw_input) when running a script from 
> within the program (Unix Output window,  not a terminal run window).   
> Several people were interested so I thought I'd post the reply:
>
> scripts which are run directly within BBEdit cannot read from STDIN.
> In order to accomplish that, you'll need to either run them in the 
> Terminal, or within a BBEdit shell worksheet (File -> New -> Shell 
> Worksheet).
> (If you haven't used shell worksheets before, and don't require a 
> fully interactive terminal session, you might want to give them a try, 
> as they can be quite handy.)
>
> ------
> The worksheet seems to solve that problem, but it does not enable me 
> to use TextWrangler or BBEdit as an IDE-type environment.  In fact 
> what I want to do won't even work in the terminal window.  I have some 
> simple functions that require interactive use, i.e. Apple events (e.g. 
> file open and saves using EasyDialogs).  Using them terminates the 
> program in a terminal, a python session (with the >>> prompt), or a 
> worksheet with the message:
>
> MacOS.Error: (-1713, 'no user interaction is allowed')
>
>
> Sigh.  Back to MacPython IDE.  Seems to be the only option.
>
> Thanks for the feedback from many people.
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> Lou Pecora
>
> Code 6362
> Naval Research Lab
> Washington, DC  20375
> USA
> Ph:  +202-767-6002
> email:  pecora at anvil.nrl.navy.mil
>
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