[Pythonmac-SIG] IDLE and MacPython 2.5

[Jerry]

On Oct 28, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Jacob Rus wrote:

> Christopher Barker wrote:
>> While we're at it, if all you want is a Python-aware editor -- then
>> there area a lot of other (better?) options. Scan the archives of  
>> this
>> list for suggestions. A few:
>>
>> BBEdit (TextWrangler?)
>> Eclipse
>> SPE
>> Jedit
>> ScrIDE
>>
>> Assorted *nix editors: emaca, VIm, etc, etc.
>
> I'm surprised that TextMate didn't make this list.  It's a relatively
> new editor, but quite amazing (it won the 2006 Apple Design Award for
> best developer tool).  Admittedly, the python bundle is not as  
> polished
> as those for some other languages (html and ruby for instance), but it
> is still head and shoulders above all the other editors listed  
> above, in
> my opinion.  some more people from this list ought to give it a shot
> (the python bundle really needs some more competent contributors to  
> live
> up to its potential, and the mac python community could really use a
> better editor ;).

I concur wholeheartedly. I was going to pitch in with a comment like  
this but I think I did, recently. I have't used BBedit and  
TextWrangler only a little, but when I groked TextMate (and it takes  
a little effort to understand what makes it special) I was blown  
away. I'll add that while it's not free, it is very reasonable--$39  
US as I recall.

Jerry