[Pythonmac-SIG] IDLE and MacPython 2.5

[Christopher Barker]

Jacob Rus wrote:

> I'm surprised that TextMate didn't make this list.

That was a very quick, off the cuff list from my brain. It was not 
intended to be comprehensive. I do hope TextMate is listed on the wiki 
page at python.org -- if not, someone should add it.

> 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,

Can the Python mode be altered/improved by users? Is TextMate open to 
input/contribution from users? That is what it takes to really make it 
shine. A couple years ago a BBedit user posted excerpts from an email 
discussion with the BBedit folks about how they might improve BBEdit for 
Python -- and it came down to the BBedit folks saying : you shouldn't 
want to do that, and we're not going to let you -- it was clear none of 
them was a regular Python user, so BBedit's Python support is still 
severely lacking.

The primary reason I use Xemacs is because it has excellent modes for 
EVERY kind of text I edit -- and ALL of them were written by serious 
users of the respective type of text -- that's why they are so good 
(didn't Guido write the original Python mode for Emacs?)

I'm still looking for an editor/IDE that supports everything I do, and 
works on all three platforms I need it on -- Eclipse and Jedit look 
promising, but I haven't had the courage to re-train my fingers yet!

-Chris


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