[Pythonmac-SIG] IDE that doesn't look awful?

[Robin Dunn]

Christopher Barker wrote:
> Robin Dunn wrote:
>> Given that I'm Mr. wxPython I'm sometimes a bit embarrassed to admit 
>> that I've been using WingIDE more and more lately (transitioning from 
>> Emacs) instead of one of the wx-based editors.  Almost every day I 
>> cuss at it for being so butt ugly on Mac and not being native, but I 
>> still keep on using it because I haven't yet found anything that comes 
>> close to beating it on features and functionality.  The auto-complete 
>> is very thorough and useful,
> 
> I don't remember auto-completion being on your list of features for a 
> "pry-emacs-from-my-hands" list...

I had no idea what I was missing until I spent a little time with it.
The static and on the fly code analysis that Wing does is really
powerful.  I can make a change in one file and then even without saving
it I can be working in another file and be able to see the names I just
added show up in the appropriate auto-complete lists.


> 
> It would be nice though -- Rob, any plans to add that to Peppy?
> 
>> the debugger is excellent,
> 
> Have you tried winPDB? It has some layout issues on the Mac, but it's 
> worked for me.

I've used it before, but it's been a while.  It's good, but Wing can do
lots more.

-- 
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
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