[Tutor] Re: recommended IDE for windows?

[Mike Hansen]

Hmmm...

I have syntax enable in my vimrc file. You might try that.

There's a book on VIM... the link below is to the PDF version.

http://www.truth.sk/vim/vimbook-OPL.pdf

Also, the main VIM site is

http://www.vim.org

I'd check out that site as well as the comp.editors newsgroup.

Mike


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> Subject:
> Re: [Tutor] recommended IDE for windows?
> From:
> Rene Lopez <RenX99 at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:45:39 -0400
> To:
> Bill Mill <bill.mill at gmail.com>
>
> To:
> Bill Mill <bill.mill at gmail.com>
> CC:
> tutor at python.org
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>syntax on doesn't seem to make any difference in my vim screen, at
>least not while i'm connected via ssh.... i'll have to see if it makes
>a difference when i'm at home.
>
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>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:53:29 -0400, Bill Mill <bill.mill at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Rene,
>>
>>To get syntax highlighting (even in most of your config files! it
>>highlights damn near anything recognizable) just type "syntax on" at
>>the command prompt. Check out the FAQ -
>>http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/vimfaq.html .
>>
>>Peace
>>Bill Mill
>>bill.mill at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:09:29 -0400, Rene Lopez <renx99 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>>>I actually use Vim to do most of my config file editing and such...
>>>never tried it for writing more than simple scripts, as it doesn't
>>>seem to be configured at the moment for fancy things like syntax
>>>highlighting and such.  I suppose I should get around to learning it a
>>>bit better... so i can at least do more than just simple editing of
>>>files.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:05:46 -0400, Bill Mill <bill.mill at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Hey,
>>>>
>>>>I'm gonna be the stodgy old man and second Mike's suggestion of
>>>>Vim/Emacs. I prefer Vim personally (It is the editor to rule all
>>>>editors!) but many prefer Emacs. Both editors are cross-platform to
>>>>*everything*, so you almost never have to leave your editor behind.
>>>>Furthermore, both have plugins for *everything* under the sun - syntax
>>>>coloring, CVS uploading, etc etc.
>>>>
>>>>There are a lot of advantages to being good at a particular text
>>>>editor; I find it comes in handy all the time. It sucks to learn, but
>>>>boy is it useful once you get over the hump.
>>>>
>>>>Peace
>>>>Bill Mill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:50:45 -0600, Mike Hansen <mhansen at cso.atmel.com> wrote:
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>A lot of people like Scite. I fired it up, but haven't played with it much.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have used Activestate's Komodo. It's not free. The personal edition is
>>>>>something like $30. The professional edition is around $250-$300. There
>>>>>are some really neat features like background syntax checking and code
>>>>>folding.
>>>>>
>>>>>Another editor/IDE I want to look into is Eclipse. Pydev is a plug-in
>>>>>for it. I'm kind of in the wait and see mode on this one.
>>>>>
>>>>>I've said this before..., you might take a look at emacs or vim. They
>>>>>have a steep learning curve, but they run on multiple platforms, so you
>>>>>don't have to learn a new editor when you are on Solaris or Linux. The
>>>>>point of emacs and vim is to keep your hands on the keyboard which
>>>>>supposedly makes you more productive. I'm digging into vim more and
>>>>>more. I tried emacs three times, and it didn't click with me. YMMV.
>>>>>Although vim doesn't have tabs, it has buffers, and you can display a
>>>>>buffer list. There are plenty of ways to configure emacs and vim do work
>>>>>mostly the way you want.
>>>>>
>>>>>I sometimes use JEdit for working on HTML since it does a great job of
>>>>>auto-completing tags for you. It think it also does syntax highlighting
>>>>>for Python.
>>>>>
>>>>>There's a list of editors at the Python web
>>>>>site.(http://www.python.org/moin/PythonEditors)
>>>>>You can also search this list for earlier discussions on editors/IDEs.
>>>>>
>>>>>Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Rene Lopez wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>anyone have any recommendations for a good IDE for python on windows?
>>>>>>Preferably free if possible :)  So far I've been using idle, which
>>>>>>works but seems pretty basic, would be nice to have some sort of IDE
>>>>>>with tabs instead of multiple windows....helps keep the desktop clean
>>>>>>;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>--
>>>
>>>Rene
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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