[Tutor] Re: recommended IDE for windows?

[Rene Lopez]

thanks for the help, i got it working now. :)


On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:15:01 -0600, Mike Hansen <mhansen at cso.atmel.com> wrote:
> 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
> 
> >
> > 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
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:53:29 -0400, Bill Mill <bill.mill at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>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:
> >>
> >>
> >>>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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Rene