[Tutor] Making Windows Text Editors Compile and Run Python

[Kent Johnson]

I use TextPad for Python and Jython development.

There is a Python syntax highlighter available on the TextPad web site you may be interested in.

It's pretty easy to create a new tool in TextPad to run the current window. Here is a summary of my
setup:

In TextPad preferences, create a new tool. Go to the configure screen for the tool and enter
Command: C:\Python24\python.exe or whatever the path is to your installation
Parameters: $File
Initial Folder: $FileDir
Regular expression: ^.*"([^"]+)", *line ([0-9]+)
File: 1
Line: 2

You can't run an interactive program from TextPad, you have to go to the command line for that.

Kent


james.homme at highmark.com wrote:
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> 
> 
> Hi,
> Idol is not an option for me since it does not work with my screen reader.
> I am trying to use Notetab and Textpad to compile and run Python. Does
> anyone have directions for either program to do this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> James D Homme,
> Information Design + Development
> Highmark Inc.
> james.homme at highmark.com
> 412-544-0527
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