[Tutor] Setting Up Emacs

[Alan Gauld]

On 30/10/11 13:23, Rinu Boney wrote:
> I am New To Python.

Welcome to the group.
Do you know any other languages or are you new to programming
as well?

> I Would Like To Setup Emacs As A Python IDE.
> I Don't Know Anything About Emacs!

If you don;t know emacs then don;t bother.
emacs is a fantastic editor and general user environment but
it is big and complex and takes long time to gt "just right"
for you.

If you were already an emacs user I'd say go right ahead,
but as a newbie learning Python will be a big enough challenge.

If you are used to IDEs like MS Visual Studio or Eclipse then
the best bet is to use Eclipse with the PyDev plug-in.
(Or Netbeans if you prefer it to Eclipse, I've used and
liked both, and they both support Python well)

If you are on a Mac you can use the Apple XDeveloper
tools (XCode etc) or install Eclipse.

If you are not a died in the wool IDE user then try something
simpler like IDLE or Pythonwin for Windows (But the fact you
even mention Emacs suggests you are not using Windows)

Or go for the minimalist approach suggested by Stephen.
Many of us(including me) favor 3 separate windows
- a text editor to type the final code
- an interpreter to try out ideas and snippets
- A vanilla OS prompt to test the "production" code

Occasionally you may open a debugger window too,
but mostly in Python you don't need that.

HTH,

-- 
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/