Python editor

[Jason Jiang]

Hi,

Could someone recommend a good Python editor? Thanks.

Jason

 

[Simon Forman]

Hi,

Could someone recommend a good Python editor? Thanks.

Jason

There have just been one or two long-ish threads on exactly this
question. Search the google groups version of this group for them.

Peace,
~Simon

 

[Larry Bates]

Hi,

Could someone recommend a good Python editor? Thanks.

Jason

For just getting started use Idle that comes with Python.
If you are already a user or if you are looking for a more
powerful solution you can use Eclipse (with Python plug-in).
These represent both ends of the spectrum in editors.

-Larry Bates

 

[Jason Jiang]

Thanks Simon. I finally picked SciTE. No time to do further investigation.

Jason

 

[Jerry Fleming]

For just getting started use Idle that comes with Python.
If you are already a user or if you are looking for a more
powerful solution you can use Eclipse (with Python plug-in).
These represent both ends of the spectrum in editors.

-Larry Bates

Vim (vim-python) or emacs (python.el) is always the best solution.

 

[John Salerno]

Vim (vim-python) or emacs (python.el) is always the best solution.

Is it possible to get vim-python for Windows, or is that just a Linux build?

 

[sjdevnull]

Is it possible to get vim-python for Windows, or is that just a Linux build?

It builds for windows.

 

[Andrew Robert]

It builds for windows.

When installed, you may also want to consider the python add-on located at

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=790

Enhanced version of the original (from vim6.1) python.vim for Python
programming language.

The changes since the original python.vim are:

- changed strings highlighting;
- enhanced special symbols highlighting inside strings;
- enhanced numbers highlighting;
- added optional highlighting for %-formatting inside strings;
- added highlighting for some error conditions (wrong symbols in source
file,
mixing spaces and tabs, wrong number values,
wrong %-formatting inside strings);
- added highlighting for magic comments: source code encoding
and #! (executable) strings;
- added highlighting for new exceptions and builtins introduced in
python 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5;
- added highlighting for doctests;
- added highlighting for new @decorator syntax introduced in Python 2.4a2;
- added highlighting for trailing-space errors (triggered by new
option: python_highlight_space_errors);
- added highlighting for variable name errors;
- added highlighting for hex number errors;

 

[Neil Cerutti]

Is it possible to get vim-python for Windows, or is that just a
Linux build?

The windows binary for the latest version, 7.0, includes the
Python commands (the version 6 binaries for windows did not).