If you're not a Mac user, delete now! I've started using Python for shell scripting. Also, on my Mac, I've started using the TextMate editor, far better than BBEdit IMHO. I wondered if it had good support for Python, and started looking for tutorials etc.
I found this really great screencast of python usage and textmate. http://macromates.com/screencast/python_part_1.mov Part of my interest was that I really don't like IDEs in general, they're way to flabby and ugly. TextMate proves to be a nice tradeoff: its "just a text editor" but with very nice syntax oriented features. If you're interested in using it, I really recommend looking at the screencast, with TextMate by your side. Stop the movie every time it makes a new program element, and duplicate it in your version of TextMate. It REALLY helps! The TAB and ESC keys are very "smart". I suspect I may grudgingly move on to Eclipse, or other more IDE program, but for now, just a refreshingly nice text editor is a breath of fresh air! -- Owen Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
