Hi Peter, > I believe that there is an editor from which you can run your python > and then drop back to the editor, but I don't know what it is.
I think there's a few. IDLE, that comes with Python and is introduced in http://inventwithpython.com/, provides it and syntax-colouring. Skimming the start of that book I see it introduces variables like foo = 42 as a box with 42 in it and `foo' written on the outside; the traditional BASIC model but not how Python does things. Might cause a little confusion down the line but I suppose it's easy enough to adapt to the truth later on. >>> foo = 42 >>> bar = 42 >>> id(foo), id(bar), id(42) (22914856, 22914856, 22914856) >>> foo = [3, 1, 4, 1, 5] >>> bar = foo >>> bar[2] = 9 >>> foo, ([3, 1, 9, 1, 5],) >>> Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
