On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:22 PM, laser<laser.y...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the future, will Python provide programe enviroment like Maple > does? In Maple, you can remove anything unneeded in the editor. And > the code execution order are not necessary in one direction. You can > run any command line on the screen by > push Enter key. These functions gave a lot of flaxibility for users to > start with programming something. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
Maple is a very expensive IDE that happens to have a language that goes with it. Python is a language that happens to come with a free text editor/integrated shell. For languages like Mathematica and Maple, the IDE is everything- you almost never use the language without the integrated IDE. Python focuses more on language features. IDLE is not supposed to be a great editor on the level of Visual Studio or Maple, it's supposed to be a convenient way to run your code for people who are scared of the command line. I would venture a guess that very few people on this list use IDLE for their coding. Based on previous answers to questions, most people use Eclipse/PyDev, Netbeans, Wing, Komodo, emacs, and vim. Wing and Komodo are the only Python-specific IDEs on that list and neither of them are free (though the have stripped-down free versions). If you want a better editor, use one of those. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
