Thanks for all the replies (I love the python mailing-list!) I've tried all the IDEs/text-editors mentioned.
PyScripter is great, however is unmaintained thus doesn't support 64-bit :[ (and is a little buggy) Also, it requires network connectivity, which could prove troublesome on my locked-down Uni network (requires localhost for python shell) DreamPIE isn't what I'm looking for. Editra has a python plugin? - Excellent! — Got the plugin working... is there a shortcut (e.g.: F9) for running the opened python script? UliPad is quite good, however badly coded (a new console window opens then closes each time I run a script)... I might fix that bug if I ever get the time. MonoDevelop doesn't seem to support Python (I pressed: "New Solution") GEdit probably won't work from a USB, and the embedded console isn't user friendly (you'd need to type: "import x.py" or whatever) Emacs and vim are good, however I often find myself on a workstation without direct console access. GVim leaves a lot aesthetically desired. Also there's a learning-curve to both of them, whereas nano, and all the text-editors/IDEs above are user-friendly. None I've found to have a big learning curve (more about finding the right preference to change in settings than anything else!) Kate I haven't tried yet... it's currently downloading. On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 4/16/2011 3:03 AM, Alec Taylor wrote: >> >> IDLE loses syntax highlighting annoyingly often > > Could you exlain? > When does it do that with a file labelled .py? > > Terry Jan Reedy Just randomly, sometimes on first save to a .py, other-times on files that I've opened with a .py extension. It loses all syntax highlighting! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list