Brendan Simons wrote:
I like textwrangler.
So do I, for a lot of things, but one thing that really bugs me is that
it simply does not do code indentation properly. In fact, IIRC, there
was a thread about this quite some years ago, in which someone (was it
you, Joe?) posted a note back from BareBones, essentially saying: "you
shouldn't want to do that, so we'll never support it). Which brings up a
core issue with TextWrangler -- it's closed source, and not really
extensible, so we in the Python community CAN NOT make a good python
mode, even if we want to. That's like "buying a car with the hood welded
shut", as they say.
In fact, I don't think I put this on my list earlier, but one of things
I like about Peppy is that it is the only editor I've tried, other than
Emacs, that does code indentation properly. Here is what I mean by properly:
The <tab> key gets mapped to an "indent this line" method, rather than a
tab character (or X spaces). The <delete> key gets mapped to a
"de-indent this line" method, when the cursor is at the beginning of the
line. Exactly what those methods do should be language (and maybe
user-preference) dependent. For Python, they should be:
"indent this line":
- indenting is four spaces, always. not tabs, ever.
- anywhere on the line, try to indent the code "properly"
-match the previous line
- if the previous line starts a block (:), indent one more level.
- if the current line continues the previous line (unclosed
parentheses), indent to match the open paren in the line above.
"de-indent this line":
- if in the indent space in the beginning of a line, remove one level
of indentation.
- if in the "extra" whitespace of a continuation line, remove one space.
I suppose I should post this somewhere like the pyXides list....
and yes, Joe, It would be nice to write up a review of your evaluations
from a Mac perspective.
Joe Strout wrote:
FYI, I've been most impressed so far with Editra.
I'll need to take a look again and see why I rejected it in favor of
Peppy -- I honestly don't remember.
It's a wxPython app and the author is open to contributions, so I will
probably roll up my sleeves and see what I can do to help it along.
Add an interface to winPDB!
Ed Leafe wrote:
I guess I should put in a plug for the Dabo Editor.
I've got to ask: With the dozen or so wxPython-based editors out there
-- why not use and improve one of them, rather than write your own?
What does Dabo Editor's architecture provide that none of the others do?
-Chris
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