Thanks for all the good advice guys! Joel
> -----Original Message----- > From: tutor-bounces+joel=joelschwartz....@python.org > [mailto:tutor-bounces+joel=joelschwartz....@python.org] On > Behalf Of Alan Gauld > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:27 PM > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] vim as a python editor; FOLLOW-UP QUESTION > > "Joel Schwartz" <j...@joelschwartz.com> wrote > > you experts whether it makes sense (or is even possible) to > use vim in > > Windows (I use Windows XP-SP3). > > Yes, vim is great on Windows. > When i used unix primarily I was an emacs fan, but emacs just > doesn't feel right on windows to me so I moved to vim which > works hust as well in both OS. > > > One more question: IDLE does not appear to have a way to > review your > > command history, e.g., by hitting the up arrow. > > IDLE borrows from emacs and uses ALT-P and ALT-N. > (FWIW Pythonwin uses Ctrl-UP/Ctrl-Down for the same purpose) > > > set up IDLE to do this? Alternatively, is there another > basic Python > > GUI that has the up-arrow command history feature and is > also good for > > Python coding in general? > > Pythonwin is better than IDLE for Windows users. It has > integration with COM for object browsing and also with the > Windows help system. > And the debugger is much better than the IDLE one too. > > And it users the same editor control as Scite. > Speaking of Scite, it is a pretty useful editor in its own > right and adds tabbed editing which Pythonwin doesn't have, > but OTOH it loses all the Python specific tools. my ideal > Windows text editor would be a combination of Scite and vim... > > Finally, if you have a PC big enough to run it well, Eclipse > and Pydev are a good combination. Especially if you also work > in Java or C++ etc > > And there are a bunch of others that folks like. IDEs and > text editors are very personal choices. Wingz, SPE, > PyCrust/PyAlaMode, and more. > > HTH, > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
