On 3/6/06, Vern Ceder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree, actually. I would say it's just one of IDLE's shortcomings, but > I've noticed it as well. This lack of ability to run a script with > parameters makes IDLE much less useful for intermediate programmers as > well. Add to that IDLE's general quirkiness (esp. on Windows), a few > stray bugs, and it is definitely not helping the cause.
Sorry if my reply is starting to stray from the original topic. Not too long ago I wrote a little app (named "Lightning Compiler") that is meant to provide a nice, albeit limited, environment to play with scripts. It comes with a very simple editor and an interpreter window. It does have the ability (implemented just for fun, never tested seriously) to run scripts with parameters. I released it publicly (and provided a recipe for the online Python Cookbook) as it had a feature (handling of input and raw_input) that took me a while to figure out, and wanted to save others the trouble. I got more feedback on Lightning Compiler in a couple of weeks than I did on rur-ple in about a year an a half!! It might be useful for teachers in a classroom situation. It is available from rur-ple's sourceforge page: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=125834 On the down side, it does require wxPython which is not an "included battery"! André > > Vern > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
