On 3/8/06, John Zelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also like the simplicity of lightning, but it would need some enhancements > before I could imagine using it in class. For example, it doesn't seem to > auto-indent and requires typing the filename on a save. I'm sure it would not > be hard to tidy up those things. I'd also like to handle multiple open files.
Indeed, I don't think it would be too hard to fix these. I'll keep them in mind for the next time I look at the code. However, one of my goals is to keep it as simple as possible, mostly used as a quick testing or demo environment; I like to use SPE for serious coding. > > I noticed on my system (Linux, Kubuntu 5.10), lightning plays well with my > graphics.py library, but it seg faults if I try to use VPython. I don't think > I would switch to an environment that doesn't play well with VPython, and I'm > afraid that VPython is pretty closely tied to IDLE. Anybody know why packages > like lightning and SPE (both wxPython) don't seem to work with VPython? Eric > (QT-based) seems to work fine. > I tried to run a sample program from the VPython web page in the "editor" window and it ran fine (under Windows XP); however, closing the VPython window killed the whole app. The same sample program seemed to hang the embedded Shell... I agree that this would be a major show-stopper for using it in a classroom with VPython :-( André > John M. Zelle, Ph.D. Wartburg College > Professor of Computer Science Waverly, IA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (319) 352-8360 > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig