The main reason I don't use IDLE is because I have had issues in the past with it's runner locking things up. Also editing more than one file at a time is a bit painful. I switched to SciTE for non-ide programming after about 2 years of using IDLE and never looked back. That said, IDLE is more competent than it is often given credit for.
I definitely agree with you about some IDE features being overkill and slowing things down instead of speeding them up. On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Ian Mallett <geometr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I came to the conclusion that IDEs are designed to make your life easier by > pinpointing bugs, adding breakpoints, compiling nicely, etc. I use IDLE > because it doesn't have any of that--it's just a compiler and a > text-editor. I don't have trouble; I think not having spiffy features > encourages one to write better code in the first place. >