At 02:15 PM 9/10/2006, Kent Johnson wrote: >Dick Moores wrote: > > At 01:10 PM 9/8/2006, Doug Stell wrote: > >> Try www.TextPad.com. I've used it for years and love it. It > >> understands many programming language constructs and can be taught to > >> understand python so that things show up in color. > > > > Any tips on how to teach TextPad to understand python? >Download and install the Python syntax highlighting definition from the >TextPad website.
Thanks very much, Kent. I've been using TextPad for 10 years and never considered using it for Python. I downloaded Python (7) from http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/synn2t.html and put the file PythonV2.4.syn in C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\system . >I make a tool to run the front window in Python. Here are the values >from the preferences window for the tool: > >Command: C:\Python24\python.exe >Parameters: -u $File >Init fldr: $FileDir > >regex to match output: >^.*"([^"]+)", *line ([0-9]+) > >with File: 1, Line: 2 After fumbling around, I believe I've made the tool, using your values, except I used E:\Python24\python.exe instead of C:\Python24\python.exe . I also associated .py with TextPad. I'm now able to open a Python script with TextPad, and execute it with Ctrl+4. However, no syntax highlighting is showing up. so I must have done something wrong. Do I have to do something other than put PythonV2.4.syn in C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\system ? Also, why do you use TextPad instead of IDLE? Thanks, Dick Moores -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list