I am teaching someone Python by email, and part of our conversation recently ran as follows:
him> How do I save a script and run it? me > Do you have a text editor? If so, edit the script in that, then save it me > in your home directory (the place you can see when you open the terminal him> I do not have a text editor, but here are the answers to him> questions 1-5. Now, frankly, I don't think this answer is correct, since I know OS X is a UNIX derivative, but I am loathe to involve a programming noob with vi or something similar. So I wondered if one of the c.l.py mac users could give brief instructions for firing up a visual text editor of some sort and saving a file somewhere it can easily be accessed from a terminal window (which I presume starts up in his home directory). regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Recent Ramblings http://holdenweb.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list