Here's the thing. Python has one of the nicest communities of most software projects (except maybe ubuntu), try Perl or C. Unless you completely know what you're talking about, have spent atleast 1/2 an hour researching your problem, those guys will refrain from helping.
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 6/13/2010 12:14 PM, rantingrick wrote: > >> I have documented time and again the poor state of IDLE. The only >> responses i ever get are... >> >> "Nobody uses IDLE" >> "Only a dumbass would use IDLE" >> "I have never used IDLE but i *know* nothing is wrong with it" > > Perhaps you are listening selectively. I have said more than once on this > list that I use IDLE, I like using it, it works for me, AND I would like it > improved. When a student proposed that as part of a Google Summer of Code > project, I (and others) encouraged him to go ahead, which he did. Any > concrete effort you make to improve IDLE would be appreciated by me. There > are issues on the tracker already. > > Terry Jan Reedy > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
