On Jul 29, 10:08 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> writes: > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > > > I highly recommend the use of notepad++. If anyone knows of a > > > better text editor for Windows please let me know :)
I would have bet Mark was ribbing the folks on this list. Maybe you were not Mark? [Well you did say notepad++ not notepad] But to get a bit more serious... > > I highly recommend not tying your editor skills to a single OS, > especially one as ornery for programmers as Windows. > > > I'll advocate for Vim which is crazy-powerful and works nicely on > > just about any platform I touch. > > > Others will advocate for Emacs, which I can't say fits the way my > > brain works but it's also powerful and loved by many. > > Right. I'm in Tim's position, but reversed: my preference is for Emacs > but Vim is a fine choice also. They are mature, well-supported with > regular updates and a massive library of plug-ins for different uses, > have a huge community to help you, and work on all major programming > OSen. > > > The ubiquity of these two platforms makes a worthwhile investment of > > time spent in learning at least one if not both. > > I use both frequently in my work for different things, and they are good > for pretty much any task involving manipulation of text. > > Learn one of Emacs or Vim well, and you won't need to worry about text > editors again. Just curious about your emacs+python usage. Do you use the emacs builtin python mode or the separate python-mode? Do you use pdb? Any other special setups? How about ipython? [Personal note: Ive been using and teaching python with emacs for over 10 years now. But I am getting increasing 'funny looks' for not (for example) using eclipse.] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list