* mogul <morten.gulda...@gmail.com> [2012-12-27 12:01:16 -0800]: > 'Aloha! > > I'm new to python, got 10-20 years perl and C experience, all gained on unix > alike machines hacking happily in vi, and later on in vim. > > Now it's python, and currently mainly on my kubuntu desktop. > > Do I really need a real IDE, as the windows guys around me say I do, or will > vim, git, make and other standalone tools make it the next 20 years too for > me? > > Oh, by the way, after 7 days I'm completely in love with this python thing. I > should have made the switch much earlier! > > /mogul %-)
If these are the tools you're used to, stick with them. I have a tmux session with however many terminals open I need. I use the traditional vi editor (not vim) and the python shell/interpreter as well as the UNIX tools I need. A web browser and a separate urxvt window for my mutt client when I need to mail a list for some help. That's it. The benefit of the tmux client (terminal multiplexer) is that I can see all the screens at the same time and quickly switch between them. I believe Linux has screen(1) which does the same thing. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
