Thank you very much for this overview! I tried several IDEs about a month ago to find the suiting one for my little projects and made partly the same, partly different experiences.
Several apps showed the same problem on my german Tiger: The text in interpreter windows is not readable (only top part of characters is shown); if I had an option to enable antialiasing, it showed up, but not every app provided that. (Perhaps an issue with some system preference?) Another common problem is non-working (or even crashing) drag-and-drop of files to the IDE's windows or dock icon. Several IDE's I didn't get to use Python 2.4.1 (and the new wxPython), AFAIR it was Boa and PyOxide. And I don't like how most Python editors (even if they use Scintilla) handle (or mostly not-handle) non-Python files - be it config, HTML, text or other-language files. >2. Spe, which also includes wxGlade and other tools. I like SPE on WinXP, even if it tends to run into exceptions after that you seem to be able to work, but you can't save anymore - very dangerous! Other non-options like printing behave the same. On OSX I don't like how SPE's windows are split (notebook tabs, but separate windows, focus change doesn't really work). There were a lot of development for a while, but lately Stani stays quiet - perhaps he choked on his debugger-integration plans. >3. Eric3 Again I didn't manage to let it use Python 2.4.1 Strangely the app starts only every second time. Some more: 7. Eclipse is a mighty Java IDE, or more an application framework that ships with a Java IDE, but there are also two or three Python modules (PyDev, TruStudio). Eclipse's interface has nothing to do with any OS's standards, but I think one will get used to it. But at least on my G4/400 it's just too slow (esp. startup), and I can't wrap my mind around it's concepts. Perhaps that's why I got lost in the preferences and didn't find source browser, code completion etc. 8. DrPython a rather nice little light-weight (wx)Python IDE, extensible with plugins (i.e. a lot of important features are outsourced to plugins), but most plugins are outdated, have bugs or don't work for other reasons. I think it would be suited to replace IDLE more than most other candidates, but needs a bit of work for all the nice features to actually work. There's no Mac bundle yet, you must run it from Terminal. Best regards, Henning Hraban Ramm Südkurier Medienhaus / MediaPro Support/Admin/Development Dept. _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
