Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-29 Thread Adam Atlas
On Apr 27, 12:08 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-29 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
On Apr 27, 5:37 pm, Tommy Grav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > I think emacs is bundled with OS X and can be started in a terminal > window with emacs. If you want a non-terminal editor Aquaemacs > (http://aquamacs.org/) is available and easily installed on mac. Personally I prefer Carbon Emacs

Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-28 Thread Alex Martelli
Michael Bentley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > highlighting for Python (and most everything else). But both Text > Edit and nano are dead easy for noobs. TextMate, a shareware program, is also widely appreciated -- it has pretty good support for many languages, including Python. Personall

Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-27 Thread James Stroud
Thomas Nelson wrote: > On Apr 27, 11:37 am, Tommy Grav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>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 i

Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-27 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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

Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-27 Thread Michael Bentley
On Apr 27, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Steve Holden wrote: > 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 dir

Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-27 Thread Tommy Nordgren
On 27 apr 2007, at 18.08, Steve Holden wrote: > 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 directo

Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-27 Thread Thomas Nelson
On Apr 27, 11:37 am, Tommy Grav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 n

Re: editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-27 Thread Tommy Grav
> 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

editing scripts on a mac

2007-04-27 Thread Steve Holden
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>