I don't believe there's any kinds of wars on this mailing group. :) I found this Python Vim code completion thing in my searches today: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pydiction/
Don't know how good it is, but it looks like it'd do the job. Ed On 21/09/05, Gabriel Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uh oh, looks like you're begging for an editor war. > > That said, I'm in the vim camp. It can do everything you specified > for all of the languages you mention (well, I'm not sure about > collapsible code...web search...aha![1]). After using it for four > years, I'm still learning new tricks (see, for example, this page I > found today on indentation[2]). > > vim's extendable with python scripts, but a lot of what you need for > coding is already built in. I find most of my info either in the help > manual that comes with it (:h) or at vim.org. > > gsf > > [1] http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mjmcguff/learn/vim/folding.txt > [2] http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=83 > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 02:00:20PM +0100, Ed Singleton wrote: > > I've been trying to decide which editor to use to edit Python (on > > Windows mostly). > > > > My wishlist of features would be: > > > > - automatic code formatting (indentation etc) > > - collapsible code (to collapse def's etc) > > - automatic code coloring (that's easily changeable) > > - auto-completion of namespaces > > - easy to run scripts from the editor (a shortcut key to run them or > > something) > > > > As I also do a lot of html, css and javascript it would be cool to > > have an editor that could also handle them, in which case I would want > > the same features for those languages, as well as the ability to write > > macros, scripts, etc in python. > > > > Having looked at loads of editors, I've ended up looking at emacs and vim. > > > > Emacs seems too difficult with not enough support for using the mouse. > > > > Vim seemed better, and I get the impression that it is possible to use > > python to script the editor, but I can't find much information on > > using vim as a python editor on windows. > > > > My various questions are: > > > > What other features should I be looking for? > > > > What would be the best editor for a beginner to start using, with a > > view to the long term? > > > > Where can I find some authoritative information about setting emacs or > > vim up as a fully featured python editor? > > > > Thanks > > > > Ed > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor