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On 01/25/2013 12:54 PM, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> On 2013-01-25, Leonard, Arah <> wrote:
>> Though, that said, I have used Notepad and Wordpad any number
>> of times in the past to edit Python files, all without bringing
>> the universe to an untimely end. Even used DOS Edit once. You
>> use what you have at the time. A good craftsman never blames
>> the tools.
>
> DOS Edit was great for quick edits. The file size limit is a
> pity, though.
>

I once had to write a text editor that would run in a 32k machine
without a disk drive. The editor had to fit in RAM with the data, so
the text files were limited to 320 lines.

--
DaveA

On 01/25/2013 06:47 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 01/24/2013 02:14 PM, Tetsuya wrote:
>> Vim has everything, you just need a bunch of plugins.
[...]
>> jedi (*awesome* python smart autocompletion)
[...]
>> supertab (autocomplete everything with TAB, smartly depending on
>> language and context).
>
> Awesome. I'm checking out these plugins right now, especially jedi and
> supertab. Thanks so much!
>

you're welcome!

On Jan 25, 10:35*pm, "Leonard, Arah" <Arah.Leon...@bruker-axs.com>
wrote:
> >> It's just a text file after all.
>
> > True indeed, let's not worry about trivial issues like indentation, mixing tabs and spaces or whatever. *Notepad anybody?
>
> Hey, I didn't say Notepad was the *best* tool for the job, just that Python scripts are merely
> text files.

"text files" ok. "Merely text files" needs some rebuttal
http://blog.languager.org/2012/10/ht...ng-syntax.html
Yeah its a bit tongue-in-cheek and does not directly answer the OP (to
which anyway I said: interpreter is more important than editor)

On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Tim Chase wrote:

> On 01/24/13 13:34, Leonard, Arah wrote:
>>> All true (especially the holy wars bit!). OP didn't (as far as
>>> I can see) even say which OS he is using. Anyway, my suggestion
>>> is generally that people use the editor with which they are
>>> already comfortable.
>>
>> Sound advice. [snip] Whatever works is what works. It's just a
>> text file after all.
>
> So even "ed" or "edlin" or even "cat" would do
> ?
> -tkc
> ?
> wq

ed *is* the standard editor.

Also, I see what you did there

-w
..
wq