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Re: [pygame] recommendation for a good n00b IDE



kschnee wrote:
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:37:52 -0500, pymike <pymike93@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You said C++ on a python list! You must die!*
*just kidding ;)

Not at all! There's no need in Python to use destructors. 8)

I just use IDLE, which has automatic tab-formatting, color-coding, a class
browser, and a "Run" key. It's buried in Python##\lib\idle or someplace
like that, though, so you have to dig for it on a Windows installation.
(The Windows installer should create a link to IDLE.) I've heard good
things about a program called Notepad++, but haven't tried it.

I just installed Notepad++ and am having a look at it now. It is Scintilla based. It has a Python mode, among may others. There is syntax highlighting, block commenting and indenting, regular expression find and replace, and a spell checker. As far as I can tell automatic indenting is rather simplistic: indent to the same level as the previous line. Overall, though, it looks quite interesting. And the web site and Windows installer contain images of a green iguana, so one can't go too far wrong with it.

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

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Lenard Lindstrom
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