On 25 Jan 2001, 10:08 Chris Withers wrote:
Tres Seaver wrote:
I'm liking it a lot -- the last reason to even consider using emacs is gone :)
Hmmm... interesting, maybe it's time to find a new editor...
Why not use Riaan Booysens Boa Constructor IDE or Mark Hammonds PythonWin IDE? Boa: http://sourceforge.net/projects/boa-constructor/ Use the cvs checkout, not the 0.0.4 download from September, which is almost unuseable. PythonWin: http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/ Both use the scintilla control (http://www.scintilla.org/), btw. For pure Python work, especially for Windows specific stuff, I prefer PythonWin. But for platform independent work and Zope works Boa Constructor looks very promising. It's pure Python and wxPython (i.a. wxWindows) based, it even comes with a first attempt of a Zope interface! I wonder that it doesn't get more publicity here. On the other hand, I noticed that Shane Hathaway is listed as one of the developers ...
My wishlist would be:
- Runs nicely on NT4
Well, I use Boa on Windows 2000, but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't run as nicely on NT4, too.
- Syntax highlighting for Python, C, XML, HTML (and, although this is dreamworld stuff, DTML ;-) -
Well, it does Python and DTML. :-) Scintilla comes with syntax colouring for many languages and seems pretty extendable. I haven't checked the above list, though.
FTP or WebDAV editing built in as standard (or alternative solution, like cadaver making it work ;-) - Regular Expression search & replace - search & replace of multiple files
I've used the builtin ftp client for editing my Zope sites a few times for editing zope. It's a bit rough at the edges, but usable.
and my dream list would be:
- can run multiple copies of the editor at once
Well, it's possible to run multiple copies of Boa. It's only usefull when working on different projects concurrently, though. Usually I prefer opening many files in a single instance.
- class browser for python, with expand/collapse of code (like the editor for Python 2)
That's a scintilla feature, so it comes for free (so to speak) with both PythonWin and Boa Constructur (and SciTE, Scintillas own tiny editor, of course). -> http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html -- o ( Wolfgang.Strobl@gmd.de (+49 2241) 14-2394 /\ * GMD mbH #include _`\ `_<=== Schloss Birlinghoven, <std.disclaimer> __(_)/_(_)___.-._ 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany ________________