@fernandotakai you can have autocomplete with vim but it's not exactly easy to setup
With some plugins, gedit can become a really powerful and lightweight "mini ide", and you can get it all up and running in a couple of minutes. These are the ones i use: http://wiki.trodrigues.net/Gedit
yeah, i started using gedit, but i didn't enjoy thaat much. i normally use vim for little scripts, and eclipse for bigger things (django and/or turbo gears e/or google app engine)
not wanting to start a flamewar, there are exactly 0 tools for proper python refactoring (yeah yeah, bicyclerepair bla bla bla) and "advanced" stuff like that, so why exactly do you need/want a python IDE?
I have to say I mostly use Gedit myself these days. I find it's light enough but does everything I need. Eclipse is cool and I used to use it for Java development a lot but now it seems a bit too heavy for what I need. It's good to have options though. @trodrigues - Thanks for the link man I'll check out some of those plugins :)
that's why i think using eclipse is overkill when you have smaller editors which can act as mini ide's (with proper project management, autocompletion and the likes). and versioning system plugins are starting to appear for gedit as well :)
I've always preferred Scite: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html It's like gedit but it runs on unix and windows. It's light and easy to use as a notepad replacement or you can go crazy and start tweaking it to do autocompletion, etc. It also has a wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciTE
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i'm using eclipse with a lot of satisfaction =D
1 year, 5 months ago by fernandotakai
I like Stani's Python Editor or SPE for short
1 year, 5 months ago by dantheman
unix/windows: emacs; os x: textmate
1 year, 5 months ago by pfig
gedit! gedit! gedit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 year, 5 months ago by fabsh
i like vim too, but it misses the autocomplete.
1 year, 5 months ago by fernandotakai
gedit, vim/cream, geany
1 year, 5 months ago by ramkumarshankar
@fernandotakai you can have autocomplete with vim but it's not exactly easy to setup
With some plugins, gedit can become a really powerful and lightweight "mini ide", and you can get it all up and running in a couple of minutes. These are the ones i use: http://wiki.trodrigues.net/Gedit
1 year, 5 months ago by trodrigues
should've specified that we are in a windows environment
1 year, 5 months ago by jasonburton
yeah, i started using gedit, but i didn't enjoy thaat much. i normally use vim for little scripts, and eclipse for bigger things (django and/or turbo gears e/or google app engine)
1 year, 5 months ago by fernandotakai
on windows? eclipse or jedit (i don't know, but i heard somewhere on net, that it has a plugin for python)
1 year, 5 months ago by fernandotakai
not wanting to start a flamewar, there are exactly 0 tools for proper python refactoring (yeah yeah, bicyclerepair bla bla bla) and "advanced" stuff like that, so why exactly do you need/want a python IDE?
1 year, 5 months ago by cpinto
I have to say I mostly use Gedit myself these days. I find it's light enough but does everything I need. Eclipse is cool and I used to use it for Java development a lot but now it seems a bit too heavy for what I need. It's good to have options though. @trodrigues - Thanks for the link man I'll check out some of those plugins :)
1 year, 5 months ago by dantheman
that's why i think using eclipse is overkill when you have smaller editors which can act as mini ide's (with proper project management, autocompletion and the likes). and versioning system plugins are starting to appear for gedit as well :)
1 year, 5 months ago by trodrigues
well, i use it for identation (for bigger scripts, is very hard), autocomplete and refactoring (eclipse's plugin is getting better with it )
1 year, 5 months ago by fernandotakai
@gcoupar: gedit runs in Windows!
1 year, 5 months ago by fabsh
me thinks this one may be of interest: http://blog.sontek.net/2008/05/11/python-with-a-modular-ide-vim/
1 year, 5 months ago by cpinto
i have that on my fullread list. will surely give it a good look when i get the time
1 year, 5 months ago by trodrigues
MacPython, IDLE, Emacs...
1 year, 5 months ago by BigEclipse
XCode also recognizes Python and works well.
1 year, 5 months ago by BigEclipse
MISCREANT! vim is The One True Editor!
1 year, 5 months ago by rcarmo
seriously, now, Textmate on Mac is the best.
1 year, 5 months ago by rcarmo
the other programmer here was asking me about an ide. He prefers them. I don't care either way, I'll use both.
1 year, 5 months ago by jasonburton
I've always preferred Scite: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html It's like gedit but it runs on unix and windows. It's light and easy to use as a notepad replacement or you can go crazy and start tweaking it to do autocompletion, etc. It also has a wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciTE
1 year, 5 months ago by adewale
eh fab.....you're mixing me up because of my avatar.... :P
1 year, 5 months ago by gcoupar
thank you all for your input
1 year, 5 months ago by jasonburton
not specifically mentioned above: If you use eclipse, get "pydev" (eclipse plugin) - that adds a lot of the nice refactoring etc tools
1 year, 5 months ago by silarsis