Re: [Tutor] Text Editors and Linux (was Re: exit message)

2013-05-08 Thread Alan Gauld
On 09/05/13 05:01, Prasad, Ramit wrote: What I like about screen is the way sessions stay open when disconnected, but I find tabbed terminals easier to scroll for history. If there is a tabbed terminal that will allow split screens then all the neat features I know about in screen would exist

Re: [Tutor] Text Editors and Linux (was Re: exit message)

2013-05-08 Thread Prasad, Ramit
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On the other hand, I work with, and watch, a lot of techies who live in > screen. They swear that > they're more efficient, but watching them hunt for the right virtual terminal > doesn't look very > efficient to me. I often see them flip through three or four different V

Re: [Tutor] Text Editors and Linux (was Re: exit message)

2013-05-08 Thread David Rock
* Steven D'Aprano [2013-05-09 10:29]: > On 09/05/13 02:57, David Rock wrote: > > > > Well, not to start a flame war, but that is all subjective. > > Did I say otherwise? I was very careful to say "more natural FOR ME, > faster FOR ME". Not at all, but it was suggested that console apps were not

Re: [Tutor] Text Editors and Linux (was Re: exit message)

2013-05-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 09/05/13 02:57, David Rock wrote: * Steven D'Aprano [2013-05-08 22:13]: On 08/05/13 00:26, Prasad, Ramit wrote: Steven D'Aprano wrote: * a decent console app that supports multiple tabs; Any reason to prefer tabs to virtual terminals (i.e. screen)? Yes. I can see tabs, and click them

Re: [Tutor] Text Editors and Linux (was Re: exit message)

2013-05-08 Thread David Rock
* Steven D'Aprano [2013-05-08 22:13]: > On 08/05/13 00:26, Prasad, Ramit wrote: > > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > > >> * a decent console app that supports multiple tabs; > > > > Any reason to prefer tabs to virtual terminals (i.e. screen)? > > > Yes. I can see tabs, and click them with a mouse, th

Re: [Tutor] Argparse functions with N parameters

2013-05-08 Thread Danilo Chilene
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Re: [Tutor] Text Editors and Linux (was Re: exit message)

2013-05-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 08/05/13 00:26, Prasad, Ramit wrote: Steven D'Aprano wrote: * a decent console app that supports multiple tabs; Any reason to prefer tabs to virtual terminals (i.e. screen)? Yes. I can see tabs, and click them with a mouse, they can have a meaningful title, and I can use spacial memory

Re: [Tutor] PyScripter header?

2013-05-08 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
El 08/05/13 05:10, Jim Mooney escribió: PyScripter has enough extra features, that I'll probably switch to it. But has anyone found any odd problems with it? Tks. Jim Given that your main() question ;c) has been answered, you might also want to give Spyder a try before switching.

Re: [Tutor] PyScripter header?

2013-05-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 08/05/13 18:10, Jim Mooney wrote: However, a new file in PyScripter always starts with: _ def main(): pass if __name__ == '__main__': main() _ What is that stuff? I thought I was getting away

Re: [Tutor] PyScripter header?

2013-05-08 Thread eryksun
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Jim Mooney wrote: > > def main(): > pass > > if __name__ == '__main__': > main() > > What is that stuff? I thought I was getting away from all this > business of defining a main entry point. I don't see it in any of the > Py library files or other Py progra

Re: [Tutor] PyScripter header?

2013-05-08 Thread Amit Saha
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Jim Mooney wrote: > I'm trying PyScripter instead of Wing 101. It works fine and has a lot > more PyLearner features than Wing 101 (at the same price ;'), such as > popups showing the parameters for methods, profiler, lint, > programmable snippets, etc. It also lets

[Tutor] PyScripter header?

2013-05-08 Thread Jim Mooney
I'm trying PyScripter instead of Wing 101. It works fine and has a lot more PyLearner features than Wing 101 (at the same price ;'), such as popups showing the parameters for methods, profiler, lint, programmable snippets, etc. It also lets you choose your Python version and finds the right one, wh