Re: [Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-19 Thread Alan Gauld
On 19/12/13 11:45, Oscar Benjamin wrote: Seriously though, I showed my girlfriend (a social worker) how to do alt-tab a couple of months ago and she was really pleased Never underestimate the ignorance of the average user. When work was slack a few years ago my boss put together a team of "IT

Re: [Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-19 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 19 December 2013 11:15, spir wrote: > > I do agree with most of what you say, except for one point, actually more a > complement than an contradiction: I find it great whenever editors (I > virtually never used IDE's properly) have an integrated terminal (emulator, > in fact), like geany or ge

Re: [Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-19 Thread spir
On 12/19/2013 12:56 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 09:28:14PM -0500, Keith Winston wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM, wrote: What else do I need to do to make this version of Python an actually usable programming environment? Chris Acreman Chris, I'm also a noob,

Re: [Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 09:28:14PM -0500, Keith Winston wrote: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM, wrote: > > > What else do I need to do to make this version of Python an actually > > usable programming environment? > > > > Chris Acreman > > > > Chris, I'm also a noob, but I would recommend you

Re: [Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-18 Thread spir
On 12/18/2013 06:35 PM, Reuben wrote: Keep caution while using geany. It causes indentation problems ??? (funny assertion ;-) doesn't it raise an AssertionError, perhaps?) Denis ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Re: [Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-18 Thread Reuben
Keep caution while using geany. It causes indentation problems On 18-Dec-2013 10:34 PM, "Ken G." wrote: > For what it may be worth, I use Geany on my Ubuntu > OS, 12.04 LTS. I also have IDLE installed and I > can use the Terminal Window in running Command > Line. > > Ken > > On 12/17/2013 09:28

Re: [Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-18 Thread Ken G.
For what it may be worth, I use Geany on my Ubuntu OS, 12.04 LTS. I also have IDLE installed and I can use the Terminal Window in running Command Line. Ken On 12/17/2013 09:28 PM, Keith Winston wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM, > wrote: What else do I

Re: [Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-18 Thread spir
On 12/18/2013 03:28 AM, Keith Winston wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM, wrote: What else do I need to do to make this version of Python an actually usable programming environment? Chris Acreman Chris, I'm also a noob, but I would recommend you install/use an IDE, such as IDLE which c

[Tutor] Saving files in Python, IDE's & editors

2013-12-18 Thread Keith Winston
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM, wrote: > What else do I need to do to make this version of Python an actually > usable programming environment? > > Chris Acreman > Chris, I'm also a noob, but I would recommend you install/use an IDE, such as IDLE which comes free with all (I think) Python insta