Re: [Tutor] IDLE vs PythonWin

[Wayne Watson]

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vim? I'm looking at the interactive window now. Here are two choices for what you say: 1. alt-tab vim Traceback (  File "<interactive input>", line 1     alt-tab vim               ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax 2. Pressing the alt-tab keys moves me to the next Windows window, which happens to contain my mail window. I'm putting an image here. It may not get through to tutor. ALAN GAULD wrote: > I'm not familiar with these acronyms. MDI, SDI, MDI = Multi Document Interface - has many windows within one single outer window. This was MS Standard for apps from Windows 2 through to Windows 95. SDI = Single Document Inteface - has each document within its own window. This has been the preferred styule since XP (between 95 and XP I think the preferred style was up to the developers!) Alt-Tab and up-arrow for navigating between windows/commands works for me :-) > As soon as I hit, alt-tab, Win moves between all the icons on my screen. > There's not chance to press an up arrow. Alt tab switches windows Up/Down arrow moves up/down the command history within a window So a typical session goes like: Experiment at >>> prompt Alt-Tab to vim Edit & save file in vim Alt-Tab to Console use up arrow to retrieve last command execute last command(ie run the script) Alt Tab to vim to fix bugs or >>> to try out new ideas I usually have vim expanded down the left hand side of my screen (about 50-60 lines) with the python and Console windows taking up the right hand side at normal size but with quite small fonts so I can see all 3 windows at the same time. (If I'm using a monitor with my laptop then I'll set dual screens and have Oulook and Word/Visio running on the laptop screen for updating the design documents and handling email) Alan G. -- Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.01 Deg. W, 39.26 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Copper and its alloys have been found effective in hospital sinks, hand rails, beds, ... in significantly reducing bacteria. Estimates are 1/20 people admitted to a hospital become infected, and 1/20 die from the infection. -- NPR Science Friday, 01/16/2009 Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>

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