[PyCrust] PyAlaMode

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I couldn't pass up this opportunity to announce something I'm close to
releasing, since it's going to sound like a good April Fools joke.  In
spite of a great deal of reluctance on my part, I finally broke down
and developed a code editor with the same autocompletion and calltip
features as PyCrust.  The new editor will be named PyAlaMode (thanks
for the name, Robin) and an early version is in the PyCrust CVS
repository.

Since it uses the Scintilla control (wxStyledTextCtrl) it will have a
lot of the same features as Scite, but, like PyCrust, it will be very
dynamic and will build autocompletion lists and calltips on the fly.
But since you are editing source code, rather than entering commands
into a shell, you have to explicitly rebuild the module namespace when
your file is in a shape where it's code can be executed.  There is a
menu choice and keybinding for updating the namespace.

Like PyCrust, PyAlaMode has a modular design and is both a library of
components that you can use in your own programs as well as a set of
standalone applications.  Now that I've started this thing, I'd like
it to become the best Python source code editor of all (even though
I'm partial to Emacs).  If you've got suggestions or would like to
help, please let me know.

-- 
Patrick K. O'Brien
Orbtech      http://www.orbtech.com/web/pobrien
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