[Pyqt-mac-list] eric, pyoxide, etc

[Tim L. <tim...@ya...>]

>
> I haven't tried Eric a lot, but I'm about to, as I've decided to focus
> my application development efforts on PyQt instead of wxPython. (Qt
> Designer makes a huge difference here.) Of course I can always use
> Aquamacs as my main editor, as I do now.
>
> Have you found PyOxide useful? I've found it buggy and crash-prone as
> well, which is inexcusable given that it's written in Obj-C.
>
> Cheers,


PyOxide is not great.  I consider it a just a step above a plain text  
editor.  Pretty much the only feature I use is syntax highlighting.   
It is only stable for me because I don't use the debugging features,  
which are the bits that tended to cause crashes.  I use it only  
because it's light and simple, and I've been hanging onto the hope  
that any day now I'll be switching back to Eric, but this hasn't  
happened.  It's about time I found a better option.  I think I might  
revisit DrPython.  It's a wxpython project, but very scriptable, so  
it should be no problem to incorporate work-flows for building pyqt  
forms.  And it's based on DrScheme, which is a very nice environment  
for PLT-Scheme (if you like that sort of thing).

I've used both wxpython and pyqt, and I must say I find pyqt much  
more fun, even when I don't bother with qt-designer.  I hope you will  
find it as enjoyable.

tim