Re: [Visualpython-users] Installer issues

[Arthur <ajs...@op...>]

> I had the vague notion that ScITE is Windows-specific -- right or wrong?

Windows and Linux GTK.   Mac out in the cold, once again.

>
> Highlighting Visual keywords might be nice, but it is really the high
> interactivity of idlefork that matters to me. Anything that offers one-key
> edit/run cycles is what I want, and what I want for my students. Is that
> possible with ScITE?

Absolutely.  Out of the box, it works with about 25 languages.  One thing I
do in my cusotmization is narrow it down to 1 - Python.

F5 is "Go" - run Python against the current script.
Cntrl 1 runs a Python syntax check.

No "seperate process" issues as in the standard IDLE, that as per your
posting - confirmed by own own testing of alpha2 - have not been corrected
yet in the merged IDLE. (Though I am confident it will be.)

And the opportunity to go much further down the road toward VPython specific
customization beyond simple keyword syntax highlighting -  like VPython word
completion (cntrl enter), hints, etc.

A good counter argument is the importance of IDLE's inactive prompt. Which I
happen to believe *is* important. I happen to use IDLE only for that.  And
have never found it strange to use it only for that and something else for
editing.   But there is an argument to be made that an "all in one" tool has
its advantages.

PyGeo does not work at the interactive prompt the way VPython can.  So
perhaps I am prejudiced by that, and that IDLE does make more sense for
VPython than it might for PyGeo.

Anyway, more offering to lend assistance if you think the concept has
merit - not selling it too heavily.

Art