Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Zachary Ware Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: best text editor for programming Python on a Mac Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 20:59:14 -0500 Lines: 14 Sender: zachary.ware@gmail.com Message-ID: References: Reply-To: python-list@python.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de sSD0UHtckQfL+eh8xNNVVgicr4sKS6D3Ro1D357YEVeQ== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:text': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'defaults': 0.05; 'subject:editor': 0.07; 'mode,': 0.09; 'email addr:python.org>': 0.10; 'received:209.85.218': 0.10; "(i'm": 0.16; '2016': 0.16; '6:56': 0.16; 'default).': 0.16; 'editor,': 0.16; 'phone)': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:Mac': 0.16; 'subject:programming': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.18; '>': 0.18; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; '(on': 0.22; 'trying': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.22; 'plain': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'script': 0.25; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'mode.': 0.29; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'text': 0.35; 'attempt': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'mode': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'mac': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'different': 0.63; 'world': 0.64; 'cc:addr:yahoo.com': 0.66; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.67; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.71; 'reply-to:addr:python.org': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc; bh=d5yxzPentNpBrUsWPDu6v6z2goonyBspiyXY0tcCu/E=; b=aCj5sCFvHzpFrb/LHWAY8wGHIF5Ly3pcY1ibgecF0LNyop95RH7d5sxULQhkf7Hkjg YOzJgidg92l+2WfxMgUsKEunfSdOR8qpWq4uIBgZVCvWjbpIJzhAcVXLAWFVudCX8UEe EDVARAqL+CmqivMYzjidyBWt2IM7+VEei6Y0TRhHSkkz/dDjbFyGOnfET05e2MEIbIz1 sJAmQywVjg19rwAie5+VgNStX0pTZYI3QySbMNwi4lHfT1rL8Y8pa3sbPY+5/LcLpgs1 FAUwOMLVuLzUGaEy/Dg0thPAw//9f/3IQhsuT/HK/px9h1SdHXdrAsRLhH3N9s1WXuFk taRQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=d5yxzPentNpBrUsWPDu6v6z2goonyBspiyXY0tcCu/E=; b=HrCk7IWMhwoc6mIA27Pe0mU4A8ailjR2iTq/5g1EBmjqdj67UYhu9DLOxL8ld2ui7n s0ZRCbR2AfxCD39zG2gWAm6qudTt4UuW99wIJ6YR5Ev5DlmRlH1o0qVepnfjZJT955Mv s9W2KB3llPGf/UAz96Hl1R6Jx2YL1h87kFu1YAHbUWBByck+ktWhhoQFYdSvvN4LdwYs J43GORHsfihaZwTzDlUheRmeMEGv2ya37JjR+sLiJQVRDNni0OIVUgngLCZkjZjab9vE o9/2hWWP585OjMQhAVwJf+26tJhWS5cafmogt4QzVsoTYmQZpY+huleHAT/7eMXCMV7o CKPQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tIkCq+jdUvxiqtY7mOCr1XUBt7FvpffI8XastBs7Q1a7WsntknIk4rmKgagVI6nC7sa7Uq1NZJossOAHg== X-Received: by 10.157.7.40 with SMTP id 37mr3071847ote.145.1466215154863; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:59:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 97ePDW-vR1tW5gnFe-KS7-SILVc X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: X-Mailman-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:110078 On Jun 17, 2016 6:56 PM, "Chris via Python-list" wrote: > > I have been trying to write a simple Hello World script on my Mac at work with TextEdit. TextEdit is not just a simple text editor, it defaults to rich text mode. You can either attempt to get TextEdit out of rich text mode and into plain text mode, or use a different editor, like nano or vim (I'm pretty sure both are available by default). -- Zach (On a phone)