Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!newsfeed.eweka.nl!feeder3.eweka.nl!81.171.88.15.MISMATCH!eweka.nl!lightspeed.eweka.nl!194.134.4.91.MISMATCH!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.038 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:209.85.223': 0.03; 'cpython': 0.05; 'linux,': 0.05; 'subject:still': 0.09; 'subject:python': 0.11; 'reason.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'subject:need': 0.17; 'windows': 0.19; 'mostly': 0.20; 'paul': 0.24; 'linux': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.26; 'generally': 0.32; 'quickly': 0.32; 'switch': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'screen': 0.34; 'whatever': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.36; 'client': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'subject:New': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'easily': 0.39; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'subject:, ': 0.61; 'personal': 0.62; 'between': 0.63; 'skip:6 10': 0.63; 'believe': 0.69; 'benefit': 0.70; 'absolutely': 0.84; 'subject:good': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KEAnRWxTdxQpnNdMeq8YcCeFamEBj4hTqf/LKTCsacU=; b=IZl1i+bb2zxhUHETUMbaHZKE+YM7CDZ6B1YCRw60Zur8jqTCsEUnjr9UhtoU1wS6UL yknVaZHINBMy4MmqTkNNzdjDcLC5bdwFcBqthDGJJFNar4okkyJo5xBGBJmBZUqlLaPO 379hEyIKbwRaBjIhNK0Bbs2UkR3qsNVY3v3I7UW9rJMnTGb6UVJww7uPYMN6oVsHYvFB 0X3WOgPQbeEoMefeDL1kZrkyInn+xOnGJnxLwDjVF04W4MTdiiSi6IgSAVjHN2V5h23w 9863OsnfvxF87qoI2ffjcQ4qgsooI0BucnrMw+fJd1cwzH5QdQjEEB0s0JX3Y6HyVVfk F6xA== X-Received: by 10.50.151.172 with SMTP id ur12mr28902138igb.44.1356688353269; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:52:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:52:32 -0600 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "comp.lang.python" Subject: Re: New to python, do I need an IDE or is vim still good enough? References: <20121228065120.GA3155@lion.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <20121228065120.GA3155@lion.kode5.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1356688362 news.xs4all.nl 6942 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58678 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:35683 On 2012.12.28 00:51, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > The benefit of the tmux client (terminal multiplexer) is that I can see > all the screens at the same time and quickly switch between them. I > believe Linux has screen(1) which does the same thing. tmux is generally easily available for Linux, and these days, there's really no reason to use screen unless you absolutely cannot use tmux for some reason. To answer the OP's question, it's mostly personal preference. Use whatever makes you productive. -- CPython 3.3.0 | Windows NT 6.2.9200.16461