Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; 'budget.': 0.09; 'ide': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'eclipse': 0.16; 'message- id:@dough.gmane.org': 0.16; 'pythonwin': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'projects,': 0.17; '>>>': 0.18; 'trying': 0.21; 'combination': 0.22; 'preferences': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'ago': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.28; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'run': 0.28; 'adequate': 0.29; 'unchanged': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'gets': 0.32; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.32; 'asked': 0.33; 'picking': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'that,': 0.34; "can't": 0.34; 'received:org': 0.36; 'totally': 0.36; 'anything': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'mark': 0.38; 'mean': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'you.': 0.61; 'national': 0.61; 'personal': 0.62; 'hear': 0.63; 'kat': 0.91; 'received:2': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Eclipse and the Python plugin Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:40:34 +0100 References: <-rSdnaVYT4PNKobNnZ2dnUVZ7r2dnZ2d@bt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-198-200.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120803-0, 03/08/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1343997553 news.xs4all.nl 6933 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40679 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26429 On 03/08/2012 13:23, lipska the kat wrote: > On 03/08/12 13:10, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> On 03/08/2012 12:34, lipska the kat wrote: >>> A while ago someone asked me what I thought of the Eclipse plugin for >>> python, > > snip > >>> >> >> My opinion of Eclipse is unchanged by your words, it's like trying to >> run a legless carthorse in the Grand National or the Derby. > > :-)) There's this image in my mind ... jeez, get a grip. > > I'm sorry to hear that, what would you recommend. > > lipska > Sorry I can't recommend anything as I use Python for small personal projects, so I find a combination of Notepad++ and PythonWin totally adequate for my needs. Eclipse is also popular, so simply because I don't like it speed wise doesn't mean that it's not for you. Picking an IDE often gets down to your own preferences and perhaps budget. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.