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Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach

From memilanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach
Date 2015-08-10 03:19 -0700
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On 08/07/2015 04:29 AM, tjohnson wrote:
> On 8/6/2015 7:31 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>>
>> What 1 or 2 features would you most like to see?
>>
> Practically, I'd say a line number margin and right edge indicator.
>
> Theoretically, a tabbed editor and dockable interpreter pane.

YES!!! and yes to the above.

Some built-in support for style/syntax checking i.e. PEP8, pylint would 
be very nice (in my mind) for helping new users understand where some of 
the problems are in their code.  Maybe not enabled by default, but 
available in the options for those who want it.



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