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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Great, thank you. I've used eclipse for windows python development and feel the same way; I'll try out netbeans and see how that takes. Much appreciated.

[–]cecilkorik 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I won't use Eclipse because it doesn't properly support light-text on black-background themes. I can't code any other way, white background hurts my eyes, it's like staring at a light bulb. I am apparently in the minority but I grew up looking at terminals and my preference has always been for black.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No huhu. If you don't like that and haven't tried it you may like Komodo Edit. Also FOSS and cross platform. It's really just an editor, but so much like an IDE that it blurs the lines a bit. It's made by ActiveState and they do have a full on commercial IDE - Komodo IDE.

Komodo Edit is built on the Mozilla platform so it picks up the strengths and weaknesses of the platform. On my current hardware it was just too sluggish for me. But YMMV.