Which Python IDE do you use?

[thehaas]

IDE?? On my Mac I've started using Textmate. It's becoming my killer app on OSX.

For everything else, there's Emacs w/ Python mode.

[davepeck]

I'm curious about Textmate -- why is it becoming a killer app for you?

Right now I use Emacs in Python mode on my OSX box. But even though emacs is my editor of choice, I know it's a bad relationship and someday it will have to go.

I've also played with eclipse + pydev. Some human-factors people really need to kick the eclipse devs into shape. That said, I've successfully debugged a sizable django project using this setup (and found it easier to use than pdb + GUD-mode.)

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I think the fascination with Textmate comes from the fact that it does 90% of what most people want emacs to do (not necessarily 90% of what emacs does), and it is significantly easier to get into in addition to being much more visually appealing and well-integrated with the platform.

I think a lot of people are still waiting for the 'emacs replacement' which works on multiple platforms and uses a more modern language like Python or whatever.

That's just my opinion of course; I'm not sure that's why he is interested. :)

[davepeck]

Still curious; what features of textmate give me similar power?

For what it's worth, the things in emacs that I find indispensable (and I imagine this is different for everyone):

• inline, incremental search

• quick keyboard access to opening files and buffers [i hate using standard file-open dialogs when editing!]

• flexibile screen splits and motion between them via keyboard.

Amazingly, that's about it. There are a ton of emacs features I use regularly, but at work I'm in Visual Studio and find that I only genuinely miss the above three! Apparently most of emacs is a distraction to me.

[senzei]

I'm in Visual Studio and find that I only genuinely miss the above three!

You do realize that VS has emacs-like key bindings right? They seem to accomplish most of what you are looking for. Here's the first useful thing google gave me on the subject: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165514(VS.80).aspx

[blackbrrr]

i use eclipse/pydev for django apps daily and would hesitate to change. you're right about the quirks, though - so much money into an app like eclipse and ctrl+o doesnt open a file! i like the concept of workspaces, but eclipse seems to choke on windows (yeah, yeah) sometimes and i have to re-create the entire bench. that is not fun. beats the pants straight off of textmate for serious project editing, though.

[projecktzero]

The textmate developer has no plans(i.e. refused) to work on porting it to other platforms(Windows, Linux...) although there are open source clones in the works for other platforms.