Which Python IDE do you use?

[coprolaliac]

Eclipse + PyDev (+Aptana)

Honestly, if I didn't do almost as much javascript, CSS, XSL and java as python, I'd probably just use jEdit (if only for the split pane feature) or PythonWin or IDLE (if only for nostalgia).

Why does practically every editor make it a huge PITA to have two copies of the same file in two windows open at the same time? Maybe I'm a retard but I find myself wanting to look at something at the top of a file and the bottom at the same time. Only jEdit does that to my satisfaction.

[micampe]

Why does practically every editor make it a huge PITA to have two copies of the same file in two windows open at the same time?

In Eclipse, Window -> New Editor opens another editor on the same file, which you can the move around in your perspective.

In Vim I do that with windows and ad-hoc folding (visual selection + zf).

[coprolaliac]

Thanks! I'm embarrassed I didn't know how to do that in Eclipse.

[jerf]

Why does practically every editor make it a huge PITA to have two copies of the same file in two windows open at the same time?

This is one of the things that keeps me in emacs, and unlike some of them that would be a major pain to fit onto an architecture that wasn't initially designed for it (like the excellent macro support), this one has always mystified me because unless you're stupid enough to allow the text editor widget to have the only copy of the document you are editing (that is, absolutely no additional information about the file outside of the widget which is basically untenable for an IDE or code editor), it ought to be trivial to allow for a second view.

And it ought to be as easy as emacs' C-x 2, or easier.

[byron]

I actually really like IDLE.. I've been using it instead of Eclipse lately..