Best Python Editor (under Linux)

[Paddy]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Paddy wrote:
> 
> 
>>Others are comfortable with emacs, another non-simple editor that
>>repays the initial
>>steeper learning curve by giving a rich environment. ( I hope I've
>>succeeded in mentioning
>>emacs without playing it down - I don't want to continue that war :-).
> 
> 
> I also don't want to get into a vi vs. emacs war, but how does emacs
> have a steeper learning curve, at least for just basic text editing
> usage (creating files, opening files, editing files, saving files,
> quitting)?  On the contrary, I think to a total neophyte vi is a lot
> more intimidating:  You can't even start entering text unless you enter
> a code first.  Modern graphical versions of emacs start you in a scratch
> space and have menu bars that all you to open files, close files, exit
> the editor, etc.
> 
> I obviously prefer emacs (I know just enough vi to be able to edit
> configuration files on systems that for one reason or another don't have
> emacs available), so I won't pretend I don't have a bias, but of all the
> differences between vi and emacs, emacs having a steeper learning curve
> doesn't seem right to me.  (It does have many, many more features than
> vi, but you only need to learn the ones you plan to use.)
> 

Hell, I've managed to do what I didn't want to do.

I meant a steeper learning curve when compared to something like textedit. I was mentally 
grouping emacs and vi against simpler fare and failed to convey it in my post.

Pad.