IDLE--what are your experiences with it?

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Kevin Walzer <sw at wordtech-software.com> wrote in message news:<Pm8ed.3143$Ag.3109 at fe37.usenetserver.com>...
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> I'm looking for other peoples' viewpoints about their experiences with
> IDLE as an editor--what are its good points? What are its limitations?
> Any advice/insight is appreciated.
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it is the lowest common denominator. 

there are MUCH MUCH better alternatives

www.xored.com has a nice plugin for Eclipse 3.x

that is much better than IDLE