[OT] Re: Ranting about the state of Python IDEs for Windows

Daniel Ellison daniel at syrinx.net
Tue Sep 14 11:43:34 EDT 2004


Eric Brunel wrote:

> Carlos Ribeiro wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>> p.s. I know that there is another solution for this problem... but
>> involves money (a lot of). Have a couple of big monitors (21',
>> anyone?), side by side, and open as many windows as you wish. Position
>> them where you want them to be, without overlapping. That's happiness
>> :-)
> 
> 
> You may not have to go as far as that: XDesk 
> (http://www.xdesksoftware.com/xdesk.html) allows you to create several 
> virtual desktops on the same screen on Windows, similar to the 
> workspaces you can find in many X window managers like KDE or 
> WindowMaker. It's a commercial product, but there's a free version; it 
> has fewer functions, but is perfectly usable.
> 
> HTH

There's also VirtuaWin (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/). I've used it 
for a few years and it's quite stable.

Dan



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