Wingide is a beautiful application

[Claudio Grondi]

BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> Go to Options. Near the bottom, it will say "Edit Init.File"  Click on
> it.
Done. A completely new file was created.
> 
> Make an entry on a separate line near the top as follows
> 
> (require 'python-mode)
> 
> Then save the init file.
Have copy/pasted to it including braces

(require 'python-mode)

No effect on reopening emacs, except:
"
(1) (initialization/error) An error has occurred while loading 
c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Admin\.xemacs\init.el:

Cannot open load file: python-mode

To ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the 
error in your initialization file and remove it.  Use the `-debug-init' 
option to XEmacs to view a complete error backtrace.
"

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To summarize my evaluation of XEmacs here:
   - nothing valuable for Python script development out of the box or 
easy achievable in its Windows version.

XEmacs is out from beeing considered an option for someone looking for 
an editor helping him doing his Python scripting.

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My final conclusions (I am tired now of evaluating):

The only worth to consider freeware option to Wingide on Windows seems 
to be SPE (or other Scintilla based free editors with the disadvantage 
of not having specific support for Python scripting).

The best not free overall text editing tool on Windows is UltraEdit, but 
for someone interested in an editor for the limited purpose of editing 
Python scripts Wingide in its Personal Version is probably actual a much 
better choice (and multiplatform).

As closing words I would like to encourage anyone to start using
SPE ( http://pythonide.stani.be )
and contribute to its development making it beside IDLE a further 
standard editor for Python scripting having the potential to become one 
day a serious competitor to Wing. Why? Just because I decided to start 
using it and am eager to see it improving.

Claudio

> 
> When you open files with a .py extension xemacs should automatically go
> into "python mode"
> 
> If you read the init.el file it will teach you a little about how to
> configure it. If you don't care about that and only want a python
> editor, then just add the line above.
> 
> rpd
>