code folding, a unique problem to python?

[John Salerno]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:

> Eric3, the Qt-based and in python written IDE can do that. So I'd say 
> it's an UE-problem - nad it has to be: to perform folding, one has to 
> find out what constitutes a block. Obviously this CAN be done with 
> python-code - do it CAN be done in editor code.

::lowers head in embarassment:: I wanted to try out Eric3, but I 
couldn't figure out how to install it! Is there a binary file? All I 
found was a zipped file with a bunch of stuff I didn't recognize in it. 
There was even a file called eric3.py which I thought might be it, but 
running it did nothing.