Wing IDE for Python v. 3.0 beta1 released

[John K Masters]

On 13:45 Wed 01 Aug     , Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 August 2007 13:28, John K Masters wrote:
> 
> > On 15:34 Tue 31 Jul     , Wingware wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I'm happy to announce the first beta release of Wing IDE 3.0.  It is
> 
> I've had excellent support from them.  I'm sorry to hear your experiences
> have not been stellar.  Questions submitted to the bug or comment list
> usually get a response in one day or less.  And there are frequently
> respones by WingWare people to just about every question asked on the
> WingWare mailing list.
> 
> > I have been trying wing for a few days but have noticed that
> > auto-completion does not work on all modules. I submitted this to wing
> > and was told that probably my PYTHONPATH was wrong.
> 
> It may also not work if the IDE isn't sure what kind of object you are
> dealing with.  You can "clarify" this as documented with an
> assert(isinstance()) statement.

But as I pointed out to the wingware people the autocompletion was
recognising some methods but not others from the same module,

> 
> > I subsequently submitted a question about the licensing, i.e. whether I
> > could use wing on a home setup using Debian Etch, where I develop my
> > apps, and a work setup, using Debian Etch, with no net access.
> 
> From http://www.wingware.com/wingide/license:
> 
> "Each Wing IDE user may run Wing on as many machines as needed for their own
> work, for all the operating systems which they have licensed. In order to
> reduce casual license sharing, which is a unfortunately a problem for small
> businesses like Wingware, licenses must be activated after installation on
> each machine."
> 
> "We've worked hard to make this flexible and forgiving for valid customers.
> For example, reinstalling an OS and/or altering hardware usually should not
> break your activation. Also, activation can be done directly from Wing IDE
> and off-line activation is available if your machine does not have TCP port
> 80 (http) access to wingware.com. Each license is allowed three activations
> by default and more can be obtained on request from identifiable
> customers."
> 

But this requires activation via a web connection.

> > So far I have had no response
> 
> I tend to let questions slide when they are answered in the documentation or
> on the web site.  Maybe the Wing developers/support personnel are the same
> way.
> 
> j
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