Python on a MacBook Pro (not my machine)

[rusi]

On Sunday, October 27, 2013 12:37:40 AM UTC+5:30, John Ladasky wrote:
> So, what other free and lightweight editing options do I have for a Mac?  I have found a few (fairly old) discussions on comp.lang.python which suggest Eric (http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/) and Editra (http://editra.org/).  Opinions on these and other choices are appreciated.

Have you considered emacs?
Yeah it requires some setup to run for python. But then its a lifetime investment.

[About mac Ive no idea.  As far as I know some of the current hot emacs projects are being developed by people on macs -- so it surely runs but how smoothly I wont venture]