Python and IDEs [was Re: Python 3 is killing Python]

[MRAB]

On 2014-08-02 01:00, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> MRAB wrote:
[snip]
>> And don't mention the menu bar across the top, separated from the
>> window to which it belonged.
>
> That seems to be a matter of taste. There are some advantages to the
> menu-bar-at-top model. It's an easier target to hit, because you can
> just flick the mouse up to the top. It only takes up space once,
> instead of once per window. It makes it possible for an app to be
> running without having any windows, and still be able to interact
> with it.
>
RISC OS didn't have a menu bar at the top of each window either; its
menus were all pop-up. You didn't have to keep flicking the mouse at
all!