Old Man Yells At Cloud

[MRAB]

On 2017-09-20 01:41, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:
>>A simple "autocorrect" in *what*? The interpreter? The editor? Both?
> 
>    I imagine something like this: When the editor gets the
>    command to run the contents of the buffer as Python,
>    it would then do the autocorrect in the buffer (making a
>    backup first or preparing an undo feature) as a kind of
>    preprocessor and then send the result to Python. But the
>    user is encouraged to also continue to work with the result
>    of the preprocessor.
> 
>>Do you think Microsoft will consider adding it to Notepad? I seem to recall that
>>you use an editor which doesn't even auto-indent after a colon.
> 
>    In fact, in my courses, I often use Notepad.
> 
>    In my Python course, I will use the console that comes with
>    Python and, later, I may introduce how to create source files
>    with Notepad, but I will also show IDLE.
> 
Notepad is very basic. There are many free and open-source text editors 
available. I suggest you try one!