[Tutor] ActivePython and CPython

[Martin Walsh]

Alan Gauld wrote:
> <Senthil_OR at Dell.com> wrote 
>> Answer: PyDev for Eclipse turns Eclipse into a pretty good IDE for
>> Python. 
> 
> Agreed, I downloaded pydev over the weekend and have been 
> playing. The editor isn't exactly vim/emacs but its as good as 
> IDLE/Pythonwin
> 
> However I think the OP wants an HTML preview and I don't see that 
> facility in Eclipse anywhere.

Not with a default install, but there are a few html editor plugins with
preview mode that can be installed separately. Aptana
(http://www.aptana.com) is one such, that seems promising.

The easiest way to get aptana would be through the eclipse update
mechanism, described here:
http://www.aptana.com/docs/index.php/Plugging_Aptana_into_an_existing_Eclipse_configuration

I have not used Aptana regularly for editing html, but I really
appreciate it's code-completion for css and js. I tend to prefer the
eclipse web tools platform html editor, but I don't think any recent
release has html preview, or if it's even planned -- I'd be happy to be
proven wrong.

HTH,
Marty