[Tutor] IDLE Usage - was Interpreter Restarts

[jim stockford]

here's a link to the very brief vi get-started web page:
http://www.sf-lug.com/How2vi.html


On Jul 17, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Sara Johnson wrote:

> Sure, sounds good.  Should I assume that 'any' Unix version allows Vim?
>  
> Thanks,
> Sara
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: jim stockford <jim at well.com>
> To: Sara Johnson <sarliz73 at gmail.com>
> Cc: tutor at python.org
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:30:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] IDLE Usage - was Interpreter Restarts
>
> you want a very brief set of vi(m) commands--
> a get-you-started tutorial that's nearly painless?
> I'll send if "yes".
> jim
>
> On Jul 16, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Sara Johnson wrote:
>
> > First off, yes, I was referring to (I guess you could say) a
> > non-python editor.  I use an SSH editor set up by my school.  If I
> > type python at the prompt in SSH, I get the Python shell.  My problem
> > is, I can't open a GUI no matter what I subscribe to or purchase.  I
> > have Python 2.3 and yes, I can access the commandline, but that does
> > not work the way it's been described to work.
> >  
> > If this still doesn't make any sense, just ignore me...
> >  
> > Sara
> >
> >
> > >>Not quite what we were discussing, but I think you may have given
> > just
> > enough clues that i can be of some help. Just for reference ~ which
> > editor
> > are you using?
> >
> > IDLE is both an editor and a python shell or interpreter. It is not
> > the same
> > thing as typing python.exe wherever you might be typing it.
> >
> > Typing Python into an editor should put the word "Python" into your
> > currently open file. I don't believe that this is what you mean.
> > Perhaps you
> > are confusing what exactly is an editor?
> >
> > You use Windows you've mentioned before. So here's what you can do.
> > Start ->
> > Programs -> Python 2.5 -> Python (commandline)
> >
> > This is the python interpreter. As you might already know.
> >
> > And then this.
> > Start -> Programs -> Python 2.5 -> IDLE (Python GUI)
> >
> > This is IDLE. As you probably know.
> >
> > Two windows should come up when you click IDLE. One is an editor. The
> > other
> > is the python shell, or interpreter. You can open .py files in IDLE 
> by
> >  right
> > clicking and selecting "Edit with IDLE". At any time that you wish to
> > run a
> > program that is open in the editor half of IDLE, hit F5 and the 
> Python
> > shell
> > half of IDLE comes to the top and runs the program.
> >
> > If doing all that doesn't do what I expect it to do, or you have
> > something
> > else in mind, reply back. If it does, then great!
> >
> > Oh. And tell me which editor you are using which magically opens a
> > python
> > interpreter when you type Python into it. ;-)
> >
> > JS
> >
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