[Python-Dev] Replacing IDLE (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Wed Nov 11 05:06:36 CET 2009

anatoly techtonik writes:

Does that mean even if authors of some imaginary editor agree to incorporate their code into Python, the framework that it is built upon will have to be incorporated into Python also (and eventually abandoned at original location)?

I would assume so. How else can Python guarantee its maintenance?

In this situation I see no way we can provide any decent tools for GUI like for default editor.

IDLE is a "decent tool". You don't have to like it, but it's good enough to get started. By the time you realize its limitations, you should have a handle on easy_install.

The promise is "batteries included." Nobody promised you a nickel metal hydride battery that you can use as a replacement in your Prius.

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