Panda3D Manual: Python Editors
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Using a well featured python editor or editor with python support will greatly ease the process of writing python scripts. Here are some of the features that you could look for when choosing an editor. Free editors don't usually have them all. There are quite a few capable editors out there though. In addition to all the features listed below, it should in general be a good and easy to use text editor. Syntax highlighting Smart indentation Auto-completion of text Call tips Tree view function/class selection Integrated shell windows Inbuilt debugger support Code folding support Customibility and extensibility Multi-platform support Unicode support The python install itself comes with a very capable editor called IDLE, short for Integrated Development Environment. One of the features it has that the ones listed above do not is that it has an enhanced integrated shell. More information about IDLE can be found here. Below is a list of a few free text editors. There is a comprehensive list of editors at http://www.python.org/moin/PythonEditors. Some of the information about the editors doesn't seem to be upto date at this listing. Try them yourself to find your favourite one.
PyPE | Syntax highlighting, auto-completion, smart indentation, calltips, tree view function/class selection, integrated shell, drag&drop, macros, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and more. Works on Windows and X. Written in python!
Emacs | Very powerful text editor, multiplatform, python support. Smart indentation, auto-completion, syntax highlighting, extensible.
Vim | Very powerful text editor, multiplatform, python support. Smart indentation, syntax highlighting, Scriptable in python.
ConText | Windows based free text editor with python syntax highlighting, and indentation support.
SPE | Syntax highlighting, smart indentation, auto-completion, call tips, class explorer, integrated shell, debugger, code folding, syntax coloring, UML viewer, syntax highlighting, source index, sticky notes, drag&drop, context help, and much more. Runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Also links to Blender. GUI is extensible with wxGlade. GPL'ed and written in Python.
PyDev | PyDev is a plugin that enables users to use Eclipse for Python and Jython development -- making Eclipse a first class Python IDE -- It comes with many goodies such as code completion, syntax highlighting, syntax analysis, refactor, debuging and many thers.
Komodo Edit | Komodo Edit, based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, offers sophisticated support for all major scripting languages, including in-depth autocomplete and calltips, multi-language file support, syntax coloring and syntax checking, Vi emulation, Emacs key bindings.
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