alternative to IDLE

Question

I do a lot of work in python, and one thing I have come to loathe is opening up IDLE whenever I need to use the command shell. A lot of editors can do Python syntax highlighting, but I don't know of any that have a live shell terminal. Is there an alternative to IDLE?

Answer 1

I have always preferred iPython to IDLE.

http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/

No Python 3 support though :(

Answer 2

Check out pythonwin: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonWin

Syntax highlighting, interactive shell, and all your windows in one task bar slot (hard to describe but very helpful).

Answer 3

I'd recommend Notepad++ has support for Syntax Highlighting, Code folding, Custom Syntax highlighting formats & with NppExec plugin you can run the script directly from within Notepad++

Answer 4

Komodo Edit. It supports syntax highlighting, intellisense-like completion, running the code inside the editor like IDLE, and has extensions exactly like Firefox to add extra support for external libraries.

Answer 5

Check out DrPython. It has an editor with syntax highlighting along with an interactive shell:

Windows and Linux versions are available, DrPython is free and open source.