Hi Richard, I agree. Thanks. Jim On 5/4/14, Richard Dinger <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Another editor is Notepad2. Do you remember Q who used to post on > program-l? He liked Notepad2 because it is very light weight, but it is > also based on that scintilla editor so the highlighting in jaws is a > problem. > > So we are back to EdSharp, which has some nice features for python. But how > > do you run your script in the editor and retain any output to check? > > I think alt+tab back and forth between EdSharp and a command shell is the > only viable option at this point. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 11:18 AM > To: pythonvis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pythonvis] Re: Portable Python > > Hi Richard, > I will take another look to see if I can do anything about this > editor. I also noticed that another recommended editor is Notepad++, > and JAWS doesn't work well with that one either. So far for me, as far > as Python is concerned, EdSharp seems to work best. I'm talking about > editors that have better capability than Notepad. Although, maybe with > a slight amount of working with its clip language, NoteTab Pro will > work well. That program costs $39, if anyone wants to spend the money > on it. I tried Notetab Light, the free version, with JAWS 14, and it > did not work well at all, no matter what I tried. I could give it a > try with JAWS 15. If anyone on this list uses NVDA or Window-eyes, I > could try those, to see what works and what does not. > > Another one, called SciTe, kind of looks promising, but you have to > set JAWS up to use its highlight color. Once you do that, you can then > begin to slowly customize the editor to the way you like to work by > working with its profile settings, which come in plain text files. > There is something of a learning curve with this editor, but you may > be able to start to write profile settings that are helpful. But of > now, it is mostly EdSharp for me. If I choose to dig in and learn some > of its features that use JScript or VBScript, I may be able to get it > to automatically grab Python help. But I'm not even promising myself > that I can do that soon with everything going on with me right now. > > Thanks. > > Jim > > On 5/4/14, Richard Dinger <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi Jim, >> >> I tried the PyScriptor as well and also had trouble with it. Maybe some >> jaws scripts could resolve things, but tthat takes a lot of time. One >> thing >> >> I noted was that IDE even includes a debugger. >> >> I have used pp a bit and find it slightly faster. >> >> Richard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim >> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 9:45 AM >> To: pythonvis >> Subject: [pythonvis] Portable Python >> >> Hi, >> One of the more experienced people here might want to have a look at >> http://www.portablepython.com/. This package comes with a lot of stuff >> other than the Python standard library. I tried the editor it has >> caled PyScripter, and it didn't work that well with JAWS. Maybe it is >> a nice convenience to have all of the things this distribution comes >> with, though. >> Jim >> >> -- >> e+r=o >> Skype: jim.homme >> >> >> > > > -- > e+r=o > Skype: jim.homme > > > -- e+r=o Skype: jim.homme