[wxPython-users] Pallavi 0.5: Text editor utilizing wxPython

[Dusty Phillips]

> 1) Multiple monitors
> 2) Other apps -- I most often am working with some other app than the
> editor -- often, but no always the app I'm writing. IN this case, I like
> to have the freedom to arrange my editing windows and other apps as I
> please.

Indeed -- I just mentioned in my previous message that I think package
management should be built into the OS, not the text editor. In a
similar vein, I think Window management should be up to the OS. I
figure that things like MDI, tabbed editing/web browsing, etc can all
be managed by a window manager. (fluxbox, pekvm, wmi, for example,
support tabbed frames under Linux). But having said that, I *always*
use tabs in my daily editing AND web browsing.

At any rate, I'll put multiple views on the TODO list for 0.6.

> Can wxAUI handle having a Panel that gets it's own top-level Frame,
> rather than being confined to the main Frame?

Off the top of my head, I think the SetManager method is on the Frame,
not the panel, so no. But I didn't look that up. ;-)

> > I use it for HTML, Javascript, CSS, and Python editing, although there
> > aren't many plugins to support most features of those yet.
>
> So is it indeed stable enough for everyday use? Nice to know.

Oh yes; I do 6-12 hours editing every day, and 95% of it is in Pallavi
(vim only when I'm logged in via ssh for a quicky). I've gotten to the
point where I prefer Pallavi over other editors, in spite of the fact
that it doesn't have all the features I want yet. That's partially
because I enjoy finding new things I get to add. ;-)

>
> > with major modes that
> > don't necessarily have to be STC instances.
>
> Which sounds like it fits well with Pallavi's modular approach -- I do
> hope you two will join forces, or at least share ideas.

I'm open to it. :-) I started out joining an existing project called
magnum (nee lazyedit), but the deveolper and I decided we weren't
quite going in the same direction. I have no qualms about throwing
away code if I find something better. As such, I think I may download
Peppy and see what I think.

Dusty