Syntax coloring in Python interpreter

braver

Greetings -- as a long time user of both Python and Ruby interpreters,
I got used to the latter's syntax-coloring gem, wirble, which
colorizes Ruby syntax on the fly. Is there anything similar for
Python?

Nov 1 '07 #1

Lee Capps

On Nov 1, 2007, at 1:45 PM, braver wrote:

Greetings -- as a long time user of both Python and Ruby interpreters,
I got used to the latter's syntax-coloring gem, wirble, which
colorizes Ruby syntax on the fly. Is there anything similar for
Python?

I believe IPython can do this:

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

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Nov 1 '07 #2

Neil Cerutti

On 2007-11-01, Lee Capps <lc****@cteresource.orgwrote:

>
On Nov 1, 2007, at 1:45 PM, braver wrote:

>Greetings -- as a long time user of both Python and Ruby
interpreters, I got used to the latter's syntax-coloring gem,
wirble, which colorizes Ruby syntax on the fly. Is there
anything similar for Python?

I believe IPython can do this:

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

IPython's syntax coloring doesn't work with Windows 2000 and up,
since (last I checked) it relies on a readline.py file, which
relies on ANSI.SYS, which is not supported by the Windows
console.

--
Neil Cerutti

Nov 1 '07 #3

Chris Mellon

On Nov 1, 2007 3:01 PM, Neil Cerutti <ho*****@yahoo.comwrote:

On 2007-11-01, Lee Capps <lc****@cteresource.orgwrote:

On Nov 1, 2007, at 1:45 PM, braver wrote:

Greetings -- as a long time user of both Python and Ruby
interpreters, I got used to the latter's syntax-coloring gem,
wirble, which colorizes Ruby syntax on the fly. Is there
anything similar for Python?

I believe IPython can do this:

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

IPython's syntax coloring doesn't work with Windows 2000 and up,
since (last I checked) it relies on a readline.py file, which
relies on ANSI.SYS, which is not supported by the Windows
console.

If you scroll down about half a page in the above link you'll find a
link to a readline implementation for Windows.

--
Neil Cerutti

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Nov 1 '07 #4

Neil Cerutti

On 2007-11-01, Chris Mellon <ar*****@gmail.comwrote:

On Nov 1, 2007 3:01 PM, Neil Cerutti <ho*****@yahoo.comwrote:

>On 2007-11-01, Lee Capps <lc****@cteresource.orgwrote:

>
On Nov 1, 2007, at 1:45 PM, braver wrote:
Greetings -- as a long time user of both Python and Ruby
interpreters, I got used to the latter's syntax-coloring gem,
wirble, which colorizes Ruby syntax on the fly. Is there
anything similar for Python?
I believe IPython can do this:

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

IPython's syntax coloring doesn't work with Windows 2000 and
up, since (last I checked) it relies on a readline.py file,
which relies on ANSI.SYS, which is not supported by the
Windows console.

If you scroll down about half a page in the above link you'll
find a link to a readline implementation for Windows.

That pyreadline.py appears to be an improvement on the Windows
support when I last looked (6 months or so ago). Thanks for the
heads up.

--
Neil Cerutti

Nov 1 '07 #5

Tim Golden

Neil Cerutti wrote:

On 2007-11-01, Chris Mellon <ar*****@gmail.comwrote:

>On Nov 1, 2007 3:01 PM, Neil Cerutti <ho*****@yahoo.comwrote:

>>On 2007-11-01, Lee Capps <lc****@cteresource.orgwrote:
On Nov 1, 2007, at 1:45 PM, braver wrote:
Greetings -- as a long time user of both Python and Ruby
interpreters, I got used to the latter's syntax-coloring gem,
wirble, which colorizes Ruby syntax on the fly. Is there
anything similar for Python?
>
I believe IPython can do this:

http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/
IPython's syntax coloring doesn't work with Windows 2000 and
up, since (last I checked) it relies on a readline.py file,
which relies on ANSI.SYS, which is not supported by the
Windows console.

If you scroll down about half a page in the above link you'll
find a link to a readline implementation for Windows.

That pyreadline.py appears to be an improvement on the Windows
support when I last looked (6 months or so ago). Thanks for the
heads up.

And it's worth looking at ipykit[1] which is a standalone
bundle of ipython py2exe-ed for Windows users.

TJG

[1] http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/IpyKit

Nov 2 '07 #6

Neil Cerutti

On 2007-11-02, Tim Golden <ma**@timgolden.me.ukwrote:

Neil Cerutti wrote:

>On 2007-11-01, Chris Mellon <ar*****@gmail.comwrote:

>>On Nov 1, 2007 3:01 PM, Neil Cerutti <ho*****@yahoo.comwrote:
On 2007-11-01, Lee Capps <lc****@cteresource.orgwrote:
On Nov 1, 2007, at 1:45 PM, braver wrote:
>Greetings -- as a long time user of both Python and Ruby
>interpreters, I got used to the latter's syntax-coloring gem,
>wirble, which colorizes Ruby syntax on the fly. Is there
>anything similar for Python?
>>
I believe IPython can do this:
>
http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/
IPython's syntax coloring doesn't work with Windows 2000 and
up, since (last I checked) it relies on a readline.py file,
which relies on ANSI.SYS, which is not supported by the
Windows console.
If you scroll down about half a page in the above link you'll
find a link to a readline implementation for Windows.

That pyreadline.py appears to be an improvement on the Windows
support when I last looked (6 months or so ago). Thanks for the
heads up.

And it's worth looking at ipykit[1] which is a standalone
bundle of ipython py2exe-ed for Windows users.

TJG

[1] http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/IpyKit

I installed the new version and the coloring works out of the box
on Windows 2000 with Gary's PyReadline 1.4.4.

--
Neil Cerutti
If you throw at someone's head, it's very dangerous, because in the head is
the brain. --Pudge Rodriguez

Nov 2 '07 #7

kyosohma

On Nov 1, 12:45 pm, braver <delivera...@gmail.comwrote:

Greetings -- as a long time user of both Python and Ruby interpreters,
I got used to the latter's syntax-coloring gem, wirble, which
colorizes Ruby syntax on the fly. Is there anything similar for
Python?

What's wrong with IDLE? There's a plug-in for Eclipse that does syntax
highlighting and more as well. So does ActiveState's ActivePython.
Even Notepad++ can do highlighting.

Mike

Nov 2 '07 #8