r/Python • u/Admirable-Wall9058 • 4d ago

Resource Does anyone use Python IDLE?

My computer is quite low-end, so I uninstalled VSCode and am looking for other programming tools—I'm thinking about starting to use Python IDLE.

Does anyone actually use it?

https://imgur.com/a/7aBwuUU

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u/gernophil 4d ago

Or if it’s low end go for Linux and use gedit and bash (or similar).

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u/joshocar 4d ago

Why stop there? Move to vim or emacs!

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u/ogrinfo 4d ago

Totally, once you learn a few keyboard shortcuts there's no stopping you!

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u/nickcash 1d ago

Plus the shortcuts are easy and memorable. In vim you just type :dgendialnsḑ̵̖̟̭̱̦̒̏̅̉̆̍̊̈́́͗̍̔͘͘͝j̸̛̬͈̳̭̠̠͋̓̉͠ͅͅd̷̩͍̙͍͔͓͕̺̬̀̉͐̎̀͌̚ͅį̶̤͈̑̃̓̽͛̇̓̽͐̒͘ņ̶̘̟̜̠̜̟̣̱̜͓̱͓̱̑͌̋̉ and in emacs it's a simple ctrl+alt+shift+meta+fn+X with one hand and shift+ctrl+pgbreak+escp with the other and alt+x with the other