| Re: Back to idl after a looong time... [message #23609 is a reply to message #23394] |
Mon, 29 January 2001 08:04   |
davidf
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Registered: September 1996
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Alex Schuster (alex@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de) writes:
> Okay-okay, looks like some people really like it. I had tried it,
> but was disappointed and continued using the command line version. I
> must admit that I first hadn't figured out that I could have multiple
> edit windows outside the development environment, that was the biggest
> drawback. Am I right that this is still the case in the Windows version?
As far as I know there is no limit to the number of edit windows
you can have open in the IDLDE. At least, I've never run up
against a *practical* limit, and I've had lots and lots open
at once. :-)
> There are some nice features like the variable
> watch, but yes, David, I'm just fine with print
> statements for debugging. Am I too old-fashioned here?
I'm getting better with the debugger (and of course
it is wonderful and works great), but for the quick
look I confess I still use Print statements, too. :-)
Cheers,
David
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