So, my 2.7.6 IDLE glitched out, and I was wondering what IDEs others use. Thanks!

Notepad++ is free and pretty decent. You could try the demo of Sublime Text (which a lot of pros use) as well, and if you can afford it, you could buy it.

Note: those are text editors, not IDEs.

Sublime Text FTW

I've almost got Komodo working, so I might try ST later, but does anyone know what the Mac install directory for Pygame is?

technoboy10 wrote:

Sublime Text FTW

Yep, use Sublime Text. You don't need an IDE.

For Sublime, what is the difference between the free and paid one?

MrFlash67 wrote:

For Sublime, what is the difference between the free and paid one?

Afaik there isn't really much difference except that in the free version you will get this message sometimes when you save files: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37687009/Screenshot%202014-01-13%2014.37.54.png
In future versions, the free version will probably be limited.

Cool. Does anyone know how to change the Python version used in ST?

MrFlash67 wrote:

Cool. Does anyone know how to change the Python version used in ST?

You should be able to change the command in ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/Python/Python.sublime-build

When I go to Terminal and type ‘python’, it comes up as the 2.7 and can import Pygame, but without miodifying ST, it comes up with the default 2.6.
EDIT: OK, did it. It dosen't look up the $PATH, so I had to put in the full file location. Now, will Pygame run?
More EDIT: Works perfectly, if a bit slow.

MrFlash67 wrote:

For Sublime, what is the difference between the free and paid one?

The free version isn't really a free version: it's just a trial with no time limit. Try it out for a while, and if you use it regularly and can afford it, it's nice to support the developer (Jon Skinner) by purchasing a license.

NinjaIDE is also a good one that may be of interest and if you feel like having an adventure, Vim is the way to go.

Magnie wrote:

if you feel like having an adventure, Vim is the way to go

vim vim vim vim vim!

I use TextWrangler and it's pretty fine. It was a menu that you can manually run a script in.

Hardmath123 wrote:

technoboy10 wrote:

Sublime Text FTW

Yep, use Sublime Text. You don't need an IDE.

Sublime Text is the BEST.

PyCharm - there is a free community version and it has a nice debugger that works for multi-threaded applications.

For text editors, I just use SciTE for pretty much everything. It has a large list of highlighted languages. I think you can add your own, too.

I use Eclipse for my Java and PHP work, but I am fairly certain it can run Python with a couple of easy to find add-ons.

terminator68 wrote:

I use Eclipse for my Java and PHP work, but I am fairly certain it can run Python with a couple of easy to find add-ons.

The PyDev plugin to be exact.