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Harri Pesonen fuerte at sci.fi
Fri Oct 3 16:26:18 EDT 2003 
Jussi Jumppanen wrote:
> Harri Pesonen wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Once you create a Zeus workspace, Zeus will automatically
>>>run ctags to produce a tags database, will populate a class
>>>tree with this data and it also the tags information for
>>>code intellisensing:
>>>
>>>    http://www.zeusedit.com/lookclass.html
>>
>>I just downloaded and installed Zeus, but it didn't have any
>>intellisense. I opened a .py file but it didn't add the class 
>>listing.
> 
> Zeus uses ctags to automatically generate the tags for you project 
> files. Zeus also use these tags to do the intellisensing.
> 
> But for Zeus to know what files are in your project you need
> to create a project workspace. So to do this you would do
> the following:
> 
>    Workspace, New menu
>    Mouse right click and add the *.py files to the 
>      source folder of the workspace
> 
> Now the class informat for the python files will be in the 
> class browser.

Oh yes, got it now.

> So for example assuming this file was added to a workspace:
> 
>   class Example:
>      def a_method(self, string, variable):
> 
> now if I create a new file as start to type in this code:
> 
>     Example test
>     test.
> 
> the '.' character will trigger the intellisense and a list of 
> all the method for Example will be displayed.

OK, so it has limited intellisense. Still PythonWin has better 
intellisense, because it knows what you have imported in the beginning 
and can show those as well.

>>Also it failed to compile and execute it. 
> 
> To run the compiler you do need to tell Zeus where you compiler
> is located and this can be done using the Options Compiler menu.

It would be great to have a built in support for Python. Zeus could 
check the Python installation folder from registry and configure itself 
automatically.

$95 is probably too much for home user. Zeus seems to be a very 
professional editor, with Source Safe integration and all. But I think 
that PyhonWin is a better choice, because it is ready for Python 
(obviously), has integrated debugger, limited intellisense, and is free.

Harri
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