Hello,
Which editor do people use to create Python files on the Mac?
As I understand it, a Python file is just a text file with a .py extension.
I'm PC guy, software engineer for 30 years.
On the Mac, I am using TextEdit. By default this does RTF files, but searching the Internet I found a way to make it do text files.
Then simple scripts, such as myVar = "true", caused illegal syntax errors.
After quite a bit of messing around, I found "smart quotes" was turned on so the quotes were not really quotes as Python expected them.
I figured out how to get rid of these smart quotes and turn them off by default. After that, everything worked great.
I'll be honest, I think Apple is garbage.
Is TextEdit the best choice for creating Python files? Is there something better? (Simple and free?)
Barry.