#Editra editor install

On the setup page of the website, it details a few sets of installation instructions, with the only Linux install instructions being for Arch Linux. Perhaps the most exciting for me, was that I don’t need Java! This editor belongs to a rare class of IDEs, that are not implemented using Java. PyShell, for an integrated Python shell.Provides syntax checking, module searching and debugging. Also provides version control integration. I installed and enabled the following plugins New users might be put off by having to fiddle around a lot to get a more IDE like setup going. I like minimalism, but a bit of help getting started would have been nice. If this is what you’re after, then the article on the wiki for Settings Editra Up as an IDE is what you’re after. That said, if you want to tailor it as more of an IDE, you’ll need to set it up as one.

Initial configuration of Editra is basically zero - you can start using it right away. I just downloaded the source and ran it, and everything worked out great. The setup process is smooth - as long as you have the prerequisites (wxpython, as far as I can see), everything goes great and you’re up and running in a minute. It is intended to be used as a text editor, but with a few plugins it easily functions as an entire IDE. It’s developed mainly by one guy, Cody Precord, since the project’s creation in 2005. Unscheduled and unexpected, I’ve been recommended to check out Editra, a cross-platform text editor that’s great for Python development, and writing code in general, so I thought I’d write about it here.Īs a bonus, it’s even written in Python! EditraĪs I said, Editra is written in Python.

Editra editor