tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9266717.post113926814882304876..comments2023-05-22T10:01:23.167-03:00Comments on Only Python: lightning 1.1: new and improvedAndré Robergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131391818998844540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9266717.post-1139350503793888212006-02-07T18:15:00.000-04:002006-02-07T18:15:00.000-04:00Thanks for the feedback. Snippet compiler is perh...Thanks for the feedback. Snippet compiler is perhaps a better name... but, since it's already taken, and since (I suspect) "Lightning Compiler" is very likely much faster, I'll keep the name (even though, it is not really a compiler... Lightning Executor wouldn't sound right ;-)<BR/><BR/>Also, given the nature of Python, I don't think all the xtra functionality that Snippet compiler has is really needed... <BR/><BR/>As far as output window <B><I>below</I></B> the editor window, I looked at it and decided that it was more useful to see more lines of code (and move the sash between the two windows when needed). Still... you gave me some ideas;-)André Robergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131391818998844540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9266717.post-1139349087634540102006-02-07T17:51:00.000-04:002006-02-07T17:51:00.000-04:00Cool! I copied-and-pasted what I think might have ...Cool! I copied-and-pasted what I think might have been an earlier version of this from the cookbook just a few days ago, and I'm glad to see the enhancements you've made in this release! As a note to Windows users, you can rename the file to lightning.py<B>w</B> and you won't have the "ms-dos window" when you run it.<BR/><BR/>If you want to see some of the extremes you can take this idea, the <A HREF="http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/SnippetCompiler/" REL="nofollow">.NET Snippet Compiler</A> is a similar utility (and similarily handy), but for C# (and now VB and who knows what else), a language which truly does have a compiler. It has a lot of features and is a lot more complicated (though <I>some</I> of that is to be expected with a language which requires an actual file to compile, and expects to be passed an explicit list of every "module" you're "importing"), but <A HREF="http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/SnippetCompiler/VersionOne.aspx" REL="nofollow">it originally started out</A> the same way as Lightning Compiler (code window, run button, output window). It also started out taking something less than the 15-20 seconds to load which the latest version now requires on my machine :).<BR/><BR/>I do like the way it has the output and error displays beneath the code window where you get a full line width and the fact that it can run minimized in your system task bar and appear with a key-combo when you want to test an idea, though.<BR/>But it looks like if you try to work on this idea for too long you start moving towards being an inferior IDE instead of a handy little tool :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com