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So does the former...

Posted by Winawer on 16 Mar 2008 at 06:47 GMT

The latter provides color-cued syntax and access to Python's interactive mode through an integrated shell.
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Emacs has everything described for Kate and much more. It's also got a steep learning curve and a touch of masochism is required to be really good with it, but nowadays I wouldn't use anything else.