text editor or compiler

[amirzak]

Hi,
I need a simple text editor or a compiler (to RPI).
Can anyone recommend one please???
Thanks
Amir

[rurwin]

A text editor and a compiler are totally different things.

What are you trying to accomplish?

[amirzak]

I want a simple platform for programming in python

[rurwin]

The "IDLE" icon on the Raspbian GUI desktop is a simple platform for developing Python.

[amirzak]

I do not like the IDLE, I prefer a text editor like SUBLIME TEXT 2 ...

[RaTTuS]

vi ,
nano,
or even sublime
aha edit - not yet
https://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewt ... f=4&t=7483

[DeeJay]

vi, nano, pico, leafpad - these are all installed with Raspbian by default.

geany can be installed trivially using a standard apt-get install command

SublimeText appears to be a commercially licensed product. Its webpage is here - http://www.sublimetext.com/
If they don't have a version for the RPi perhaps it would be best to approach them directly?

[bushrat]

I highly recommend Geany, it's a very simplistic yet fully featured IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that works great in Python and many other languages, should you ever have the urge to learn, say, HTML, JavaScript, C++, etc.

Also, its completely open source, free and cross-platform to, meaning that if you need to use Mac, Windows or Linux on the Desktop/Laptop, you can take all the experience you had on said Desktop/Laptop with Geany with you.

[davef21370]

I want a simple platform for programming in python

So go with rurwin's advice and use IDLE, it's probably as simple as it gets and what's not to like about it?
I use IDLE for Python, Geany for C/C++ and when I need to SSH into the Pi I'll stick with Nano for anything. It all works well for me.

Dave.

[rurwin]

If I'm SSHing in, then I use jEdit. Since it's Java based it will run on any OS, but it's too slow to run on the Pi. Although I haven't tried it on the new JIT compiler. It's got a built-in SFTP client so I can edit files on the Pi directly and then use an SSH shell to execute them.

[spoolboyy]

I can second the proposals for Geany and just buckling down and using IDLE. Both simple and light weight, and available for Raspbian.