In http://docs.python.org/using/unix.html#editors you can read: Geany is an excellent IDE with support for a lot of languages. For more information, read: http://geany.uvena.de/ I followed that suggestion, and am very happy with Geany. But I confess that I am not a sophisticated user. Why does nobody mention Geany ? e -- Egbert Bouwman - Keizersgracht 197 II - 1016 DS Amsterdam - 020 6257991 ========================================================================