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Line 1: [[File:Quill.png\|100px]] ~~== Our recommendation ==~~ == Installing Smultron == ~~On Mac OS, we suggest the Smultron text editor. You'll have to first download it, then install it.~~ ToOn ~~download~~OSX, a good free text editor is Smultron:. To download and install Smultron:▼ * Click [http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/smultron/smultron/3.5.1/Smultron-3.5.1.zip this link and download the ZIP file] * The ZIP file will expand into an application called Smultron. * Open Finder from the bar at the bottom. * Download the latest version of Smultron from http://sourceforge.net/projects/smultron/ ▲To install Smultron: * Open the downloaded file from your Downloads directory or the Download bar in your web browser * Drag the icon (it looks like a top-down view of a tomato) to your Dock for easy access * Start Finder * On the left side of the Finder, under "Places", click on "Applications". * Drag the Smultron icon to any blank space in that window. To run Smultron: * Double-click the Smultron toicon ~~launch~~from ~~the~~your ~~editor~~Dock.▼ * Start Finder * On the left side of the Finder, under "Places", click on "Applications". * In the middle column, scroll down to to find Smultron. ▲* Double-click Smultron to launch the editor. ~~== If you run into trouble with Smultron ==~~ If you can't run the version of Smultron we recommend, try the older version [http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/smultron/smultron/3.1.2/Smultron-3.1.2.zip 3.1.2 of Smultron]. We've tested that it runs properly on Mac OS 10.4 on PowerPC and Intel. == Configure Smultron to indent with spaces == Line 33 ⟶ 22: * Close the Preferences window. That's it! Now, you can ~~hit~~press ~~tab~~Tab to indent your code, and that indentation will actually be made of spaces. ~~This~~We ~~change~~do ~~will~~this ~~help~~because ~~you~~Python ~~use~~doesn't ~~spaces~~like ~~consistently,~~it sowhen ~~that~~we ~~Python~~mix ~~doesn't~~tabs ~~get~~and ~~confused about whitespace~~spaces. == Success! == Line 39 ⟶ 28: Now you have an editor that you can use to open any text file, including Python programs. [[File:Champagne.png\|100px]][[File:Party.png\|125px]] ~~If you prefer a different editor for text, check with an instructor before moving on to make sure it will work for the weekend.~~ [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source\|« Back to the main page]]