Comments on: SPE (Python IDE) for Windows

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:18:02 +0000

Thank you Christopher for your little helpfully guide. I had also the effect, that SPE would not start. So i opened the console, move into the SPE-directory and typed the following command: python SPE.py --debug > debug.txt 2>&1 Then i opened the debug.txt and could read:

SPE path error: the folder of SPE.py should be called '_spe'!
(Maybe you renamed it to 'spe', please rename it back to '_spe'.)

So i rename the folder back to _spe and SPE runs.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:28:35 +0000

SPE wont start up… when i double click it it stars a sort of initialization process and then does nothing plz help…

By: troy

troy — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:54:00 +0000

Don’t forget to mention the need to first install python… at this point in time, not v3.
Troy.
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By: chripsy

chripsy — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:58:36 +0000

can anyone give me free pdf version of this book…i cant find it here in albania ?

By: Surabhi

Surabhi — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:30:16 +0000

Thnx fr d tutorial ….
phew !!! finally gt spe wrkin ..

By: Salvadora

Salvadora — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:45:37 +0000

This is rad. Great work!

By: Prasad

Prasad — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:42:13 +0000

Thanks a lot.You have no idea how much this blog helped me.
have you posted any other useful blogs like this?

By: dutch

dutch — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:18:01 +0000

Cant get SPE running on windows xp
all I want is an editor to use while learning python (I know there is IDLE, but I hear people generally use something more complete like SPE, so Im just starting off that way).

so installing and getting it to run…Some trick? I let python and spe go where they wanted to. I did not mess with it.

First, I downloaded python:
Python 2.6.2 Windows installer (Windows binary — does not include source)
From: http://www.python.org/download/

Then I (finally) found SPE for windows. I say ‘finally’ because the download link is in a really sucky place; way down on the right side where most people expect to find ads. It SHOULD be right at the top.

Download Archive
where I found and downloaded:
SPE-0.8.3.c-wx2.6.1.0-py24.exe 1293196 111475 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows)

After finding some sort of help (here) I had to do a search for a _spe directory, where I double clicked SPE.py…….AND NOTHING HAPPENED.

Help.

~david

By: Christopher McCulloh

Christopher McCulloh — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:46:22 +0000

Andy, thanks for the kind remarks!

I’ll be sure to let you know if I see anything else like this.

I look forward to picking up the updated copy whenever it does come out…

By: Andy Harris

Andy Harris — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:15:02 +0000

Yes, you are correct. I’ve made that correction for the next edition, but the book has not sold as well as my other works, so I don’t know when the new version will be available. Please do let me know if you find any other issues.

I enjoy your blog…

-Andy (Author – Game Programming L Line)