Choosing an IDE for Python (updated)

I am trying to choose a new IDE to write Python code, after a few problems I
had with the *beeeep* generic editor I use.

I’ve read the very interesting blurg from Jonathan Ellis here
but i didn’t find the IDE that fits me yet. I am trying them all.

Wishlist

The perfect IDE for me needs:

• easy encoding configuration: I do iso-8859-15 and some of the IDE out
  there don’t want me to.
• simple, yet powerfull, code completion. Some of them are just
  crazy.
• reasonable CPU/Mem load
• A decent learning curve 
• good enough code cleaning: trailing spaces removal
• bad syntax notifier: for example SPE hilites bad syntax
• decent debugguer links, with toggles.
• easy macro programming
• XML, ZPT, CSS, and third party editing as well, with proper
  *indentation*. 4 is nice for Python, I want 2 for ZPT !
• …

Tried so far: drpython, SPE, Eric3, WingIde, Bluefish, BoaConstructor,
Kate

• drpython: really nice plugin, script features, i need to get deeper
  into it. autocompletion not really helpfull. I had to manually download and
  install plugins, the download UI bugged.
• Eric3: pretty good, I miss some features though, still trying it
  up
• WingIDE: really nice
• SPE: Nice one, I had some bugs but Stani corrected them in the very
  same day I mentioned them.
• Bluefish: not interesting for 100% python devel.
• BoaConstructor: I can’t get use to the UI, and had a few bugs

I won’t try PyDev, i need to run other softwares when I am working

Conclusion

DrPython is one of the smartest, nicest of the list in my opinion, Eric3 and
WingIde are rocking too. But at this time, I go for SPE, because it is a
very fast moving project, and will probably fullfill all my wishes
soon.

(Post originally written by Tarek Ziadé on the old Nuxeo blogs.)