A quick look at some common syntax errors you’ll see if you copy and paste Python code into the script editor. Also, I get on my mini-soap box and tell you you got to know the language syntax if you want to script 😉
http://vimeo.com/27061025
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Might be helpful to highlight, that the Python Reference webpage you have opened in your video is this one: http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html
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…at least as far as I can tell… 😉
Indeed, that is the correct link
I’ve been dabbling in Python for quite some time now and even I didn’t know the fact that some Python-lines can be spread over multiple lines. But then again you knew that already as you probably based your video on this thread: http://tinyurl.com/3sgl7us. 😉