editing programs - newbie

help - how do i edit programs in a text editor and save them
to floopy or HD and run them, once they have been saved i,m writting my own programs in python

Are you writing your own programs, or do you want to change programs that have already been written/compiled (games, os, etc)? What language?

You can't edit the compiled version, you have to have the editor, like turbo c++, for c++, or whatever you use for python. But if you have the source code, then you can save it onto a disk.

Well, technically you could use a decompiler to get the source back from your compiled program.
http://www.crazy-compilers.com/decompyle/
is a beta version of a python decompiler.
If you are writing scripts and not compiling your code, then you just have to write your code in the text editor, save it with a .py extension (not required but good to id the files) then open python and run python with that file. DevShed has a good python tutorial for any questions about getting/running python. HTH.
Oh, and if you have more questions or anything on this thread, "reply", don't just edit your message. Editing doesn't show up as a new post, so people won't notice you have more to ask. Just FYI

I was going to say that, but I thought it was illegal to use a decompiler.

Well, if its proprietary by someone else (games, windows, etc) but he said he's writing his own programs, so it would be ok, as would decompiling open source. (though it would be easier just to get the source, and he should have the source of his own programs).
I just mentioned it as a possibility.

OH, ok