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Hacking Python With Emacs

• Some Python Integrated Development Environments - clip, introducing 5 editors\IDEs
  
  
• Emacs/Python Essentials? - discussion on google-groups

Modes

• python-mode.el
  • the old one, that ships with Python
  • latest official release (v.1.0) in dec. 2005
• python.el
  • the new one that ships with Emacs
• how do python.el and python-mode.el differ?
  
  
• http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PythonMode

• http://thegrout.blogspot.com/2008/03/emacs-python-cheatsheet.html
• http://python.about.com/b/2007/09/24/emacs-tips-for-python-programmers.htm
  
  
• http://www.maildance.com/python/emacs/emacs.pdf

• writing Python in Emacs
• http://wiki.python.org/moin/EmacsPythonCompletion
• Emacs Python completion
  

• Tutorial: Emacs for Programmers
  
• Running Python from within Emacs in a separate process.
  
  
• Python programming in Emacs

• There are many things you can say about Emacs...

code-folding

• http://litdream.blogspot.com/2007/12/emacs-code-folding-with-python.html
  • M-x hs-minor-mode
• http://www.nabble.com/Code-folder-with-Emacs-td16189193.html

compile instead of eval

• http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2008/03/15/running-python-from-within-emacs/

 (defun my-compile ()
  "Use compile to run python programs"
  (interactive)
  (compile (concat "python " (buffer-name))))
 (setq compilation-scroll-output t)

Setup the environment

• Emacs as a powerful Python IDE
  • ropemacs - using rope with pymacs in emacs
    • http://rope.sourceforge.net/overview.html
  • python.el - improved version of the one that ships with Emacs 22.
  • ido.el
    • http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/InteractivelyDoThings
  • yasnippet

additional packages

• CUA-mode Common User Access
  • http://www.cua.dk/cua.html
  • http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CuaMode
  
  
• http://nschum.de/src/emacs/company-mode/ company-mode - nice autocompletion
• http://nschum.de/src/emacs/kill-ring-search/

Java

• http://jdee.sourceforge.net/
  • http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/JavaDevelopmentEnvironment

getting things going

• rope: setup.py install
• ropemacs: setup.py install
• pymacs: setup.py install

 After installing pymacs, add these lines to your ``~/.emacs`` file::

  (require 'pymacs)
  (pymacs-load "ropemacs" "rope-")

• pymacs: put pymacs.el in some load-path (e.g. site-packages)

Hacking Emacs With Python

Pymacs is a powerful tool which, once started from Emacs, allows both-way communication between Emacs Lisp and Python.

• PyMacs
• http://github.com/pinard/Pymacs - latest development