I'm starting to learn how to use emacs (on Mac OS 10.4)and I found that you can load something called python-mode.el which looks like it can help when writing Python code in emacs. I'm hoping it can color python syntax as well as indent it correctly, etc.
My problems are:
1. Where should you place the 'python-mode.el' file? I downloaded a folder from 'sourceforge.net' that contains 4 files (python-mode.el, doctest-mode.el, pycomplete.el and pycomplete.py). I couldn't find any installation instructions anywhere. Do I use all 4 files or just the one and where should it go? One web-site said the 'python- mode.el' file needed to be compiled before being moved to whereever it needs to go. How does one compile these things?
2. All the web-sites I found about installing this said I should change my .emacs file which should be located in my home folder. I can't find a .emacs file anywhere on my machine. The only thing close to it is a .emacs.d folder which contains an autosave folder. Does anyone know where this .emacs file is located? Or do I need to manually create one?
Thanks for looking at my questions. Jay
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