["Followup-To:" header set to comp.lang.python.] On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:51:50 +0100, Terry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Szopa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Richard> I am a devoted Emacs user and I write a lot in Python. > > Me too. > >Richard> I need the following features: > >Richard> 1) Tab completion, ideally Slime like. That is, when there's not >Richard> enough letters to unambiguously complete a symbol, I want it to >Richard> show a buffer (w/o taking the focus) w/ the possible >Richard> completions. In an ideal world, it would be able to complete >Richard> fo.ba<TAB> to foo.bar. I imagine this would require quite tight >Richard> Emacs-Python integration. > > I know this is not what you want, but I use hippie expand (M-/) to cycle > through possible completions. It's not Python aware, but it is of some use.
Also known as dabbrev-expand, and tied to Ctrl-TAB. I like it *a lot*, and I like it even more because it *isn't* Python aware. I can use the same function no matter what I am typing, often with files noone would dream of writing a mode for. ... >Richard> 4) (optional) I would like to see the definition of a function >Richard> function or class by hitting M-. on its name. (I understand that >Richard> this may be impossible for methods, as Emacs would have to >Richard> automagically infer the type of the object). > > This is just an emacs tag file need. Have you googled for something like > emacs tags python? Tags works fine, or at least as well as can be expected. I use the 'etags' which comes with 'ctags', apparently. > If you have the time, please summarize your findings. The emacs/python > world has always seemed quite amorphous to me too. I don't know; python-mode colorizes well and it knows how to help me keep the indentation sane. The Eclipse users I have seen seem to have more problems than I have, for example. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
