That's it. Thank you! Very instructive. Final:
path = "d:/emacs files/emacsinit.txt"
lines = open(path).readlines()
# next two lines all on one
starts = [i for i, line in enumerate(lines) if
line.startswith('(defun')]
for i, start in enumerate(starts):
while start > 0 and lines[start-1].startswith(';'):
starts[i] = start = start-1
print starts
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