My Second Self

Setting up Xemacs to work in python mode

Managed to get python mode set up in Xemacs after some initial teething problems. Found the following links useful:

How to add the python mode to Xemacs

Where to get python-mode.el

Definitely in Python mode because I can execute a “Hello World” python script from within Xemacs but I don’t see any syntax highlighting yet. Any ideas?

Edit: Figured out the problem. I could get “syntax highlighting” to work from menu options. So figured it was just a setting in my init.el.

Added the line to my init.el and highlighting now works.

(require ‘font-lock)

Might play around with the highlighting later but this is good for now.

Choosing an IDE/editor

Should I use a full-fledged IDE like Eclipse with the PyDev plugin? Or should I just go with emacs (which I used to be familiar with)?

Quite confused by the number of editors and IDEs listed in python’s FAQ.

Already wondering whether I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. Instead of opening up too many new fronts, I’ve decided to go with Xemacs (I’m on a Windows machine. Before you ask, I am regretting it already).

Will check out PyScripter and Notepad++ too if I cannot get python’s plugins to work with Xemacs or if I realize how much easier those two options will be.