cannot select python mode manually

cannot select python mode manually

[Ray]

A bit of an EMACS newbie here, despite having used it on and off for years. 
So forgive me if this is really simple!

If I edit a python file the python mode comes in automatically and works
fine.  However,if I have another file and want to engage python mode
manually (M-x python-mode) Emacs replies [no match]

python-mode.el and .elc are in /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp along with other
modes that work fine when invoked with M-x !

Can any one give me some pointers as to what to check?

Cheers
-- 
Ray

Re: cannot select python mode manually

[Vasily Korytov]

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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:37:21 +0000, rayj@tau-re.org wrote:

> A bit of an EMACS newbie here, despite having used it on and off for years. 
> So forgive me if this is really simple!
>
> If I edit a python file the python mode comes in automatically and works
> fine.  However,if I have another file and want to engage python mode
> manually (M-x python-mode) Emacs replies [no match]
>
> python-mode.el and .elc are in /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp along with other
> modes that work fine when invoked with M-x !
>
> Can any one give me some pointers as to what to check?

Just (autoload 'python-mode "python-mode" nil t) or
(require 'python-mode).

I don't know, if this is documented somewhere in the FAQs, but usually
major modes do have a comment, explaining, how to install it.

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Re: cannot select python mode manually

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Ray <rayj@tau-re.org>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:37:21 +0000
> 
> If I edit a python file the python mode comes in automatically and works
> fine.  However,if I have another file and want to engage python mode
> manually (M-x python-mode) Emacs replies [no match]

Probably because python-mode.el is not loaded yet.  Does it help to
put the following line into your .emacs?

  (autoload 'pyton-mode "pyton-mode" "Enter Pyton mode." t)

Re: cannot select python mode manually

[Ray]

Vasily Korytov wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:37:21 +0000, rayj@tau-re.org wrote:
> 
>> A bit of an EMACS newbie here, despite having used it on and off for
>> years. So forgive me if this is really simple!
>>
>> If I edit a python file the python mode comes in automatically and works
>> fine.  However,if I have another file and want to engage python mode
>> manually (M-x python-mode) Emacs replies [no match]
>>
>> python-mode.el and .elc are in /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp along with
>> other modes that work fine when invoked with M-x !
>>
>> Can any one give me some pointers as to what to check?
> 
> Just (autoload 'python-mode "python-mode" nil t) or
> (require 'python-mode).
> 
> I don't know, if this is documented somewhere in the FAQs, but usually
> major modes do have a comment, explaining, how to install it.
> 

Excellent.  Thank you and the other poster for that.  (require 'python-mode)
worked.  I am using the standard .emacs (and other related files!) that
came with SuSE, so I probably ought to read around a bit more as all sorts
of stuff is going on in them :/

Yours,
-- 
Ray