From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: python mode Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:10:04 +1000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <878xpt1f43.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: <87irp2ovxy.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <873bg3uzqr.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> <87k69f1dwg.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> <878xptubzy.fsf@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146004839 26563 80.91.229.2 (25 Apr 2006 22:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 26 00:40:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYWCl-0002fh-Nh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:40:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYWCl-0001R8-9L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:40:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.belwue.de!news.osn.de!diablo2.news.osn.de!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!138.199.65.86.MISMATCH!sn-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-08!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-02!sn-post-ams-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:XKIz74woL8lRH5ze0IcQKTe3ihY= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 60 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:139034 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:34654 Archived-At: Gary Wessle writes: > Tim X writes: > >> Stefan Monnier writes: >> >> >> I opened a file.py but emacs 21.4.1 on debian testing didn't switch >> >> the mode to the python mode. what do I need to do to fix this. >> > >> > >> >> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PythonMode >> >> Gnu Emacs post 21 has its own python mode (python.el). >> > >> > Emacs-21.4 is in the family "Emacs-21", so it's not *post*-Emacs-21. >> > There is no released Emacs version with built-in python mode. You can use >> > Emacs-CVS or install python.el manually. >> > >> > >> >> also, Debian 'unstable' has emacs-snapshot, which is the latest CVS >> emacs and is updated approximately weekly. I've been using it >> exclusively as my emacs for the past month and it works very nicely. >> >> My base system is Debian testing (etch), but I have unstable apt >> repositories in my apt sources file (and a apt setting specifying that >> testing is my preferred distribution). This prevents apt-get from >> trying to update all of the packages in unstable - once you choose a >> package from unstable, it will only install whatever prerequisites >> that package needs from unstable and then only upgrade those when >> necessary - outcome is you can use package from both testing and >> unstable (but don't get too carried away!). >> >> Tim >> >> >> -- >> tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au > could you post your resource.list file? Well, here is my sources.list file. It won't be much good to you though as I use a private mirror, but should give you the picture - deb http://www.mwolson.org/debian/ ./ deb ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/debian testing main contrib non-free deb ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free and my apt.conf is APT { Default-Release "testing"; Get { Fix-Broken "true"; Show-Upgraded "true"; }; }; Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au