From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gary Wessle Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: python mode Date: 25 Apr 2006 21:32:17 +1000 Organization: iPrimus Customer - reports relating to abuse should be sent to abuse@iprimus.com.au Message-ID: <878xptubzy.fsf@localhost.localdomain> References: <87irp2ovxy.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <873bg3uzqr.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> <87k69f1dwg.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145965253 8586 80.91.229.2 (25 Apr 2006 11:40:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:40:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 25 13:40:53 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 1FYLuU-0006vw-Ep for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:40:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYLuT-0006DD-UT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:40:49 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 58.178.67.142 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Original-Lines: 36 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.134.67.67 Original-X-Trace: 1145964741 un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au 13206 203.134.67.67:3567 Original-X-Complaints-To: Abuse, including message IDs to abuse@pipenetworks.com Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp.waia.asn.au!202.72.130.18.MISMATCH!quokka.wn.com.au!token.pipenetworks.com!218.100.2.59.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:139024 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:34643 Archived-At: 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?