When evaluating the code interactively, there's currently no notification about evaluation errors. Exceptions in the output buffer go simply unnoticed, unless you watch for them closely. I like to keep the output buffer buried, and assume that no-notification==no-error. Exceptions caused by interactive evaluation should either: - show a notification of sorts in the minibuffer - display the output buffer for inspection For inspiration about the second, see: https://github.com/wavexx/python-x.el/blob/master/python-x.el#L424 Given previous experience with python-mode.el (which tends to break the current window layout with his own splitting logic), I find it important that the notification function (which displays the output buffer) should be customizable, and this is reflected in the example code.