Emacs python-mode

Emacs python-mode

[Kevin Harriss]

I am trying to setup python mode in emacs21 for linux.  I have
python-mode.el, pycomplete.el, and doctest-mode.el in ~/elisp.  In
my .emacs I have the following lines:

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp")
(autoload 'python-mode "python-mode" "Python mode" t)
(setq auto-mode-alist (append '(("\\.py$" python-mode))
 auto-mode-alist))

Whenever I open emacs I get this error File mode specification error:
(invalid-function (python-mode)).

Thanks in advance,

Kevin

Re: Emacs python-mode

[Edward O'Connor]

Kevin Harriss wrote:

> Whenever I open emacs I get this error File mode specification error:
> (invalid-function (python-mode)).

Your error is here, where you frob `auto-mode-alist':

> (setq auto-mode-alist (append '(("\\.py$" python-mode))
> auto-mode-alist))

>From C-h f auto-mode-alist RET:

> Each element looks like (REGEXP . FUNCTION) or (REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)

("\\.py$" python-mode) looks like (REGEXP FUNCTION), not (REGEXP . FUNCTION).

Try ("\\.py$" . python-mode) instead.


Ted

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