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I am trying to configure emacs with python-mode.el. I have done plenty of research, although I am still novice because I am not sure how to configure everything. I have used the following resources, which have been helpful:

I have been setting up to use Andrea's approach, and I believe that I have the resources, but I still have questions:

  • I have a .emacs file, which I know to remove. Should I migrate the contents of my .emacs file under a new file, ~/.emacs.d/init.el?
  • Since I plan to use Andrea's init.el file, should I add it with the contents from my old .emacs file into a single init.el file?
  • I extracted the python-mode .tar.gz file under ~\.emacs.d\python-mode.el-6.1.2. Is this correct, or should I use a package manager like ELPA?
  • From Andrea's README.md, I can install Jedi via pip install jedi epc pylint. Where should I clone the Jedi repository, and where should I run pip install jedi epc pylint?
  • I have Enthought's Canopy python 2.7 installed under C:\Users\Lucas\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User, which has python.exe along with libs(with all the libraries I'll need), but I am not sure if this location will cause me problems in the future. Should I re-install python 2.7 under C:\?

I am using Emacs version 24.3 OS: Windows 7

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I have a .emacs file, which I know to remove. Should I migrate the contents of my .emacs file under a new file, ~/.emacs.d/init.el? Since I plan to use Andrea's init.el file, should I add it with the contents from my old .emacs file into a single init.el file?

You do not need to. But I would recommend you to do so. Also you do not need to add your config to Andrea's init.el, you can have in a separate file say in ~/.emacs.d/my-config.el and then load it from the init.el by appending (load "~/.emacs.d/my-config.el") to Andrea's init.el.

I extracted the python-mode .tar.gz file under ~.emacs.d\python-mode.el-6.1.2. Is this correct, or should I use a package manager like ELPA?

I doubt you need this since Andrea's config already installs python-mode.

From Andrea's README.md, I can install Jedi via pip install jedi epc pylint. Where should I clone the Jedi repository, and where should I run pip install jedi epc pylint?

You do not need to clone Jedi repository. You can run pip install jedi epc pylint from any location you wish.

I have Enthought's Canopy python 2.7 installed under C:\Users\Lucas\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User, which has python.exe along with libs(with all the libraries I'll need), but I am not sure if this location will cause me problems in the future. Should I re-install python 2.7 under C:\?

This should work fine as long C:\Users\Lucas\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User if in your path.

  • Thanks for the help - I have python-mode.el setup. Unfortunately, I get the following error when I try to run my .py script via `C-c C-c`: `wrong type argument integer-or-marker-p nil python`. Any ideas why this is so? – modulitos Jan 19 '14 at 22:47
  • Hi your issue sounds similar to [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21190108/emacs-c-c-c-c-for-python-code). I guess you will have to save the buffer before doing `C-c C-c` –  Jan 20 '14 at 02:38
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Looks good and should work. BTW python-mode.el doesn't require a configuration at all, for a first try: just open and evaluate it. Loading at start is preferable, but mandatory.

WRT to package manager, AFAIK its not distributed by ELPA, try el-get for example:

https://github.com/dimitri/el-get

Should bazaar be available, current trunk offers bug-fixes since last release - and hopefully not that many new bugs ;)

bzr branch lp:python-mode

With release 6.1.2: save buffer before executing it--C-c C-c, not to run into a bug.

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