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jerboa
jerboa

Reputation: 1421

python code completion in Emacs

I tried make PythonIDE using emacs like in this article http://www.enigmacurry.com/2009/01/21/autocompleteel-python-code-completion-in-emacs/ But emacs said me "auto-complete-mode not enabled". It is possible use emacs for python coding?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2089

Answers (1)

Francois G
Francois G

Reputation: 11985

You want to activate the auto-complete mode in the context where you get that message, either

  • every time you open python files, by adding the following to your .emacs:

    (add-hook 'python-mode-hook
  (lambda ()
         (auto-complete-mode 1)))

  • or when you open any file, by adding the following to your .emacs:

    (global-auto-complete-mode t)

The question you're linking to suggests something even more complete (i.e. which subsumes the first of the two additions I suggest):

(add-hook 'python-mode-hook
      (lambda ()
             (auto-complete-mode 1)
             (set (make-local-variable 'ac-sources)
                  (append ac-sources '(ac-source-rope) '(ac-source-yasnippet)))
             (set (make-local-variable 'ac-find-function) 'ac-python-find)
             (set (make-local-variable 'ac-candidate-function) 'ac-python-candidate)
             (set (make-local-variable 'ac-auto-start) nil)))

Those additions will be needed to get full completion using snippets and Rope.

Upvotes: 5

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