Re: python mode

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.04.2006 um 12:34 schrieb Gary Wessle:

> I thought that python.el file is included in the installed emacs as it
> has been indicated in the wiki, do I need to get it and place it in
> where the other .el files are?

In my distributions of GNU Emacsen the standard python.el file is  
located in lisp/progmodes. The file is not (pre-)loaded by default,  
it must be loaded when needed as for example htmlize-view or AUCTeX  
or preview-latex etc. If an Elisp file has a provide statement, you  
can require it, otherwise you need to load if. You can you use the  
autoload function to load an Elisp automatically when it's needed,  
maybe this way:

        (autoload 'python-mode "python" "Handle Python files appropriately." t)

But actually such a finesse is not needed since GNU Emacs loads the  
code into memory late, when actually needed for to do specific work.  
So a simple load or require statement in .emacs is good enough.

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  Pete

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