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Michael,

Since you are on this topic, do you (or anyone else) have any type of "code-completion" mode for python in emacs?

Thanks
-george

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From: python-list-bounces+george.flaherty= [mailtoython-list-bounces+george.flaherty=] On Behalf Of Michael Hoffman
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:36 PM
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Subject: Re: Emacs skeletons

wrote:
> Michael> Does anyone have any Emacs skeletons they find useful for
> Michael> Python?
>
> What's an "Emacs skeleton"?

Somewhat of an elaborate mini-language for inserting boilerplate.

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/SkeletonMode
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George Flaherty wrote:

> Since you are on this topic, do you (or anyone else) have any
> type of "code-completion" mode for python in emacs?

I have this in my .emacs:

(global-set-key "\M-/" 'hippie-expand)

This means that M-/ will do dumb code completion based on stuff that is
already in an open buffer, which can be helpful, and is certainly better
than nothing. Try it; you'll probably like it.

I also have this in .emacs:

(setq abbrev-file-name "~/etc/emacs/abbrev_defs")
(quietly-read-abbrev-file)

and this in ~/etc/emacs/abbrev_defs:

(define-abbrev-table 'python-mode-abbrev-table '(
("pdb" "import pdb; pdb.set_trace()" nil 0)
))

Together, those mean that if I type pdb, M-/, then I get
import pdb; pdb.set_trace(), which can save me a lot of time while
debugging. To be honest, I usually use pdb from the commandline instead
these days, with 'alias pdb="python -m pdb"' in my .bashrc.
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Michael Hoffman

Michael Hoffman wrote:
> I have this in my .emacs:
>
> (global-set-key "\M-/" 'hippie-expand)
>
> This means that M-/ will do dumb code completion based on stuff that is
> already in an open buffer

Even though I don't know how to configure Emacs to do it (I'm a
degenerate Vim user), I've found ctags completion very handy. I
currently have my (inferior) editor set up to scan the current buffer,
other buffers, then tags files when doing completion. I'm sure (the
superior) Emacs can do something similar.
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self-editor-abasing-ly y'rs,
Benji York

> Since you are on this topic, do you (or anyone else) have any type of
> "code-completion" mode for python in emacs?
>
> Thanks
> -george

For what its worth, Vim has a generic type of "code-completion" that uses
the file being edited to check for completion options within a word. It's
not true completion (using valid completions for class hierarchies, a la
Delphi/VB), but I get a lot of mileage out of it with my python coding.

I fully expect Emacs has something similar, though I can't tell you how (I
hardly know emacs at all).

rgds
Caleb

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:08:25 +0200, Caleb Hattingh <> wrote:
>> Since you are on this topic, do you (or anyone else) have any type of
>> "code-completion" mode for python in emacs?
>>
>> Thanks
>> -george
>
> For what its worth, Vim has a generic type of "code-completion" that uses
> the file being edited to check for completion options within a word. It's
> not true completion (using valid completions for class hierarchies, a la
> Delphi/VB), but I get a lot of mileage out of it with my python coding.
>
> I fully expect Emacs has something similar, though I can't tell you how (I
> hardly know emacs at all).

It's dabbrev-expand, bound to C-TAB by default. I wouldn't dream of typing
any kind of text (source code or otherwise) into an editor without this
feature. It saves a lot of time, typos and wrist pain.

So, it's not surprising that both vim and emacs has it.

/Jorgen

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