[BangPypers] suggestions for emacs and python

Vineet Naik naikvin at gmail.com
Wed Jul 17 12:26:37 CEST 2013


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Umar Shah <umar43 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A week of experiments and this is my current status:
>
> Emacs : version 23 (streight apt-get install )
> Packaging : el-get (once you understand recipe files, you can get almsot
> all possible packgaes )
> Python : jedi (this works super cool )
> Org : (this one is really a big plus of using emacs, thanks @noufal)
>
> I miss some features from sublime (symbol browser, goto anything, multi
> edit)
>

There is a mode called multiple-cursors which may be similar to the "multi
edit" functionality you mention

https://github.com/magnars/multiple-cursors.el

Demo video here - http://emacsrocks.com/e13.html


>
> Plan to try :
> * helm ( will require to upgrade to emacs 24)
> * someth for project mode like EDE
> * java (will see if I can give up eclipse also ;)
>
>
> Overall, all the effort to move to emacs seems every bit worth it.
>
> Thanks,
> Umar
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in
> >wrote:
>
> > Umar Shah <umar43 at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am planning to move to emacs and so my primary requirement is git and
> > > python integration. I am looking for some suggestions to bootstrap my
> > > configuration.
> > >
> > >
> > > If guys out there using emacs and python for long can share their
> > > experiences  it would be a great help.
> >
> > You rang? :)
> >
> > I spoke about this at the PyCon in Pune
> >
> http://urtalk.kpoint.com/kapsule/gcc-500259cd-2a03-4d86-9f50-ef6d40a39956
> >
> > This covers most of the Python specific stuff which I used back then
> > along with a little on how I organise my work.
> >
> > For Git, there's magit[1] and no competition. You should install it
> > using package.el which is something I used to recommend against but am
> > now quite convinced by it.
> >
> > For basic configuration stuff, prelude is recommended these days instead
> > of the Emacs starter kit. http://batsov.com/prelude/. I'd recommend
> > making your own config and building it up from there. More yak shaving
> > involved but you learn how to really use Emacs in the process. I've
> > outlined it in
> >
> > http://emacsmovies.org/blog/2012/08/05/customisation_part_1/
> > and
> > http://emacsmovies.org/blog/2012/08/25/customisation_part_2/
> >
> > I can't think of anything else off the cuff but these should be a good
> > starting point.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >
> >
> > Footnotes:
> > [1]  http://magit.github.io/magit/magit.html
> >
> > --
> > Cordially,
> > Noufal
> > http://nibrahim.net.in
> >
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