python in emacs

[Diez B. Roggisch]

kentandkat at sbcglobal.net schrieb:
> When I visit a file with extension .py, emacs says "loading
> python...done", and gives me a "python" menu with options like "start
> interpreter" and "eval buffer". When I try to use one of these options
> emacs says "loading compile...done", then hangs and has to be shut down
> from the task manager. The Python folder is in my PATH variable and
> works fine from the command line (or with IDLE). I'm using emacs-22.3 on
> windows xp, and have the same problem with both python-2.2 and
> python-3.0. Anybody got any tips, or should I just give up and use some
> other editor?

Did you try setting the python interpreter with the full path?

Diez