[Python-mode] New to python mode, help!

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 22.10.2011 04:03, schrieb Gene Horodecki:
>
> At the risk of being a pest, I thought I would explain how far I have
> gotten and what doesn't work for me. Basically the code-completion
> doesn't seem to be working. For example:
>
> import time
> mytime = time.cl<TAB>
>
> and I get nothing.
>
> Also, I have read I should be able to do something like,
> myfile = open( ,
>
> and get a signature for the open function? Not working either.
>
> I switched to GNU emacs, and I am using the .el for GNU emacs. I copied
> the .el files into ~/.emacs.d/site-lisp. Here is the contents of the
> directory:
>
> #~/.emacs.d/site-lisp$ ls
> highlight-indentation.el ido.el pycomplete.el python-mode.el
>
> Here is the contents of my .emacs file:
>
> :~$ cat .emacs
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/site-lisp")
> ;; python-mode settings
> (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.py$" . python-mode) auto-mode-alist))
> (setq interpreter-mode-alist(cons '("python" . python-mode)
> interpreter-mode-alist))
> ;; path to the python interpreter, e.g.: ~rw/python27/bin/python2.7
> (setq py-python-command "/usr/bin/python2.6")
> (autoload 'python-mode "python-mode" "Python editing mode." t)
>
> ;; pymacs settings
> (setq pymacs-python-command py-python-command)
> (autoload 'pymacs-load "pymacs" nil t)
> (autoload 'pymacs-eval "pymacs" nil t)
> (autoload 'pymacs-apply "pymacs")
> (autoload 'pymacs-call "pymacs")
>
> (require 'pycomplete)
>
> (require 'ido)
> (ido-mode t)
>
> Can anyone help me? Thanks.


See https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-mode/+bug/858621

Workaround: make a tags table, open it and use M-x dabbrev-expand
resp. its key

if you dont have a tags table ready yet, just opening some files with 
related code delivers a reasonable completion.


Cheers