[Tutor] Dumb question on emacs and python ...

hcohen2 hcohen2 at comcast.net
Sat Dec 27 13:42:40 EST 2003


Marilyn Davis wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, hcohen2 wrote:
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>>I have had a considerable amount of problems trying to get a python 
>>script to execute.
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>>In this instance, I essentially copied the file from a disc to a newly 
>>named file for my editing.  Nothing has worked, then I noticed the 
>>reserved words were not color coded or highlighted.
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>What is the name of the file?  It needs to be something.py for emacs
>to know what to do.
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>>The files have exactly the same attributes read and execute for owner, 
>>group and public.
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>>What have I encountered, or what stupid thing am I doing?
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>>I am running under Mandrake Linux 9.1 and using Python ver.: 2.2.2
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>>TIA
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>>PS While bash under Linux is in many respects easier to use than the 
>>Kohn shell on UNIX, I am finding that actions I perform on emacs on UNIX 
>>do not work on Linux, e.g. typing into a hightlighted (selected) region 
>>does not delete that region under Linux.
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>I don't know about this.  I use key-stroke-driven emacs.
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>Good luck.
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>Marilyn Davis
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Marilyn,

Just added a few more characters to the file name: was fgrepwc.py* to 
fgrepwc_allcnt.py*.

It is code from a Python book: Core Python Programming.  When I edit I 
give myself write rights to the file.  The function of the file is 
simple: count the total number of lines containing the text you are 
seaching for.  That is, really independent of emacs.

Thanks




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