Seems like the prior python-mode was just a single file, so pretty
straightforward, unpack to d:\somewhere, and then in the emacs rc:
(add-to-list 'load-path "d:/somewhere")
(autoload 'python-mode "python-mode" "Python Mode." t)
make sure python-mode.el is earlier in path than python.el
Does add-to-list do that?
Good question. M-x describe-variable RET load-path should tell you.
As for the issues with python.el think the simplest solution in question
is to load it directly.
(load "MYPATH/python-mode.el")
Or do I need something else?
python-mode.el should not need anything else.
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Doesn't meet my experience. We are on Emacs23.3 which is the best
Emacs ever IMHO.
Glad it is working for you, but it isn't for me. I offer the following
description of the problem, but of course it is not a problem with
python-mode. But it will serve to explain why my attempts to use 23.1
some time back and 23.3 today, have failed.
None of Emacs 22.1.1 through 23.3 will open files on Windows containing
certain characters in their names, partly because the name can't be
typed properly, but it doesn't even work to drag files with those names
into emacs. Probably an issue that is specific to Windows. Those same
characters produce some weird error "<packet> is undefined" when certain
characters are pasted into Emacs by Autohotkey, using at least
23.1-23.3. 22.1.1 doesn't produce the <packet> error, so is friendlier
to those characters. Probably another issue that is unique to Windows
and/or AutoHotKey interaction. I've tried reporting the <packet> error,
and eventually someone responded to the email, but I never figured out a
way to check on the status of a ticket, or figure out when or if it will
be included in a production version of emacs. As I use AutoHotKey macros
to generate non-ASCII symbols using an English keyboard, it is critical
to my ability to use Unicode characters, and not being able to enter
them using emacs makes such versions of emacs useless to me. I have
never learned Emacs lisp, which is usually not a major problem in simply
using Emacs, and I can copy/paste "helpful tricks" from various web
sites for customization. But this is beyond my capabilities to analyze,
so I may be stuck on emacs 22.1.1 until someone can fix the problem or
until I have to give up emacs because 22.1.1 no longer works on some
future version of Windows.
Please write a bug report. Also posting on the emacs-help might be useful.
Andreas
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