[IPython-user] python-mode tab completion problem

[Alexander Schmolck]

After a brief investigation, I think I have found the cause of the problem.
Apparently Emacs 22 for some reason (a bug?) doesn't grok [tab] properly as a
key name. Emacs 21 *does*. Anyway, try replacing line 74 in ipython.el:

      (define-key py-shell-map [tab] 'ipython-complete)

with

      (define-key py-shell-map "\t" 'ipython-complete)

and see whether that does the trick.

'as

Fernando Perez <Fernando.Perez at colorado.edu> writes:

> Hi Kamen,
>
> Kamen Todorov wrote:
>> Dear Fernando Perez,
>> 
>> I am an emacs user and use ipython version 0.6.15.  I alse have
>> version 1.8 of ipython.el and version 4.75 of python-mode.el (which is
>> part of python-mode 1.0).  Autocompletion is not working for me in the
>> in the C-! session.  Perhaps I am missing something?  I'd appreciate
>> any pointers.
>> 
>> Thanks and regards,
>> Kamen Todorov
>
> I suggest that this question is best posted on the ipython-user list
> (subscription required, info here: http://ipython.scipy.org), where I've
> forwarded it already.
>
> I say this because I tried and for some reason I can't quite make this work
> with plain GNU emacs.  I normally only use XEmacs, so it's quite possible that
> my local config has things in it which break GNU emacs, and I'm far from an
> *emacs configuration expert.  My efforts so far haven't provided anything,
> which is why I suggest you follow up on the list, where users of GNU emacs may
> have other suggestions.
>
> I can confirm that a simple
>
> (require 'ipython)
>
> is all I need under XEmacs for this to work as expected, including tab
> completions showing up in a normal emacs completions buffer.
>
> I'm sure getting this to work with regular emacs is perfectly possible, it's
> just that I can't seem to find the magic incantation for that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
>
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