[Python-Dev] Differences among Emacsen (was: utf-8 encoding in checkins?)

[Ben Finney]

skip at pobox.com writes:

> My only issues now are:
>
>  * make sure the ediff and vc packages recognize version-controlled files
>    (It seems they do, but I haven't put them through their paces)

The ‘vc’ package (I'm using Debian's GNU Emacs 23.2.1) now recognises
DVCS-controlled *files*, and works well with them. It's still unaware
that modern VCS deals with project *trees*, so works only at an
individual file level. Still quite useful (e.g. ‘vc-diff’ and the like).

The ‘dvc’ project <URL:http://download.gna.org/dvc/> shows promise, but
isn't yet in Debian so I haven't tried it.

I just use ‘ediff’ between different working trees on the filesystem, so
I don't know how well it works with files that don't exist.

>  * replace the GNU python.el with python-mode.el from the python-mode
>    project (formerly distributed with Python, but now all grown up and moved
>    away).

What's the current thinking on that? The native GNU Emacs Python mode
seems fine to me, but I'm not a particularly clever Emacs user so am
probably missing a whole lot.

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Ben Finney