Freesoftware for auto/intelligent code completing in Python

Yu-Xi Lim yuxi at ece.gatech.edu
Fri Jul 4 01:10:57 EDT 2008


Ali Servet Dönmez wrote:
> 
> I tried code come completion options in Emacs for Python, but none of
> them was satisfactory to me. I'd be glad to hear how did your friend
> get it work though.

Perhaps it would help to say what ways the completion in Emacs was not 
satisfactory?

FWIW, it should be possible to get IPython-type completion in Emacs, but 
I hadn't managed that yet :( Refactoring, too. Both involve Pymacs but 
I've had limited success with that.

As for PyDev (I know you said "No" to this already), the main problem I 
have with PyDev/Eclipse is the woefully underpowered editor (compared to 
Emacs), and poor indentation logic. On the plus side, refactoring works 
pretty well. So why not PyDev?

I'm just wondering, you insist on Free/Libre software solutions, and say 
the ones you tried don't work for you. Why not "use the source" and fix 
them so they work your way? ;) To quote you: "how hard it could be be 
writing a freesoftware which would automatically/intelligently auto 
complete Python code?"



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