[Python-3000] Emacs22 python.el support for py3k

[Guido van Rossum]

So is python.el a descendant of python-mode.el, or an independent development?

On 10/2/07, Adam Hupp <adam at hupp.org> wrote:
> On 10/2/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> >
> > Just curious -- how do python.el and python-mode.el differ?
>
> Off the top of my head:
>
>  * python-mode.el did not play well with transient-mark-mode
> (mark-block didn't work).   transient-mark-mode highlights the marked
> region and is required for other functions (e.g. comment-dwim).
>
>  * python-mode.el had problems with syntax highlighting in the
> presence of triple quoted strings and in comments.  python.el does
> not.
>
>  * python.el is supposed to be more consistent with other major modes.
>  e.g. M-; for comment.
>
>  * python.el ships with emacs.  There are claims that python-mode.el
> was not as well maintained for FSF emacs as XEmacs.
>
> --
> Adam Hupp | http://hupp.org/adam/
>


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