This is a plugin for Auto-Complete (in Emacs) which provides a quick, simple completion source for available python symbols.
You can of course use rope (with ropemacs), but on Mac OS X this is incredibly slow (typically taking 10 seconds to start a new python buffer), and using rope just for symbol completion is a bit like cracking a nut with a sledge hammer.
Installation
Setup Auto-Complete in the usual fashion, and make sure it gets loaded for
python buffers. Then, place ac-python.el in your load-path, and add
(require 'ac-python)
to your .emacs file (after loading Auto-Complete).
Usage
Python symbols will be completed by Auto-Complete, once Emacs learns about these symbols. This is the short-coming of the plugin, but it’s a small price to pay.
To teach Emacs about symbols in imported modules, Emacs needs to execute the
Python source. This can be accomplished with python-send-buffer for example,
often bound to C-c C-c. If a python process is already running, this is
essentially instantaneous.
It works with both python.el and python-mode.el.
