The current emacs ships an outdated python mode (python-mode.el) and enables it by default (python-mode-init-el). That mode hides the now builtin Python mode (lisp/progmodes/python.el). python-mode.el has a bug (broke due to changes in emacs?) with tripple quoted strings. Single quotes in tripple quoted strings end the string highlighting and mess with all following strings - which is very annoying. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): emacs-22.1-1.fc7.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. open mytest.py 2. insert ''' python-mode's error ''' print 'string' Actual results: `s error' and `string' is not highlighted as string but `print ' is Expected results: Strings are highlighted properly Additional info: Removing python-mode.el(c) and python-mode-init.el(c) fixes that problem as it falls back to the working python.el I don't know if python.el (which comes from upstream) has any other problems which requires replacing it with python-mode.el. I didn't realize that problem at first and tried to fix python-mode.el - although I have a solution now I'd suggest not fixing an obsolete software if there are other options.
IMO -- Fedora should ship the python mode that Emacs comes with. (AIUI, in the past it didn't come with a python mode, hence the addition.) If this mode has problems, they should be fixed upstream, either by using Barry Warsaw's mode, or by improving the shipped one.
OK, I will drop the nonstandard python mode from the next build. Chip
emacs-22.1-4.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update emacs'
emacs-22.1-4.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
emacs-22.1-6.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update emacs'