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========================== Elpy, the Emacs Python IDE

Elpy is an Emacs package to bring powerful Python editing to Emacs. It combines and configures a number of other packages, both written in Emacs Lisp as well as Python. Elpy is fully documented at Readthedocs_.

.. _Readthedocs: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

IMPORTANT NOTE: Looking for a maintainer

I find myself (@galaunay, current maintainer), unable to maintain Elpy at the moment, and probably for a while. If you are interested in getting involved in Elpy, please contact me by mail, the project definitely needs you !

In the meantime, I will keep an eye on the PRs to integrate any fix and/or new features proposed, but I will definitely not be able to treat the issues in a satisfying manner. If you are stuck with an issue, please have a look at the documentation, there is a lot of answers there. @gfederix also made some bug fixing in his fork, so you can try using this version of Elpy.

.. _documentation: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html .. _fork: https://github.com/gfederix/elpy

Features

• Code completion_
• Code Navigation_
• Interactive Python shell_
• Virtualenv support_
• On-the-fly syntax checking_
• Access to documentation_
• Debugging_
• Testing_
• Profiling_
• Snippet Expansion_
• Code hinting

.. _Code completion: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#completion .. _Code Navigation: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#navigation .. _On-the-fly syntax checking: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#syntax-checking .. _Interactive Python shell: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#interactive-python .. _Access to documentation: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#documentation .. _Debugging: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#debugging .. _Testing: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#testing .. _Profiling: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#profiling .. _Virtualenv support: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts.html#virtual-envs .. _Snippet Expansion: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#snippets

Installation

Elpy is available on Melpa, the most straightforward way to install it is to use use-package:

.. code-block:: elisp

(use-package elpy :ensure t :init (elpy-enable))

For other installation alternatives, see the documentation section Installation_.

.. _Installation: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html#installation

Quickstart

Once installed, Elpy will automatically provide code completion, syntax error highlighting and code hinting (in the modeline) for python files. Elpy offers a lot of features, but the following keybindings should be enough to get started:

• :kbd:C-c C-c evaluates the current python script (or region if something is selected) in an interactive python shell. The python shell is automatically displayed aside of your script.
• :kbd:C-RET evaluates the current statement (current line plus the following nested lines).
• :kbd:C-c C-z switches between your script and the interactive shell.
• :kbd:C-c C-d displays documentation for the thing under cursor. The documentation will pop in a different buffer, that can be closed with :kbd:q.

Please have a look at the documentation at Readthedocs_ if you want to know more about what Elpy can do.

.. _Readthedocs: https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

External resources

• Emacs: The Best Python Editor?_ by Jon Fincher
• Managing a Python development environment in Emacs_ by Diego Fernández Giraldo
• Configuring GNU emacs with elpy on MacOS_ by Kenneth H. East

.. _Managing a Python development environment in Emacs: https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/managing-a-python-development-environment-in-emacs-43897fd48c6a .. _Emacs: The Best Python Editor?: https://realpython.com/emacs-the-best-python-editor .. _Configuring GNU emacs with elpy on MacOS: https://east.fm/posts/configuring-gnu-emacs-with-elpy-on-macos/index.html#

Contact

For questions regarding Elpy, do not hesitate to open an issue on github_ or visit us on IRC, channel #emacs-elpy on irc.freenode.net.

.. _issue on github: https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy/issues/new