[Zope] xemacs ftp and scripts

[Dave Whiteley]

On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 01:00:55PM +0200, SER.RI-TIC-Alexis Roda wrote:
> Dave Whiteley wrote:
> >Hello,
> >Firstly, my xemacs did not recognise my Script(Python) files as being
> >Python, and so it does not automatically switch to Python Major Mode.  
> >
> >I added the standard shebang "#! /usr/bin/python" to the start of the
> >file which fixed this. However it would be nice if it were to
> >recognise Zope's script preamble.  Please could someone point me at a
> >resource to help me configure my Xemacs for this.
> 
> xemacs probably relies on file extension to decide the mode. Just rename 
> your scripts and add a .py extension (not a good idea, since . is 
> meaningful for python)

When I have created scripts in the web interface I have just accepted
the defaults, and so I presume that the scripts are buried in the ZDB,
rather than being actual files. Should I give them actual filenames
when I create them?

> or add something like (not tested):
> 
> # Local Variables:
> # mode:python
> # End:
> 



Thanks, magic!  That works.

Now if I can fix the file type problem....

Dave

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