Emacs-Python is a very lightweight bridge between Emacs 25 and Python. It provides an Emacs extension module that runs the Python interpreter inside Emacs, so that Python functions can be run transparently from within Emacs.
Emacs-Python requires a recent build of Emacs (>= 25.1) with module support
enabled. Most likely, this will involve compiling Emacs from source with the
--with-modules flag.
Emacs-Python also requires Python (2.7; Python 3 support is in the works).
To build, run make. If there are no errors, you should have a file
emacs-python.so in the src/ folder.
If you want to build against a non-standard Python interpreter, make sure that
the python-config script refers to that interpreter before building (by
editing the Makefile if necessary).
To use, copy the emacs-python.so library to a directory that's on the Emacs load-path.
From within Emacs, run
(require 'emacs-python)To send a Python snippet to the embedded interpreter, use python-exec:
(python-exec "
def foo():
return 42
")To call a Python function from within Emacs, use python-funcall:
(python-funcall "foo") ;; outputs 42
(python-funcall "range" 3 7) ;; outputs (3 4 5 6)The return value of Python function calls will be serialized into an equivalent Emacs type. If there's no meaningful corresponding return type, Emacs will return a user-ptr.
Emacs-Python is released under the GPL, version 3.0.