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flymake : How can I modify/ignore syntax and styling rules?

flymake uses flake8 to check the errors, so you have to tell flake8 which errors you don't want to see. You can do that globally by creating the file ~/.config/flake8, with the following content: [...
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How to set up elpy to use python3?

You can solve this by modifying the python shell configuration from python to python3 in elpy-config M-x elpy-config to enter the configuration page of elpy if you scroll down you will see groups ...
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How can I defer loading elpy using use-package?

The author of elpy suggests doing this via an advice, because elpy-enable modifies the python-mode-hook variable, so calling it inside the mode-hook is too late. simple approach: (package-initialize) (...
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Ipython completion in elpy

I don't use eply, I use emacs 25.1.1 with company-jedi with the following: (setq python-shell-interpreter "ipython3" python-shell-interpreter-args "--simple-prompt --pprint") Inside emacs *Python* ...
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how to set ipython on a virtualenv?

Reading the docstring for the deprecated elpy-use-ipython, it points to https://elpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ide.html#interpreter-setup that recommends the following setup for ipython: (setq python-...
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Elpy doesn't recognize I have virtualenv installed

(setq elpy-rpc-virtualenv-path 'current) works for me.
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Annoying "error in process filter: Overlapping strings detected"

There's a workaround suggested in https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy/issues/1381#issuecomment-434313600 Adding (setq elpy-eldoc-show-current-function nil) to my emacs init file makes it stop ...
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py-autopep8-enable-on-save is deprecated! use [py-autopep8-mode] instead!

If using elpy then updating your .emacs file fixes this. ;; old line (this throws the warning) (add-hook 'elpy-mode-hook 'py-autopep8-enable-on-save) ;; updated line (add-hook 'elpy-mode-hook 'py-...
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How to start python shell in appropriate working directory?

This should be fixed as of the docs By default, Elpy tries to find the root directory of the current project (git, svn or hg repository, python package or projectile project) and starts the python ...
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elpy not picking up virtualenv

To work on a virtual environment, you need to call M-x pyvenv-workon and then select the preferred working environment. There is no need to install other packages as elpy comes with pyvenv package.
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Elpy Dependecies in Virtual Env

You can install jedi/yapf packages in a separate virtualenv and just add $VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/python*/site-packages/ to your PYTHONPATH or to your virtualenv using add2virtualenv. Make sure you are using ...
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UnicodeEncodeError executing python in Emacs - not in Terminal

A solution that I found over on Stackoverflow was the following proposed here for a UnicodeDecodingError, which did work for me: (setenv "LANG" "en_US.UTF-8") (setenv "LC_ALL" "en_US.UTF-8") (setenv "...
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Make elpy-shell-send more intelligent

I haven't tried this thoroughly, but should work: 1. if region is active, evaluate it (this currently works), goto 3. 2. if region not active, evaluate current statement, goto 3. 3. Jump to the ...
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elpy with ipython as rpc -- how to get good autocompletion

Elpy doesn't require emacs jedi package. Also they won't work well when both are configured. I guess there is some conflict between them. Use only elpy and you should be able to get completion in rpc ...
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How to set up elpy to use python3?

Set the interpreter variable in your .emacs file: (setq python-shell-interpreter "python3" python-shell-interpreter-args "-i") Taken from elpy manual
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Docstrings don't automatically indent themselves in elpy-mode. How do I fix this?

elpy has a function elpy-open-and-indent-line-below which is binded to <S-return>. After """, you can hit <S-return> to open new line and indent automatically. You can use this at the end ...
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emacs: reinstall package after installation error

Have you tried to delete elpy package from M-x list-packages? You can do it by pressing d on the elpy package, and then pressing yes to confirm the action. If you already did that, you can go to ~/....
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Why does company autocomplete 1000 to "and"?

This is an old bug. It has been resolved with this patch: https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy/pull/1279
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Activating a conda environment in emacs

Activate your virtualenv with: (pyvenv-activate "C:\Program Files\Anaconda3\envs\python2") If the binaries in your virtualenv are names "python2", you will need to set (setq python-shell-...
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Python shell warning about readline and completion?

AFAIU that warning only realizes if you call TAB at the end of a symbol, which will try completion. It's just a warning. If Python3's module pyreadline is not installed. Emacs' own completion will ...
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Set RPC Python when using elpy with virtualenv

You can set elpy-rpc-virtualenv-path: Path to the virtualenv used by the RPC. Can be ‘default (create a dedicated virtualenv .emacs.d/elpy/rpc-venv), ‘system (use the system environment), ‘...
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Any equivalent of R+ESS for python?

I managed to set up something close to my requirements above. Here it is, for people who may have my same needs. Let me stress that such requirements are very subjective, so the set-up below is not ...
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Python over-indentation warning E127

You should create in your home folder a .flake8rc file, and add some content to ignore that error - documented here and below is a small template: [flake8] # it's not a bug that we aren't using all ...
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Elpy Configuration...Setting Up a Virtual Environment and Pip Conflic with Conda? Need hand holding

Step 1: If you haven't already done so, go ahead and create a new conda environment. Let us say we want to create an anaconda environment with name py38 which uses python 3.8. Execute the following in ...
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How to set python indent offset to 2 spaces in elpy emacs?

Is python-indent-guess-indent-offset set to t? If so, then it's probably looking at your file and deciding to set the python-indent-offset to some other value. Try setting it to nil in the :init for ...
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How can I defer loading elpy using use-package?

I think it is possible with :after (use-package python :ensure t :defer t :mode ("\\.py\\'" . python-mode)) (use-package elpy :ensure t :after python :config (elpy-enable))
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Emacs 25.1 & Python 3.6.0 Integration [Newbie]

This seems to be bug in emacs and its fixed in this commit. As npostavs mentioned, you can use (with-eval-after-load 'python (defun python-shell-completion-native-try () "Return non-nil if ...
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Emacs freezes with ipython 5.0.0

ipython 5.0.0 by defautl uses prompt_toolkit which is really nice in a terminal but uses special characters for colors and completion that screws emacs display. Eventually it should be fixed but for ...
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Elpy starts Python processes at the root of my git tree, not the module's actual location

Answered at github: You can set elpy-shell-use-project-root to nil to start the shell in the directory of the Python file as before. Alternatively, modify your MyProject/Python directory so ...
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Matching key-bindings between modes

You can use local-set-key in the major mode's hook. If you do that you don't even need to know the specific keymap for that mode. You can paste the following lisp code into your init file to have the ...
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