;; from http://pedrokroger.net/2010/07/configuring-emacs-as-a-python-ide-2/ (defun annotate-pdb () "Highlight break point lines." (interactive) (highlight-lines-matching-regexp "import i?pdb") (highlight-lines-matching-regexp "i?pdb.set_trace()")) (defun python-toggle-breakpoint () "Add a break point, highlight it." (interactive) (let ((trace (if (executable-find "ipdb") "import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()" "import pdb; pdb.set_trace()")) (line (thing-at-point 'line))) (if (and line (string-match trace line)) (kill-whole-line) (progn (back-to-indentation) (insert-string trace) (insert-string "\n") (python-indent-line)))))