How to install pony-mode for Django in emacs

Question

I'm new to emacs and i would like to install pony-mode for django. I've been struggling with the installation instructions but I have not found a way to make it work. Do i need to byte-compile all the .el files? How do I do that? Are there any dependencies that need to be installed? I've managed to get the following error: pony-mode.el:83:1:Error: Cannot open load file: files-x . Can someone provide a full set of instructions?

I'm using emacs GNU Emacs 23.1.1 on ubuntu 10.04

Answer 1

I noticed that pony-mode is also available via package.el

I have package manager configured like so:

(require 'package)
(dolist (source '(("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/")
                  ("elpa" . "http://tromey.com/elpa/")))
  (add-to-list 'package-archives source t))
(package-initialize)

And then you should be able to run the package-install command and type pony-mode when prompted in the minibuffer.

Answer 2

It works just fine for me

git clone http://github.com/davidmiller/pony-mode ~/Development/pony-mode

M-x byte-compile-file (compile only pony-mode.el)

And then add to .emacs:

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/Development/pony-mode")
(require 'pony-mode)

Of course you would have to change the paths for yours... Be careful with the path in the load path function, no final / and no spaces

Answer 3

The error "Cannot open load file: files-x" is unrelated to byte-compilation.

There is a file included in GNU Emacs 'files-x.el' which is required by pony-mode in order to set dir-local variables for per-project settings.

This error most likely means that the variable `load-path' is set such that it cannot find files-x.el.

(/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/files-x.el would be a good first place to look in your case. Ch v load-path will allow you to inspect this variable.)

The installation instructions provided by @Fernando should work if your installation is standard