Emacs: How to Color Words & Get Right Indentation

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This discussion focuses on configuring Emacs to color specific keywords such as "def", "class", "or", and "and" in Python files and setting the indentation level to 4 spaces when the TAB key is pressed. Users can achieve this by saving the file with a .py extension and activating Python mode using the command M-x python-mode. This setup enhances code readability and maintains Python's indentation standards.

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Hello, does anyone know how to get Emacs to color words like "def, class, or, and" etc.. and to give me the right indentation, 4, when I press TAB?

Is it just save as program_name.py?
 
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M-x python-mode? (That's Alt+x and then type "python-mode")
 
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