my .emacs from pycon

gistfile1.sls

(require 'compile)
(require 'thingatpt)
(require 'flymake)

;;
;; 
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(global-font-lock-mode 1)

;; PyFlakes for Python code
(when (load "flymake" t)
  (defun flymake-pyflakes-init ()
    (let* ((temp-file (flymake-init-create-temp-buffer-copy
                       'flymake-create-temp-inplace))
           (local-file (file-relative-name
                        temp-file
                        (file-name-directory buffer-file-name))))
      (list "pyflakes" (list local-file))))
  (add-to-list 'flymake-allowed-file-name-masks
               '("\\.py\\'" flymake-pyflakes-init)))
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'flymake-mode)

;; download ack.el from: http://hg.rooijan.za.net/addons/raw-file/5b737eefe5ea/ack.el
(load "~/.emacs.d/ack")

;; download textmate.el from: https://github.com/defunkt/textmate.el/raw/master/textmate.el