Race conditions in Emacs' process filter functions

Race conditions are always fun. They are particularly surprising when they happen in a single-threaded program like Emacs. I just ran into this problem for the second time.

Elpy 1.4.1 Released

I just released version 1.4.1 of Elpy, the Emacs Python Development Environment. This is a bugfix release.

Elpy is an Emacs package to bring powerful Python editing to Emacs. It combines a number of other packages, both written in Emacs Lisp as well as Python.

• Homepage
• Features
• Installation

Quick Installation

Evaluate this:

(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("elpy" .
               "http://jorgenschaefer.github.io/packages/"))

Then run M-x package-install RET elpy RET.

Finally, run the following (and add them to your .emacs):

(package-initialize)
(elpy-enable)

Changes in 1.4.1

Devops, Cloud & Co.

Current Trends in Software Development and System Operations

Based on a talk I gave on November the 6th 2013.

The world of software development and system operations is changing drastically. While software used to be a product that is finished and delivered to a customer, it is now as often as not a continuous service provided to a customer. This concept of Software as a Service affects how developers and operators work.

Elpy 1.4.0 Released

I just released version 1.4.0 of Elpy, the Emacs Python Development Environment.

Elpy is an Emacs package to bring powerful Python editing to Emacs. It combines a number of other packages, both written in Emacs Lisp as well as Python.

• Homepage
• Features
• Installation

Quick Installation

Evaluate this:

(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("elpy" .
               "http://jorgenschaefer.github.io/packages/"))

Then run M-x package-install RET elpy RET.

Finally, run the following (and add them to your .emacs):

(package-initialize)
(elpy-enable)

Changes in 1.4.0