At this moment, their is no manual for python.el. 'describe-mode' provide some usefull informations, but they're incomplete. It miss parts that talk about PDB, eldoc (and the need to evaluate python code to use it), etc. It would be very helpful to have a python.el manual en Emacs. Emacs informations: In GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.26) of 2018-01-12 built on buildhw-08.phx2.fedoraproject.org Windowing system distributor 'Fedora Project', version 11.0.11906000 Configured using: 'configure --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-dbus --with-gif --with-jpeg --with-png --with-rsvg --with-tiff --with-xft --with-xpm --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-gpm=no --with-xwidgets --with-modules build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic' LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig' Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS NOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 MODULES XWIDGETS Important settings: value of $LANG: fr_CH.utf8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Python Minor modes in effect: diff-auto-refine-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent messages: In a buffer with python-mode, after run" Eldoc mode enabled in current buffer Making completion list... Type C-x 1 to delete the help window. Auto-saving...done uncompressing eldoc.el.gz...done Note: file is write protected funcall-interactively: Buffer is read-only: # Quit Quit Load-path shadows: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus-bonus/spam-stat hides /usr/share/emacs/25.3/lisp/gnus/spam-stat /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus-bonus/nnir hides /usr/share/emacs/25.3/lisp/gnus/nnir /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus-bonus/nnnil hides /usr/share/emacs/25.3/lisp/gnus/nnnil Features: (misearch multi-isearch jka-compr thingatpt ispell pp shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message idna dired rfc822 mml mml-sec epg epg-config mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mail-utils eieio-opt speedbar sb-image ezimage dframe find-func info-look info thai-util thai-word vc-git diff-mode python tramp-sh tramp tramp-compat auth-source cl-seq eieio eieio-core gnus-util mm-util help-fns mail-prsvr password-cache tramp-loaddefs trampver ucs-normalize shell pcomplete format-spec advice json map seq byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile cl-extra help-mode cconv comint ring ansi-color preview-latex emacs-goodies-loaddefs easy-mmode color-theme easymenu wid-edit cl clang-format cl-macs gv xml cl-loaddefs pcase cl-lib auto-loads tex-site time-date mule-util tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win term/common-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cl-generic cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese charscript case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer cl-preloaded nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote dbusbind inotify dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting xwidget-internal move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty make-network-process emacs) Memory information: ((conses 16 329868 21227) (symbols 48 37109 0) (miscs 40 832 369) (strings 32 47308 8926) (string-bytes 1 1356554) (vectors 16 44581) (vector-slots 8 1015343 32274) (floats 8 256 582) (intervals 56 812 0) (buffers 976 24))