python-x extends the built-in python-mode (F. Gallina's) with several additional functions and behaviors inspired by ess-mode which are targeted to interactive code evaluation with an inferior Python process.

• Additional evaluation and stepping by lines, paragraphs, sections and folds.
• Evaluation feedback using volatile-highlights.
• Navigation by sections/folds (like notebook/MATLAB code "cells"), with native support for expand-region.
• Improved exception handling.
• Improved ElDoc/Help behavior.

Use python-x-setup in your emacs startup:

(python-x-setup)

In any python-mode buffer use C-c C-p to start a new interpreter, then use C-c C-c to evaluate the current section. The default section delimiter is # --- but can be changed via python-section-delimiter to be similar to Spyder/Pyzo:

(setq python-section-delimiter "##")

See the python-x customization group for additional settings.

This package is fully documented in the source and maintained through MELPA:

https://melpa.org/#/python-x