Emacs for Python Programmers #2: Virtualenv, IPython & Daemon Mode
One word: Rope
It gives you all sort of semantic and refactoring awesomeness for python in emacs.
Thanks so much for posting that; it has been on my todo list for a while now to figure out a neat way of hooking virtualenv into emacs!
It's not about what Emacs can do for you, but what you can do for Emacs.
What can give me IDE-like popup completion for the current file using a live python interpreter beyond the scenes?
Why isn't there SLIME for Python?