1.1 What is Pymacs? Pymacs is a powerful tool which, once started from Emacs, allows two-way communication between Emacs Lisp and Python. Pymacs aims to employ Python as an extension language for Emacs rather than the other way around, and this asymmetry is reflected in some design choices. Within Emacs Lisp code, one may load and use Python modules. Python functions may themselves use Emacs ser