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+# Execute Emacs code from a Python interpreter.
+# This code should be imported from a Python interpreter that is
+# running as an inferior process of Emacs.
+# See misc/py-connect.el for the companion Emacs lisp code.
+# Author: Terrence M. Brannon.
+
+start_marker = '+'
+end_marker   = '~'
+
+def eval (string):
+	tmpstr = start_marker + '(' + string + ')' + end_marker
+	print tmpstr
+
+def dired (directory):
+	eval( 'dired ' + '"' + directory + '"' )
+
+def buffer_menu ():
+	eval( 'buffer-menu(buffer-list)' )