This repository contains a quick-n-dirty implementation of a python-interpreter server and Emacs comint-mode client. I build it specifically to interact with the python interpreter inside IDA Pro. It enables me to write code in Emacs and execute it (more or less) directly within the context of the IDA python interpreter. Although there are still some issues, it speeds up the development process significantly.
I do not plan to include any new features, but feel free to extend it.
Place the idapython-mode.el file somewhere in the search path of
Emacs and load it using (require 'idapython-mode) in your .emacs
file.
Start IDA Pro and load the server.py script. This can be done in one
line idaq -S</absolute/path/server.py> <executable>.
From Emacs, type M-x run-idapython and type M-x idapython-mode
inside some python buffer. The last step, loading idapython-mode in
a python buffer, is necessary to overload some keybindings for
sending python code to the right interpreter. It should only be
activated for buffers where you edit python code for IDA. Therefore,
I left this a manual step.
Once the IDAPython buffer is connected to IDA, you can send
regions of code using C-c C-r or the entire file using C-c C-c.
Indented blocks in regions are not interpreted correctly on the server side. This is an issue in the server code, but was not urgent enough for me to fix.
When using C-c C-c, Emacs actually sends a command to load the
file, not the buffer. Therefore, your script should be saved before
using C-c C-c.
Currently, the server only accepts a single connection and exits after the interactive session is closed. For a new session, just restart the server.