(defun pym-hook()
  ;; Turn off the live documentation that tries to process the whole
  ;; file in a temporary location and usually fails, crapping all over
  ;; my minibuffer in the process.
  (eldoc-mode 0)

  ;; Don't format python docstrings according to any particular convention.
  ;; The fill-paragraph function should word-wrap the docstring, but should
  ;; not (for example) delete the line break after the triple quotes.
  (setq python-fill-docstring-style nil)
)


(add-hook 'python-mode-hook (function pym-hook))