Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:29:55 +0200, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

If there's only
primitive editing commands available (i.e. selection by mouse, or long
clumsy keyboard sequences) it may be irrelevant whether you indent code
in a Python or in a "C" program. If you're using editors like Vi that
block selection can be done with '%' and the indent with '>%' and the
reverse indent with '<%' (without the quotes); but that works only if
you have the syntactical elements (the braces, parenthesis, brackets) as
definition of the program block. That won't work for a block in a
language like Python where blocks are defined by layout (by the grade of
indentation); then you'd have to resort to the primitive editors'
selection features, mouse/menus or more laborious keyboard commands.

I have Emacs commands defined to jump quickly between lines with matching
indentation. That lets me easily select entire statement blocks in Python.