help: code formatter?

siggi

Hi all,

as a newbie I have problems with formatting code of downloaded programs,
because IDLE's reformatting capabilities are limited . Incorrect
indentation, mixing of TAB with BLANKs or eol are often very nasty to
correct.
Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all indentations and
then refomats correctly?

Please help!

Thank you,

siggi

Jan 8 '07 #1

Bjoern Schliessmann

siggi wrote:

as a newbie I have problems with formatting code of downloaded
programs, because IDLE's reformatting capabilities are limited .
Incorrect indentation, mixing of TAB with BLANKs or eol are often
very nasty to correct.
Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all
indentations and then refomats correctly?

Why don't you just write one? :)

Seriously: Try.

BTW: Guessing to what amount of space TABs must be converted in
mixed source can be non-trivial.

Regards,
Björn

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Interference between the keyboard and the chair.

Jan 8 '07 #2

Thomas Heller

siggi schrieb:

Hi all,

as a newbie I have problems with formatting code of downloaded programs,
because IDLE's reformatting capabilities are limited . Incorrect
indentation, mixing of TAB with BLANKs or eol are often very nasty to
correct.
Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all indentations and
then refomats correctly?

Please help!

Tools\scripts\reindent.py in your Python distribution.

Thomas

Jan 8 '07 #3

Chuck Rhode

siggi wrote this on Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:33:21PM +0100. My reply is below.

Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all indentations
and then refomats correctly?

Why, yes, there is:

http://lacusveris.com/PythonTidy/PythonTidy.python

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Jan 8 '07 #4

siggi

Bjoern wrote:

Why don't you just write one? :)

Very funny! Just learning Python :(

Regards,

siggi

siggi wrote:

>as a newbie I have problems with formatting code of downloaded
programs, because IDLE's reformatting capabilities are limited .
Incorrect indentation, mixing of TAB with BLANKs or eol are often
very nasty to correct.
Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all
indentations and then refomats correctly?

Why don't you just write one? :)

Seriously: Try.

BTW: Guessing to what amount of space TABs must be converted in
mixed source can be non-trivial.

Regards,
Björn

--
BOFH excuse #289:

Interference between the keyboard and the chair.

Jan 9 '07 #5

siggi

Thomas wrote:

Tools\scripts\reindent.py in your Python distribution.

Thank you Thomas!

What a bucket full of toolsin \tools! I didn't know that.

siggi
"Thomas Heller" <th*****@ctypes.orgschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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siggi schrieb:

>Hi all,

as a newbie I have problems with formatting code of downloaded programs,
because IDLE's reformatting capabilities are limited . Incorrect
indentation, mixing of TAB with BLANKs or eol are often very nasty to
correct.
Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all indentations and
then refomats correctly?

Please help!

Tools\scripts\reindent.py in your Python distribution.

Thomas

Jan 9 '07 #6

siggi

Chuck wrote:

http://lacusveris.com/PythonTidy/PythonTidy.python

Wow, what a giant of a program! Trying to find out how this works.

Thank you,

siggi

"Chuck Rhode" <CR****@LacusVeris.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ma***************************************@pyt hon.org...

siggi wrote this on Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:33:21PM +0100. My reply is
below.

>Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all indentations
and then refomats correctly?

Why, yes, there is:

http://lacusveris.com/PythonTidy/PythonTidy.python

--
.. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA
.. 1979 Honda Goldwing GL1000 (Geraldine)
.. Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX
.. 26° - Wind W 17 mph

Jan 9 '07 #7

Hendrik van Rooyen

"siggi" <sm***********@yahoo.comwrote:

Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all indentations and
then refomats correctly?

tabnanny ?

- Hendrik

Jan 9 '07 #8

siggi

>tabnanny?
not quite!

"Hendrik van Rooyen" <ma**@microcorp.co.zaschrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ma***************************************@pyt hon.org...

"siggi" <sm***********@yahoo.comwrote:

>Is there a simple code formatter that first removes all indentations and
then refomats correctly?

tabnanny ?

- Hendrik

Jan 9 '07 #9

Bjoern Schliessmann

siggi wrote:

Bjoern wrote:

>Why don't you just write one? :)

Very funny! Just learning Python :(

It isn't funny at all. You'll learn by doing and trying things.
That's how all programmers start.

Regards,
Björn

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The mouse escaped.

Jan 9 '07 #10