[Python-Dev] whitespace normalization (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.peters at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 00:34:46 CEST 2007

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Just a little FYI, python-mode (the one Barry and I manage - dunno about the one distributed w/ GNU Emacs these days) is one of those tools that leaves trailing whitespace behind when advancing to the next line..

Shouldn't be -- unless the behavior of the Emacs newline-and-indent has changed. The pymode version (py-newline-and-indent) relies in part on newline-and-indent; the intent is documented in the py-newline-and-indent docstring:

(defun py-newline-and-indent ()
  "...
   In general, deletes the whitespace before
   point, inserts a newline, and takes an educated guess as
   to how you want the new line indented."

IIRC, pymode leaves C-j bound to plain old newline, so if you're in the habit of starting a new line via C-j no changes of any kind are made to whitespace. But that's not the intended way to use pymode.

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