Re: Python mode, suggestion for command

[chiel <machiel.kroon@gmail.com>]

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Right, I hadn't thought about empty lines in any kind of statement. I guess
I got too excited after learning a little bit of lisp, and thinking the
function was so beautiful. I'll think about making it more robust. Thanks
for the response!

On Sun, 30 Jul 2023, 08:29 Eshel Yaron, <me@eshelyaron.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> >> Dear python-mode maintainers,
>
> I'm not a `python-mode` maintainer, just a user, but here are my two cents:
>
> >> I'd like to suggest adding the following command to python.el,
> >> and binding it to C-<return> by default. I'd love to hear your
> >> thoughts.
>
> Regardless of the command, I'd consider picking another binding
> (perhaps along side this one) since some users (including yours truly)
> are used to press `C-m` instead of the `<return>` key.
>
> >> (defun python-shell-send-paragraph (&optional send-main msg)
> >>   "Send all lines of code between two white lines to inferior
> >> Python process. SEND-MAIN defaults to nil and MSG to t.
> >> See `python-shell-send-region for more information.
>
> I'd say something like "SEND-MAIN and MSG have the same meaning as in
> `python-shell-send-paragraph', which see." to make this more obvious.
>
> >> Interactively, SEND-MAIN is the prefix argument"
> >>   (interactive "Pi")
>
> This is probably supposed to be `(interactive "P\ni")`?
>
> >>   (python-shell-send-region
> >>    (or (save-excursion (re-search-backward "^[:blank:]*$" nil t))
> (point-min))
> >>    (or (save-excursion (re-search-forward  "^[:blank:]*$" nil t))
> (point-max))
>
> This method of finding the boundaries of the paragraph at point seems
> slightly ad-hoc and fragile, I wonder what happens if there's a blank
> line in the middle of a multi-line string?
>
> >>    send-main (not msg) t))
>
> Just a couple of thoughts :)
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Eshel
>

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