On Dec 7, 2009, at 8:23 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> David Reitter writes:
> 
>> [Pet peeves:]
> 
>> - Indentation (left/right, e.g. C-c C-> in python-mode, as well as
>>  re-indenting the current line according to syntax)
> 
> Indentation in Python changes the semantics of the code, and it cannot
> be deduced from the syntax of the code in the buffer.  This is not
> true for other languages, and it's not surprising to me that
> Pythonistas want an indentation function that works according to
> current level *and* one that changes level.

> the "standard" key.  Eg, in Python mode TAB *is* bound to
> indent-for-tab-command and it *does* do the right thing.  C-c > is
> *additional* functionality 

Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear and my parenthesis doesn't help at all.  I didn't mean to imply that left/right movement (semantics-changing in Python) should be equivalent to re-indenting semi-automatically (as done with TAB). 

My take-home message is that not enough such functions can be rebound centrally.  I'd like to have A-] to shift to the right, for instance, no matter what the mode is.