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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 01:22:18 -0000 (UTC)
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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.