> when I select "black" in "formatting on save" it becomes the available 
option on right click - this is brilliant!

I don't what you mean with that. In my Spyder there is no difference in the 
interface when selecting `black` instead of `autopep8`.

> in which case I don't want the entire script formatted, but select parts 
that are "finished" and that I want to then format.

You can select some code in the editor and hit Ctrl+Alt+I. Only the 
selection is formatted in that case.

Kind regards
yfprojects



[email protected] schrieb am Montag, 12. April 2021 um 11:27:54 UTC:

> nevermind - this feature is already there:
>
> when I select "black" in "formatting on save" it becomes the available 
> option on right click - this is brilliant!
>
> On Monday, 12 April 2021 at 13:23:32 UTC+2 Moritz Lürig wrote:
>
>> that's cool!!
>>
>> I figured that for me this feature is only useful when finishing up 
>> scripts or parts of modules. however, I often have scripts for 
>> data-analysis that I tinker a lot with, in which case I don't want the 
>> entire script formatted, but select parts that are "finished" and that I 
>> want to then format. do you think that "formatting on save" could be turned 
>> into another feature where you apply formatting on selection of the current 
>> script? wonder how hard this would be - worth a feature request?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, 9 April 2021 at 10:07:50 UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> 2021-04-09 8:30 GMT+02:00, yfprojects <[email protected]>: 
>>> > Hello there, 
>>> > 
>>> > Spyder already has *autopep8*, *yapf* and *black* integrated. You can 
>>> > choose which one Spyder should use when formatting in the preferences. 
>>> Go 
>>> > to *Preferences* > *Completion and linting* > *Code style and 
>>> formatting* > 
>>> > *Code 
>>> > formatting*. The formatting of 
>>> > *yapf* is what you are looking for. I actually wasn't able to get the 
>>> yapf 
>>> > integration running but Spyder says that it should be working. If it 
>>> > doesn't work you can also use yapf from the command line. 
>>> > 
>>> >> I do this by printing the lists in the console, and then copying them 
>>> > back to the editor. however, in the console they wrap after each item, 
>>> so 
>>> > that they take a lot of space vertically. 
>>> > 
>>> > My console within Spyder doesn't wrap after each element. It actually 
>>> > doesn't insert line endings at all. 
>>> > 
>>> > Kind regards 
>>> > yfprojects 
>>>
>>> I was not aware of this. You can access this option going to 'Tools > 
>>> preferences > Completion and linting > Code formatting' 
>>>
>>> Good to know!! 
>>>
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > [email protected] schrieb am Donnerstag, 8. April 2021 um 11:30:20 
>>> UTC: 
>>> > 
>>> >> > Spyder shouldn't dictate how your code should look. It is better to 
>>> >> separate the IDE functionality itself from other needs the users 
>>> could 
>>> >> have. 
>>> >> 
>>> >> I agree, that's why I think it should be optional, e.g. by using 
>>> plugins 
>>> >> like yours, or black. In fact, I just discovered that Spyder already 
>>> has 
>>> >> such functionality: on rightclick, you can format your selection with 
>>> >> autopep8, but this doesn't format the lists to be less than 79 
>>> characters 
>>> >> 
>>> >> wide. 
>>> >> 
>>> >> In any case, I think that something like this, or your plugin, or a 
>>> black 
>>> >> 
>>> >> plugin that works on sections or just the selected code would be a 
>>> great 
>>> >> feature for Spyder. I mean, producing legible, PEP-conform Python 
>>> scripts 
>>> >> 
>>> >> is part of Spyder's mission, no? 
>>> >> 
>>> >> On Wednesday, 7 April 2021 at 18:41:36 UTC+2 [email protected] 
>>> wrote: 
>>> >> 
>>> >>> 2021-04-07 10:24 GMT+02:00, Moritz Lürig <[email protected]>: 
>>> >>> > TL;DR can we have hard wrapping of lists to a specific length in 
>>> the 
>>> >>> > editor? 
>>> >>> > 
>>> >>> > I am often working with lists that are longer than 79 characters, 
>>> e.g. 
>>> >>> > 
>>> >>> > column names of wide pandas dataframes, which I sometimes need to 
>>> >>> hardcode 
>>> >>> > in the script for reproducibility. I do this by printing the lists 
>>> in 
>>> >>> the 
>>> >>> > console, and then copying them back to the editor. however, in the 
>>> >>> console 
>>> >>> > they wrap after each item, so that they take a lot of space 
>>> vertically. 
>>> >>> > 
>>> >>> I 
>>> >>> > then have to copy them to another editor (e.g. notepad++), remove 
>>> all 
>>> >>> > linebreaks, an then manually wrap them by adding line breaks. this 
>>> is 
>>> >>> > tedious, and I was wondering whether we could have this 
>>> functionality 
>>> >>> in 
>>> >>> > Spyder to make our scripts more readible, and adhere PEP 
>>> formatting 
>>> >>> > suggestions? 
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> You could use black or yapf or.... to format your files. Spyder 
>>> >>> shouldn't dictate how your code should look. It is better to 
>>> separate 
>>> >>> the IDE functionality itself from other needs the users could have. 
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> I've made a spyder plugin to integrate black within Spyder but it 
>>> was 
>>> >>> for Spyder 3.x [1]. It shouldn't be difficult to update it to be 
>>> >>> compatible to Spyder 5.x but I don't think I could find time in the 
>>> >>> short term to learn the new plugin infrastructure in Spyder 5.x. 
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> [1] https://github.com/kikocorreoso/spyder-black-formatter 
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> > 
>>> >>> > references: 
>>> >>> > 
>>> >>> 
>>> https://superuser.com/questions/1088622/notepad-split-line-after-given-number-of-characters
>>>  
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> > 
>>> >>> 
>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4248726/how-can-i-insert-a-carriage-return-linefeed-every-x-characters-with-notepad
>>>  
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> > 
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