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user1050619
user1050619

Reputation: 20906

Installing reindent python

I have lot of issues with Python indentation with the Notepad++. Inorder to resolve, I tried to install Python reindent module but Im unsuccessful on how to use it. If anyone had been successful, please let me know..

Here are the steps I tried.

1.Using easy install I tried to install the package,

C:\Python27\Scripts>easy_install reindent
Searching for reindent
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/reindent/
Best match: Reindent 0.1.1
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/R/Reindent/Reindent-0.1.1.tar
.gz#md5=878352c36c421a0b944607efba3b01ad
Processing Reindent-0.1.1.tar.gz
Running Reindent-0.1.1\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\users\premvi~1\appdat
a\local\temp\easy_install-qdahih\Reindent-0.1.1\egg-dist-tmp-1z1zw8
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
Adding reindent 0.1.1 to easy-install.pth file
Installing reindent script to C:\Python27\Scripts

Installed c:\python27\lib\site-packages\reindent-0.1.1-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for reindent
Finished processing dependencies for reindent

  1. when I did a import command on the python GUI it was successful.

  2. I get the below error when I try to use it.

>>> import reindent
>>> reindent -d c:/python27/wxpython/ch2-updateui.py
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> reindent -d c:\python2\wxpython\ch2-updateui.py
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Please let me know how to resolve it.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7012

Answers (3)

nneonneo
nneonneo

Reputation: 179707

You're trying to run the command from the Python interpreter instead of the command line. As reindent is a script program, it needs to be run from the command line.

You want to use either

 C:\...\> python -m reindent -d C:\Python27\wxpython\ch2-updateui.py

or just 

 C:\...\> reindent -d C:\Python27\wxpython\ch2-updateui.py

at your command prompt.

Upvotes: 5

Tom
Tom

Reputation: 22841

Try downloading this as reindent.bat in your C:\Python27\Scripts. Then it should just be a matter of reindent path\to\file.py

Upvotes: 1

Lev Levitsky
Lev Levitsky

Reputation: 65851

I don't know anything about the package, but the command you are using indeed does not conform to Python syntax. I'd guess you need to run it in your terminal, not Python interpreter.

Upvotes: 2

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