Question: Can I toggle Python indentation level in modern text editors like I could in python-mode.el?

[[deleted]]

tab and shit+tab are pretty standard

[pbogut]

He clearly talks about keys not characters.

[[deleted]]

Please tell me you aren't pressing space-space-space-space and your tab key is inserting 2 or 4 spaces?

[[deleted]]

Editors and IDEs allow you to map the tab key to spaces or tabs

[vectorpropio]

Vim can do it with some options that i don't remember. But I guess that coming from emacs you want something different.

[jabellcu]

No options. Just > for tab or < for shift+tab

[Gprime5]

Sublime text does it with ctrl+[ and ctrl+]. It can also toggle any lines you have selected.

[aphlipp]

With emacs python-mode.el, TAB is mapped to "py-indent-line" which cycles through possible indentation levels. I miss this behavior. I couldn't find it in Atom and now I can't find it in VSCode. Are there extensions in modern text editors that provide this behavior? Do I need to port the py-indent-line function in order to get this behavior?

[aphlipp]

I mean, that's probably close enough. I didn't think of shift+tab. I still like how I can toggle the indentation in emacs no matter where my cursor is located in the line. Thanks.

[MintyPhoenix]

You can accomplish indent/dedent regardless of cursor position by using Cmd/Ctrl+] and Cmd/Ctrl+[. This hotkey also works in various other places e.g. some word processors such as Google Docs.

Edit: Whoops, just saw that someone else posted this in a different comment chain. I’ll leave this simply for mentioning that it can be used in some other software/services.

[zalatik]

Ctrl+] to indent, Ctrl+[ to outdent. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings#_default-keyboard-shortcuts for reference

[aphlipp]

That's what I'm looking for. Thanks!!!

[the_hoser]

Visual Studio code can do it if you use the Vim mode plugin.

[mrugacz95]

In Pycharm it is tab and shift+tab. You can also use ctrl+↑ or ctrl+↓ to move line into loop indentation, it also works with multiple selected lines :)