Wing Tips: Auto-Editing in Wing Pro (Part 3 of 3)
Wing Pro implements a suite of auto-editing operations that take care of common low-level editing tasks. In the previous installments of this 3-part Wing Tips series on Wing Pro's auto-editing features we looked at managing Python code blocks and auto-invocation.
To finish up this series, let's take a look at PEP 8 compliant auto-spacing and a few less frequently needed but useful operations.
Auto-Entering Spaces and PEP 8
Wing Pro can auto-enter spacing as you type, but this operation is off by default since it may take some getting used to. Once enabled with the Editor > Auto-Editing > Auto-Enter Spaces preference, you can type x=1 to get x = 1 or i=range(x=0,10) to enter i = range(x=0, 10). Spacing is entered in a PEP 8 compliant way.
Shown above: Type "t([1,2,3],y=f)" without any spaces; PEP 8 compliant spacing is auto-entered as needed.
Some options for auto-spacing are available on the Editor > Auto-Editing preferences page, to control whether spaces are auto-entered after unambiguous keyword names are entered, whether to prevent insertion of spacing that is not PEP 8 compliant, and how to place spaces in type annotations.
Correcting Out-of-Order Typing
Wing recognizes some types of out-of-order typing and adjusts them automatically, as a way to save on keystrokes. Some of the transformations include:
| Keys Pressed | Keys Entered |
|---|---|
| if x(:) | if x(): followed by a new line and indentation |
| def x(-) | def x() -> for entering a type annotation |
| x()t | x().t |
| x(.y) | x().y |
| x(,) | x(), |
Shown above: Type "def x(:)" to start the first def, "def y(a,b-)" for the second, and finally "c=a,x(,)b"
Changing Type of Quotes on a String
When the caret is just after a string and a quote character is pressed, the quotes around the string are changed to that type of quote. This works with regular and triple-quoted strings, although it's most useful for regular strings when the string needs to be edited to contain a quote character.
Shown above: Type 'x = "test"', move caret to right, and then press ' to change to single quotes so the string can contain a double quote
That's it for our three-part Wing Tips series on auto-editing in Wing Pro. For details on all the available auto-editing operations, see Auto-Editing in the Wing Pro manual.
Auto-editing is just one way in which Wing helps with writing, testing, and debugging Python code. Next week we'll move on to some of the others.
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