Question

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.

Answer 1

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.