Re: [j-devel] pasting code in python

[Peter G. <pe...@ar...>]

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 at 23:58:45 +0200, Ludovico Magnocavallo wrote:
> It's a small thing, but when pasting python code J has the bad habit
> of trying to reindent it and usually does a mess, due to python not
> having {} around code blocks.

=2E..

> This behaviour is different from any other editor I've worked with,
> where reindenting is not applied to paste operations. In python,
> reindenting after pasting is only safe when you paste a single line,
> and you could get the same result by pressing a single tab after
> pasting.
>
> My workaround is to switch the mode to plain text before pasting,
> then switch to python mode again after pasting, but it's a bit
> annoying and sometimes I forget to do it, and notice the mess only
> after some time where the original code is no more around (I know cvs
> is your friend, but still....).
>
> Any chance of getting this fixed?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ludo

This is fixed in 0.20.0.8, which is now up:

    http://armedbear.org/j.zip          (source and documentation)
    http://armedbear.org/j-jar.zip      (just j.jar)

J no longer tries to indent pastes (at all, even for a single line) in
Python mode.

Thanks for reporting this problem!

-Peter