Editing Python

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{{none|There are already tons of excellent tutorials for Python beginners.  Some of them are listed below.
To complement, my hope is that this wiki will bring together miniature tutorials that
address the little things that make Python work better.

==Muddles (not Guides)==
* [[PythonGeneral]]
* [[PythonCsound]]
* [[PyGTK]]
* [[PythonXML]]

==External Resources==
===Basic Bookmarks===
* http://www.python.org

===Other interesting stuff===
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_syntax Python Syntax, including functional-programming in Python

==Including Sample Code in a Wiki==

To put code in one of these cute boxes:

 def function():
     print "hello"

You have to indent each line by one space.  Fortunately, cutting and pasting ''out'' of the cute box results in properly formatted
Python code.  To quickly format your code for cut-and-paste ''into'' the wiki on a linux computer, you can use the '''sed''' command.

 $ sed -e 's/^/ /' < file.py

This command adds a single space to the beginning of each line of your file.  Since empty lines cause new boxes to be created, you'll probably want to adjust the output code to taste.

==Easier Editting Externally==

For even easier editing, you can use an external (read: sane) text editor. There are apparently [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_editor_support#How_to_open_articles_in_your_text_editor lots of ways]].  I did the [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:External_editors ee.pl]] method, and it worked.

In vim, you can add a line to your vimrc that will add one space to any block of text that you highlight, if you press backslash-p.

 :map <leader>p :!sed -e 's/^/ /'<CR>}}