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Auto-indent in python-mode 6.2.0

I recently updated python-mode to version 6.2.0 and the indentation behaviour became less efficient. For instance, typing

try:
     something to try
     except SomeError:

used to correctly indent SomeError as soon as I typed :. It does not work anymore. What did I break?

Solution

  • Customize py-electric-colon-active-p to non-nil

    Also py-electric-colon-bobl-only must be set to nil in this case - default is t

    bobl stands for beginning of block