Re: Python mode for emacs?

[Mark H. David]

Wow, apropos... Thanks!

----- Original message -----
From: "Kévin Le Gouguec" <address@hidden>
To: "Mark H. David" <address@hidden>
Cc: Emacs Development <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Python mode for emacs?
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2020 6:58 AM

"Mark H. David" <address@hidden> writes:

>                                                              Like I
> want to know if there's a way to go forward/backword over
> parenthesized expressions. In Python mode currently, if you do C-M-B
> at the end of the following, it goes back to the beginning of the
> 'if', rather than to the matching (.
>
> if verbose:
>     print("blah blah")

I think you'll find this recent bug report of interest:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/41361

tl;dr the current way to change the default behaviour is to add this to
your init file:

(add-hook 'python-mode-hook
          (lambda () (setq-local forward-sexp-function nil)))

(See also "Movement"-related comments in python.el.)

The discussion in the bug report is still ongoing, so don't hesitate to
weigh in, e.g. if you think that the default behaviour should be
changed.