_Black_ doesn't provide many options. You can list them by running `black --help`:
```text
-black [OPTIONS] [SRC]...
+Usage: black [OPTIONS] [SRC]...
+
+ The uncompromising code formatter.
Options:
-c, --code TEXT Format the code passed in as a string.
-l, --line-length INTEGER How many characters per line to allow.
[default: 88]
+
-t, --target-version [py27|py33|py34|py35|py36|py37|py38]
Python versions that should be supported by
Black's output. [default: per-file auto-
detection]
- --py36 Allow using Python 3.6-only syntax on all
- input files. This will put trailing commas
- in function signatures and calls also after
- *args and **kwargs. Deprecated; use
- --target-version instead. [default: per-file
- auto-detection]
+
--pyi Format all input files like typing stubs
regardless of file extension (useful when
piping source on standard input).
+
-S, --skip-string-normalization
Don't normalize string quotes or prefixes.
--check Don't write the files back, just return the
status. Return code 0 means nothing would
change. Return code 1 means some files
- would be reformatted. Return code 123 means
+ would be reformatted. Return code 123 means
there was an internal error.
+
--diff Don't write the files back, just output a
diff for each file on stdout.
+
+ --color / --no-color Show colored diff. Only applies when
+ `--diff` is given.
+
--fast / --safe If --fast given, skip temporary sanity
checks. [default: --safe]
+
--include TEXT A regular expression that matches files and
directories that should be included on
recursive searches. An empty value means
on all platforms (Windows, too). Exclusions
are calculated first, inclusions later.
[default: \.pyi?$]
+
--exclude TEXT A regular expression that matches files and
directories that should be excluded on
recursive searches. An empty value means no
directories on all platforms (Windows, too).
Exclusions are calculated first, inclusions
later. [default: /(\.eggs|\.git|\.hg|\.mypy
- _cache|\.nox|\.tox|\.venv|_build|buck-
+ _cache|\.nox|\.tox|\.venv|\.svn|_build|buck-
out|build|dist)/]
+
+ --force-exclude TEXT Like --exclude, but files and directories
+ matching this regex will be excluded even
+ when they are passed explicitly as arguments
+
-q, --quiet Don't emit non-error messages to stderr.
- Errors are still emitted, silence those with
+ Errors are still emitted; silence those with
2>/dev/null.
+
-v, --verbose Also emit messages to stderr about files
that were not changed or were ignored due to
--exclude=.
+
--version Show the version and exit.
- --config PATH Read configuration from PATH.
+ --config FILE Read configuration from PATH.
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
```
should be configured to neither warn about nor overwrite _Black_'s changes.
Actual details on _Black_ compatible configurations for various tools can be found in
-[compatible_configs](./docs/compatible_configs.md).
+[compatible_configs](https://github.com/psf/black/blob/master/docs/compatible_configs.md).
### NOTE: This is a beta product
...
```
+_Black_ prefers parentheses over backslashes, and will remove backslashes if found.
+
+```py3
+# in:
+
+if some_short_rule1 \
+ and some_short_rule2:
+ ...
+
+# out:
+
+if some_short_rule1 and some_short_rule2:
+ ...
+
+
+# in:
+
+if some_long_rule1 \
+ and some_long_rule2:
+ ...
+
+# out:
+
+if (
+ some_long_rule1
+ and some_long_rule2
+):
+ ...
+
+```
+
+Backslashes and multiline strings are one of the two places in the Python grammar that
+break significant indentation. You never need backslashes, they are used to force the
+grammar to accept breaks that would otherwise be parse errors. That makes them confusing
+to look at and brittle to modify. This is why _Black_ always gets rid of them.
+
+If you're reaching for backslashes, that's a clear signal that you can do better if you
+slightly refactor your code. I hope some of the examples above show you that there are
+many ways in which you can do it.
+
+However there is one exception: `with` statements using multiple context managers.
+Python's grammar does not allow organizing parentheses around the series of context
+managers.
+
+We don't want formatting like:
+
+```py3
+with make_context_manager1() as cm1, make_context_manager2() as cm2, make_context_manager3() as cm3, make_context_manager4() as cm4:
+ ... # nothing to split on - line too long
+```
+
+So _Black_ will now format it like this:
+
+```py3
+with \
+ make_context_manager(1) as cm1, \
+ make_context_manager(2) as cm2, \
+ make_context_manager(3) as cm3, \
+ make_context_manager(4) as cm4 \
+:
+ ... # backslashes and an ugly stranded colon
+```
+
You might have noticed that closing brackets are always dedented and that a trailing
comma is always added. Such formatting produces smaller diffs; when you add or remove an
element, it's always just one line. Also, having the closing bracket dedented provides a
[recommends](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#whitespace-in-expressions-and-statements)
to treat `:` in slices as a binary operator with the lowest priority, and to leave an
equal amount of space on either side, except if a parameter is omitted (e.g.
-`ham[1 + 1 :]`). It also states that for extended slices, both `:` operators have to
-have the same amount of spacing, except if a parameter is omitted (`ham[1 + 1 ::]`).
-_Black_ enforces these rules consistently.
+`ham[1 + 1 :]`). It recommends no spaces around `:` operators for "simple expressions"
+(`ham[lower:upper]`), and extra space for "complex expressions"
+(`ham[lower : upper + offset]`). _Black_ treats anything more than variable names as
+"complex" (`ham[lower : upper + 1]`). It also states that for extended slices, both `:`
+operators have to have the same amount of spacing, except if a parameter is omitted
+(`ham[1 + 1 ::]`). _Black_ enforces these rules consistently.
This behaviour may raise `E203 whitespace before ':'` warnings in style guide
enforcement tools like Flake8. Since `E203` is not PEP 8 compliant, you should tell
### Emacs
-Use [proofit404/blacken](https://github.com/proofit404/blacken) or
-[Elpy](https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy).
+Options include the following:
+
+- [purcell/reformatter.el](https://github.com/purcell/reformatter.el)
+- [proofit404/blacken](https://github.com/proofit404/blacken)
+- [Elpy](https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy).
### PyCharm/IntelliJ IDEA
use: `./configure --enable-python3interp=yes`. There's many guides online how to do
this.
+**I get an import error when using _Black_ from a virtual environment**: If you get an
+error message like this:
+
+```text
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+ File "<string>", line 63, in <module>
+ File "/home/gui/.vim/black/lib/python3.7/site-packages/black.py", line 45, in <module>
+ from typed_ast import ast3, ast27
+ File "/home/gui/.vim/black/lib/python3.7/site-packages/typed_ast/ast3.py", line 40, in <module>
+ from typed_ast import _ast3
+ImportError: /home/gui/.vim/black/lib/python3.7/site-packages/typed_ast/_ast3.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbool: PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt
+```
+
+Then you need to install `typed_ast` and `regex` directly from the source code. The
+error happens because `pip` will download [Python wheels](https://pythonwheels.com/) if
+they are available. Python wheels are a new standard of distributing Python packages and
+packages that have Cython and extensions written in C are already compiled, so the
+installation is much more faster. The problem here is that somehow the Python
+environment inside Vim does not match with those already compiled C extensions and these
+kind of errors are the result. Luckily there is an easy fix: installing the packages
+from the source code.
+
+The two packages that cause the problem are:
+
+- [regex](https://pypi.org/project/regex/)
+- [typed-ast](https://pypi.org/project/typed-ast/)
+
+Now remove those two packages:
+
+```console
+$ pip uninstall regex typed-ast -y
+```
+
+And now you can install them with:
+
+```console
+$ pip install --no-binary :all: regex typed-ast
+```
+
+The C extensions will be compiled and now Vim's Python environment will match. Note that
+you need to have the GCC compiler and the Python development files installed (on
+Ubuntu/Debian do `sudo apt-get install build-essential python3-dev`).
+
+If you later want to update _Black_, you should do it like this:
+
+```console
+$ pip install -U black --no-binary regex,typed-ast
+```
+
### Visual Studio Code
Use the
not ready to embrace _Black_ yet. Such changes are unlikely to get accepted. You can
still try but prepare to be disappointed.
-More details can be found in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+More details can be found in
+[CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/psf/black/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
## Change Log
The log's become rather long. It moved to its own file.
-See [CHANGES](CHANGES.md).
+See [CHANGES](https://github.com/psf/black/blob/master/CHANGES.md).
## Authors
projects / etc / vim.git / blobdiff