X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/vim.git/blobdiff_plain/c98a6f134f4b2b831e7e659de0c217c118270a61..fa7f3e916632ffb1d962bcf6023688fcc2b16cfa:/docs/usage.md diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md index c27c744..69ce846 100644 --- a/docs/usage.md +++ b/docs/usage.md @@ -2,28 +2,32 @@ ## Installation -*Black* can be installed by running `pip install black`. +*Black* can be installed by running `pip install black`. It requires +Python 3.6.0+ to run but you can reformat Python 2 code with it, too. + ## Usage To get started right away with sensible defaults: ``` -black {source_file} +black {source_file_or_directory} ``` + ### Command line options -Some basics about the command line help, `black --help`: +Black doesn't provide many options. You can list them by running +`black --help`: -``` +```text Usage: black [OPTIONS] [SRC]... The uncompromising code formatter. Options: - -l, --line-length INTEGER How many character per line to allow. [default: - 88] + -l, --line-length INTEGER How many character per line to allow. + [default: 88] --check Don't write back the files, just return the status. Return code 0 means nothing would change. Return code 1 means some files would be @@ -44,7 +48,8 @@ Options: * exits with code 0 unless an internal error occured (or `--check` was used). -## Important note about the pre-release of Black + +## NOTE: This tool is alpha quality at the moment *Black* can already successfully format itself and the standard library. It also sports a decent test suite. However, it is still very new.