python-mode: fill does not auto-format strings

[gleber]

For example:

a = 'very-very-very outrageously long string'

after hitting M-q on it, I'd like it to be formatted according to fill-column and look like, assuming fill-column is very small, this:

a = 'very-very-very '
    'outrageously '
    'long string'

[TheBB]

I doubt we can help with that. Sounds like a feature request for python-mode. Seems to work fine with multiline strings, for the record.

I should also note that in your example, the 'after' code is illegal python syntax.

[gleber]

Good catch. I've used Prelude before and there it did something like that. It would allow me to write

a = ('a b c d e f g')

hit M-q and get

a = ('a b c d '
     'e f g')

[TheBB]

Okay, then maybe we could figure out how they do it.

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