[Python-mode] code/macros to reformat code

[m h]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Andreas Röhler
<andreas.roehler at online.de> wrote:
> Am 11.05.2011 00:44, schrieb m h:
>>
>> Folks-
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone has some code floating around to reformat
>> code after the code passes a certain column (say 79 or 80).
>>
>> What I'm looking for is reformatting long lines. I'd like to convert
>> something like (assume the k of junk is around 78):
>>
>> my_string = "foo bar baz ... junk stuff etc"
>>
>> to:
>>
>> my_string = "foo bar baz ... junk"
>>                      "stuff etc"
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> assume your result must read:
>
> my_string = """foo bar baz ... junk
>             stuff etc"""
>
> The only way I see is transferring quotes into triple-quotes, in case
> py-fill-string takes action.
>

Nope, my example meant what I wrote. I don't want the newlines that
triple quoted strings would bring with it. I want to split up a longer
than 80 (or what have you) string into multiple lines.

cheers,
-matt