[Tutor] was What IDE do you prefer? - now folding python in emacs

[Ashish Shrestha]

Anthony Barker wrote:
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>>> emacs has a folding add-in module- have you tried it?
>>> fte has folding - but I am not crazy about it.
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>> I never really used emacs a lot. I know that there is
>> a folding mode that is based on some special notation
>> in the text. Can it fold python purely based on indentation?
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> Yes it is fairly simple - I picked up the script from google groups. It 
> doesn't require the fancy script Anders Lindgren wrote.
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> taken from:
> http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=emacs+folding+python&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=uelftqprw.fsf%40cs.unc.edu&rnum=2 
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well, the folding in vim and jedit is simpler. both can be told to fold 
on indent.

for vim it is:
set fdm=indent
to set folding column width
set fdc=4

in jedit there it is under global options/editing

ashish