how to comment out multiple lines and give indentation in atom editor

python atom-editor pyscripter
Nur Ahmed Sabbir picture Nur Ahmed Sabbir · Feb 24, 2017 · Viewed 7.7k times · Source

hi i am new to programming and i am using atom for python . but how can I comment out multiple lines and give indentation to multiple lines like pyscripter ? is there any package for that ?

Answer

Adam picture Adam · Feb 24, 2017

To comment out multiple lines select the code you want to comment and Ctrl + /

To indent multiple lines select the code you would like to indent and press Tab. Press Shift + Tab to indent backwards.

For python I recommend the following packages:

  • 'autocomplete-python' - Useful auto completion package, completes variables, methods, packages,and functions including their arguments.

  • 'python-indent' - Gives indents after the use of ":" like IDLE does, useful so you don't have to Tab every time.

  • 'atom-python-run' - Allows your python programs to be run straight from atom.

For the auto-complete and python-run packages you need to set them up, giving the path to your python directory, for them to run correctly.

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