Snippets

Snippets

In this section are described the most useful emacs-for-python snippets (using the Yasnippet extension). It is possible that for the same keyword there are two available snippets, you will prompted by yasnippet when using it.

If you write some awesome and useful snippet, tell me and I will include in emacs-for-python!

doc

This is used to document the code you're using, it insert the triple quotes:

"""_
"""

note that if you're using cua-mode you can select a region, then type doc and the region will be wrapped with triple quotes!

class

Insert the class snippet, reduced to bare-bones:

class ClassName(Base):
_

init

Insert the constructor method of the class:

def __init__(self, ...):
_

super

Automatically call the super method in this way:

class MyFrame(wx.Frame)
    def __init__(self, name = "MyName"):
         <TAB>

produces:

class MyFrame(wx.Frame)
    def __init__(self, name = "MyName"):
        super(MyFrame, self).__init__(name="MyName)_

def

New function definition

defm

New method definition, like def but with the self parameter

testcase

New unittest.TestCase class used for unittests

ifmain

Used at the end of file in executable scripts, I use it all the time:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    _

prop

Helper to define a new class property

for, while, from

The classics, they are by default included in yasnippet but I don't use them so much.