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# BlackT
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Black but with tabs
https://github.com/psf/black/
- [Using (snippet from upstream)](#using-snippet-from-upstream)
- [Command line options](#command-line-options)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Install With PIP](#install-with-pip)
- [Language information](#language-information)
- [Built for](#built-for)
- [Install Python on Windows](#install-python-on-windows)
- [Chocolatey](#chocolatey)
- [Windows - Python.org](#windows---pythonorg)
- [Install Python on Linux](#install-python-on-linux)
- [Apt](#apt)
- [Dnf](#dnf)
- [Install Python on MacOS](#install-python-on-macos)
- [Homebrew](#homebrew)
- [MacOS - Python.org](#macos---pythonorg)
- [How to run](#how-to-run)
- [Windows](#windows)
- [Linux/ MacOS](#linux-macos)
- [Download Project](#download-project)
- [Clone](#clone)
- [Using The Command Line](#using-the-command-line)
- [Using GitHub Desktop](#using-github-desktop)
- [Download Zip File](#download-zip-file)
- [Community Files](#community-files)
- [Licence](#licence)
- [Changelog](#changelog)
- [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Security](#security)
- [Support](#support)
- [Rationale](#rationale)
## Using (snippet from upstream)
To get started right away with sensible defaults:
```sh
black {source_file_or_directory}
```
You can run _Black_ as a package if running it as a script doesn't work:
```sh
python -m black {source_file_or_directory}
```
### Command line options
_Black_ doesn't provide many options. You can list them by running `black --help`:
```text
Usage: black [OPTIONS] SRC ...
The uncompromising code formatter.
Options:
-c, --code TEXT Format the code passed in as a string.
-l, --line-length INTEGER How many characters per line to allow.
[default: 100]
-t, --target-version [py27|py33|py34|py35|py36|py37|py38|py39]
Python versions that should be supported by
Black's output. [default: per-file auto-
detection]
--pyi Format all input files like typing stubs
regardless of file extension (useful when
piping source on standard input).
--ipynb Format all input files like Jupyter
Notebooks regardless of file extension
(useful when piping source on standard
input).
-S, --skip-string-normalization
Don't normalize string quotes or prefixes.
-C, --skip-magic-trailing-comma
Don't use trailing commas as a reason to
split lines.
--check Don't write the files back, just return the
status. Return code 0 means nothing would
change. Return code 1 means some files would
be reformatted. Return code 123 means there
was an internal error.
--diff Don't write the files back, just output a
diff for each file on stdout.
--color / --no-color Show colored diff. Only applies when
`--diff` is given.
--fast / --safe If --fast given, skip temporary sanity
checks. [default: --safe]
--required-version TEXT Require a specific version of Black to be
running (useful for unifying results across
many environments e.g. with a pyproject.toml
file).
--include TEXT A regular expression that matches files and
directories that should be included on
recursive searches. An empty value means all
files are included regardless of the name.
Use forward slashes for directories on all
platforms (Windows, too). Exclusions are
calculated first, inclusions later.
[default: (\.pyi?|\.ipynb)$]
--exclude TEXT A regular expression that matches files and
directories that should be excluded on
recursive searches. An empty value means no
paths are excluded. Use forward slashes for
directories on all platforms (Windows, too).
Exclusions are calculated first, inclusions
later. [default: /(\.direnv|\.eggs|\.git|\.h
g|\.mypy_cache|\.nox|\.tox|\.venv|venv|\.svn
|_build|buck-out|build|dist)/]
--extend-exclude TEXT Like --exclude, but adds additional files
and directories on top of the excluded ones.
(Useful if you simply want to add to the
default)
--force-exclude TEXT Like --exclude, but files and directories
matching this regex will be excluded even
when they are passed explicitly as
arguments.
--stdin-filename TEXT The name of the file when passing it through
stdin. Useful to make sure Black will
respect --force-exclude option on some
editors that rely on using stdin.
-q, --quiet Don't emit non-error messages to stderr.
Errors are still emitted; silence those with
2>/dev/null.
-v, --verbose Also emit messages to stderr about files
that were not changed or were ignored due to
exclusion patterns.
--version Show the version and exit.
--config FILE Read configuration from FILE path.
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
```
_Black_ is a well-behaved Unix-style command-line tool:
- it does nothing if no sources are passed to it;
- it will read from standard input and write to standard output if `-` is used as the
filename;
- it only outputs messages to users on standard error;
- exits with code 0 unless an internal error occurred (or `--check` was used).
For more info see https://github.com/psf/black/blob/master/README.md
## Documentation
A high-level overview of how the documentation is organized organized will help you know
where to look for certain things:
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machinery. This documentation describes how to use the classes and functions at a lower level
and assume that you have a good high-level understanding of the software.
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## Install With PIP
```python
pip install blackt
```
Head to https://pypi.org/project/blackt/ for more info
## Language information
### Built for
This program has been written for Python versions 3.7 - 3.10 and has been tested with both 3.7 and
3.10
## Install Python on Windows
### Chocolatey
```powershell
choco install python
```
### Windows - Python.org
To install Python, go to https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ and download the latest
version.
## Install Python on Linux
### Apt
```bash
sudo apt install python3.x
```
### Dnf
```bash
sudo dnf install python3.x
```
## Install Python on MacOS
### Homebrew
```bash
brew install python@3.x
```
### MacOS - Python.org
To install Python, go to https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/ and download the latest
version.
## How to run
### Windows
- Module
`py -3.x -m [module]` or `[module]` (if module installs a script)
- File
`py -3.x [file]` or `./[file]`
### Linux/ MacOS
- Module
`python3.x -m [module]` or `[module]` (if module installs a script)
- File
`python3.x [file]` or `./[file]`
## Download Project
### Clone
#### Using The Command Line
1. Press the Clone or download button in the top right
2. Copy the URL (link)
3. Open the command line and change directory to where you wish to
clone to
4. Type 'git clone' followed by URL in step 2
```bash
git clone https://github.com/FHPythonUtils/blackt
```
More information can be found at
https://help.github.com/en/articles/cloning-a-repository
#### Using GitHub Desktop
1. Press the Clone or download button in the top right
2. Click open in desktop
3. Choose the path for where you want and click Clone
More information can be found at
https://help.github.com/en/desktop/contributing-to-projects/cloning-a-repository-from-github-to-github-desktop
### Download Zip File
1. Download this GitHub repository
2. Extract the zip archive
3. Copy/ move to the desired location
## Community Files
### Licence
MIT License
Copyright (c) FredHappyface
(See the [LICENSE](/LICENSE.md) for more information.)
### Changelog
See the [Changelog](/CHANGELOG.md) for more information.
### Code of Conduct
Online communities include people from many backgrounds. The *Project*
contributors are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming
environment for all. Please see the
[Code of Conduct](https://github.com/FHPythonUtils/.github/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
for more information.
### Contributing
Contributions are welcome, please see the
[Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/FHPythonUtils/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
for more information.
### Security
Thank you for improving the security of the project, please see the
[Security Policy](https://github.com/FHPythonUtils/.github/blob/master/SECURITY.md)
for more information.
### Support
Thank you for using this project, I hope it is of use to you. Please be aware that
those involved with the project often do so for fun along with other commitments
(such as work, family, etc). Please see the
[Support Policy](https://github.com/FHPythonUtils/.github/blob/master/SUPPORT.md)
for more information.
### Rationale
The rationale acts as a guide to various processes regarding projects such as
the versioning scheme and the programming styles used. Please see the
[Rationale](https://github.com/FHPythonUtils/.github/blob/master/RATIONALE.md)
for more information.