Tim Schnell

Director of Engineering @elastic, previously @rackspace and a sundry of startups. Thoughts & opinions are my own. This is not the algorithm.

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Install Atom

https://atom.io/

Install Python Linter

Atom -> Preferences -> Install

https://atom.io/packages/linter-flake8

If you have trouble getting the linter to be on your pythonpath:

Add this to your init script: Atom -> Open Your Init Script

process.env.PATH = ['/usr/local/bin/', process.env.PATH].join(':')

I also don’t want the linter to freak out every time a line is longer than 80 characters so I ended up adding this to my config file.

"linter-flake8":
  maxLineLength: 120
  maxComplexity: 20

editor:
 preferredLineLength: 120

 

Update Settings

Atom -> Preferences -> Settings

  • Make sure Soft Tabs is checked
  • Tab Length should be set to 4 (default is 2)

 

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