How to preserve indent set in previous "blank" line?

There is a variable 'py-empty-line-closes-p' which allows with RET apply one dedent after an empty line (result is identical like calling py-newline-and-dedent) but is not really helpful in cases with more indents.

Something like py-newline-and-keep-indent maybe would need to be implemented?

Am 16.02.2014 15:01, schrieb lukas:
> Question #244068 on python-mode.el changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/python-mode/+question/244068
>
> Description changed to:
> Is possible to make the cursor remember the indention which has been set
> in the "blank/whitespace only" line when moving to a next line?
>
> Here are the steps to replicate the problem:
>
> if condition: # first line
> if condition_2: # second line
> do_something() # third line and i press RET
> 2 1 # the cursor appears in position 1, then I press backspace and it goes to 2, finally I press RET
> 4 3 # after the previous RET the cursor goes to position marked by 3, but i would like it to stay in column
> # defined in previous line by last position and appear on the position marked by 4
>
> I would like the cursor to go from position 2 directly to 4 when RET is
> pressed.
>

Being afraid don't understand well.
Please tell again with a single example: pos previous, after and which command in use.

Maybe C-j does it for you?

I believe the description might be confusing due to launchpad removing some of the white spaces, using non monospace font and wrapping text, as it looks especially in the quote attached to your message.

Please instead check this paste http://paste.debian.net/plain/82417

The numbers mark positions where the cursors (point) is placed in the order:

hit RET at the end on the 3rd line ---> moves cursor to the position marked by 1 on the 4th line

then hit BACKSPACE on the 4th line ---> cursor goes to position marked by number 2 on the 4th line

hit RET when cursor on position marked by number 2 ---> cursor goes to position marked by number 3 on the 5th line

then again hit BACKSPACE ---> cursor goes to position marked by number 4 on the 5th line

How to make the cursor move 1-2-4 instead of the current 1-2-3-4?
How to make it stay in column of numbers 2, 4 instead of jumping on every next press of RET back to the column with numbers 1,3?

The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 of are not a part of the code. I placed them in text only to mark the positions of the cursor/point. Hope this all make it clearer.

Answering your question:
C-j calls the command py-new-line-and-indent so it results exactly in the same behavior i describe above, which i would like to alter.

Thank you very much for the fix.

Thanks Andreas Roehler, that solved my question.

(PS. that last message was generated by launchpad when I pressed the button "This solved my problem", I did not wrote it.)