formatter is a Python formatter based on the tokenize library in Python. Due to a bug with line continuations we are currently running a fork of the tokenize library however.
During every format sequence the compile method is used to check if no code has been broken, but backing up is still a good idea.
The library is made to be very extendable and configurable but it’s still in the beginning phase. Eventually this will become a fully featured formatting tool for Python.
To install simply execute python setup.py install or pip install formatter. If you want to run the tests first, run nosetests