A Thing I Learned About Text Indentation

gistfile1.py

def indent_test_one():
    print """\
    Hi,

    You'd think this would work nicely, but it doesn't.

        - annoyances
        - abound

    Thanks,

    --Daniel"""


def indent_test_two():
    print """\
Hi again,

This works, but it ain't pretty.

    - bulleted
    - lists
    - are fun

Not cool,

--Daniel"""


def indent_test_three():
    import textwrap
    print textwrap.dedent("""\
    Hello sir or madam,

    What we've got here is nice:

        - for
        - real
        - everybody.

    Sincerely,

    --Daniel""")

indent_test_one()
print
print '------------------'
print
indent_test_two()
print
print '------------------'
print
indent_test_three()