PyCharm - Have author appear before imports?

Question

When you create new python files and add new imports, PyCharm will automatically add the imports and __author__ tag whenever it can by itself. However, by default the __author__

Answer 1

1. is according to the "Imports" section of PEP-8:

   Imports are always put at the top of the file, just after any module comments and docstrings, and before module globals and constants

   __author__ is a global "variable" and should therefore appear below the imports.

2. You may go to Pycharm's settings (Ctrl-Alt-S), choose "File and Code Templates" and adjust the "Python Script" template to your liking.

Pls Note: As mentioned by Martijn's comment below, item 1 of the above statement is no longer true as PEP8 has been updated (in June 2016) https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#id24 with a good example

"""
This is the example module.
This module does stuff.
"""

from __future__ import barry_as_FLUFL

__all__ = ['a', 'b', 'c']
__version__ = '0.1'
__author__ = 'Cardinal Biggles'

import os
import sys