style: some of the suggestions from flake8
diff --git a/examples/port_publisher.py b/examples/port_publisher.py
index 083575d..61a3307 100755
--- a/examples/port_publisher.py
+++ b/examples/port_publisher.py
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@
     import argparse
 
     VERBOSTIY = [
-            logging.ERROR,      # 0
-            logging.WARNING,    # 1 (default)
-            logging.INFO,       # 2
-            logging.DEBUG,      # 3
-            ]
+        logging.ERROR,      # 0
+        logging.WARNING,    # 1 (default)
+        logging.INFO,       # 2
+        logging.DEBUG,      # 3
+        ]
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage="""\
 %(prog)s [options]
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 
 If running as daemon, write to syslog. Otherwise write to stdout.
 """,
-        epilog="""\
+            epilog="""\
 NOTE: no security measures are implemented. Anyone can remotely connect
 to this service over the network.
 
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@
             action="count",
             help="increase diagnostic messages")
 
-
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # set up logging
@@ -430,9 +429,11 @@
         class WriteFlushed:
             def __init__(self, fileobj):
                 self.fileobj = fileobj
+
             def write(self, s):
                 self.fileobj.write(s)
                 self.fileobj.flush()
+
             def close(self):
                 self.fileobj.close()
         sys.stdout = sys.stderr = WriteFlushed(open(args.logfile, 'a'))
@@ -472,24 +473,28 @@
         if args.logfile is None:
             import syslog
             syslog.openlog("serial port publisher")
+
             # redirect output to syslog
             class WriteToSysLog:
                 def __init__(self):
                     self.buffer = ''
+
                 def write(self, s):
                     self.buffer += s
                     if '\n' in self.buffer:
                         output, self.buffer = self.buffer.split('\n', 1)
                         syslog.syslog(output)
+
                 def flush(self):
                     syslog.syslog(self.buffer)
                     self.buffer = ''
+
                 def close(self):
                     self.flush()
             sys.stdout = sys.stderr = WriteToSysLog()
 
             # ensure the that the daemon runs a normal user, if run as root
-        #if os.getuid() == 0:
+        # if os.getuid() == 0:
             #    name, passwd, uid, gid, desc, home, shell = pwd.getpwnam('someuser')
             #    os.setgid(gid)     # set group first
             #    os.setuid(uid)     # set user
diff --git a/examples/setup-miniterm-py2exe.py b/examples/setup-miniterm-py2exe.py
index 0bc5c19..8784bfe 100644
--- a/examples/setup-miniterm-py2exe.py
+++ b/examples/setup-miniterm-py2exe.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:    BSD-3-Clause
 
 from distutils.core import setup
-import glob
-import os
 import sys
 import py2exe
 
@@ -18,20 +16,19 @@
 sys.argv.extend("py2exe --bundle 1".split())
 
 setup(
-    name = 'miniterm',
-    zipfile = None,
-    options = {"py2exe": {
+    name='miniterm',
+    zipfile=None,
+    options={"py2exe": {
         'dll_excludes': [],
         'includes': [
                 'serial.urlhandler.protocol_hwgrep', 'serial.urlhandler.protocol_rfc2217',
-                'serial.urlhandler.protocol_socket', 'serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop',],
+                'serial.urlhandler.protocol_socket', 'serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop'],
         'dist_dir': 'bin',
         'excludes': ['serialjava', 'serialposix', 'serialcli'],
         'compressed': 1,
         }
     },
-    console = [
-        #~ "miniterm.py",
+    console=[
         serial.tools.miniterm.__file__
     ],
 )
diff --git a/examples/setup-rfc2217_server-py2exe.py b/examples/setup-rfc2217_server-py2exe.py
index 04670ca..b12f33f 100644
--- a/examples/setup-rfc2217_server-py2exe.py
+++ b/examples/setup-rfc2217_server-py2exe.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:    BSD-3-Clause
 
 from distutils.core import setup
-import glob
-import os
 import sys
 import py2exe
 
@@ -17,17 +15,17 @@
 setup(
     name='rfc2217_server',
     zipfile=None,
-    options = {"py2exe": {
+    options={"py2exe": {
         'dll_excludes': [],
         'includes': [
                 'serial.urlhandler.protocol_hwgrep', 'serial.urlhandler.protocol_rfc2217',
-                'serial.urlhandler.protocol_socket', 'serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop',],
+                'serial.urlhandler.protocol_socket', 'serial.urlhandler.protocol_loop'],
         'dist_dir': 'bin',
         'excludes': ['serialjava', 'serialposix', 'serialcli'],
         'compressed': 1,
         },
     },
-    console = [
+    console=[
         "rfc2217_server.py",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/examples/setup-wxTerminal-py2exe.py b/examples/setup-wxTerminal-py2exe.py
index 9e0add7..caff719 100644
--- a/examples/setup-wxTerminal-py2exe.py
+++ b/examples/setup-wxTerminal-py2exe.py
@@ -17,25 +17,25 @@
 icon = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.executable), 'py.ico')
 
 setup(
-    options = {'py2exe': {
+    options={'py2exe': {
         'excludes': ['javax.comm'],
         'optimize': 2,
         'dist_dir': 'dist',
         }
     },
 
-    name = "wxTerminal",
-    windows = [
+    name="wxTerminal",
+    windows=[
         {
             'script': "wxTerminal.py",
             'icon_resources': [(0x0004, icon)]
         },
     ],
-    zipfile = "stuff.lib",
+    zipfile="stuff.lib",
 
-    description = "Simple serial terminal application",
-    version = "0.1",
-    author = "Chris Liechti",
-    author_email = "[email protected]",
-    url = "https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial/",
+    description="Simple serial terminal application",
+    version="0.1",
+    author="Chris Liechti",
+    author_email="[email protected]",
+    url="https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial/",
 )
diff --git a/examples/wxSerialConfigDialog.py b/examples/wxSerialConfigDialog.py
index bb79d87..a29b67d 100755
--- a/examples/wxSerialConfigDialog.py
+++ b/examples/wxSerialConfigDialog.py
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@
         success = True
         self.serial.port = self.ports[self.choice_port.GetSelection()]
         if self.show & SHOW_BAUDRATE:
-            #~ self.serial.baudrate = self.serial.BAUDRATES[self.combo_box_baudrate.GetSelection()]
             try:
                 b = int(self.combo_box_baudrate.GetValue())
             except ValueError:
diff --git a/examples/wxTerminal.py b/examples/wxTerminal.py
index a02a418..4ebabb7 100755
--- a/examples/wxTerminal.py
+++ b/examples/wxTerminal.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         # begin wxGlade: TerminalFrame.__init__
         kwds["style"] = wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE
         wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
-        
+
         # Menu Bar
         self.frame_terminal_menubar = wx.MenuBar()
         wxglade_tmp_menu = wx.Menu()
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
                     b = b.replace(b'\r\n', b'\n')
                 event = SerialRxEvent(self.GetId(), b)
                 self.GetEventHandler().AddPendingEvent(event)
-                #~ self.OnSerialRead(text)         # output text in window
 
     def OnRTS(self, event):  # wxGlade: TerminalFrame.<event_handler>
         self.serial.rts = event.IsChecked()