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Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

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Ramchandra Apte wrote:

> On Saturday, 25 August 2012 04:03:52 UTC+5:30, Alex  wrote:
> > I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with
> > 
> > code as I learn. Despite being configured to use a 4 space
> > indentation
> > 
> > width, sometimes IDLE's "smart" indentation insists upon using
> > width-8
> > 
> > tabs.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > From what I've been able to find on Google, this is due to a
> > 
> > shortcoming in Tk. While it's not that big a deal in the grand
> > scheme
> > 
> > of things, I think it looks like poop, and I'd like to change IDLE
> > to
> > 
> > use 4-space indentation instead of tabs for all indentation levels.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Is there any way for me to achieve what I want in IDLE, or do I
> > have to
> > 
> > start up my full-blown IDE if I want consistent 4-space indentation?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Alex
> 
> I think an IDE is better than IDLE. Try NINJA IDE.
> http://ninja-ide.org

Agreed. I like PyDev in Eclipse, but sometimes I just want to try out
something quick in the interpreter, to ensure I understand it or do a
quick experiment. Since indentation is syntactically significant in
Python, I think fixing the interpreter to produce good, readable,
cut-and-pasteable, and Pythonic code is more important than a cosmetic
feature, but less important than true bugs.

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Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? "Alex" <foo@email.invalid> - 2012-08-24 22:33 +0000
  Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-25 07:29 -0400
    Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? "Alex" <foo@email.invalid> - 2012-08-25 12:50 +0000
      Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-25 14:20 +0100
        Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? "Alex" <foo@email.invalid> - 2012-08-25 14:17 +0000
          Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-25 14:36 -0400
  Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-05 06:04 -0700
    Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? "Alex" <foo@email.invalid> - 2012-09-06 13:43 +0000
      Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-06 06:54 -0700
      Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-06 14:11 -0400
        Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? "Alex" <foo@email.invalid> - 2012-09-07 01:40 +0000
      Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? Fabio Zadrozny <fabiofz@gmail.com> - 2012-10-17 12:10 -0300
        Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting? "Alex" <foo@email.invalid> - 2012-10-17 15:34 +0000

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