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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:36:46 -0400
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On 8/25/2012 10:17 AM, Alex wrote:

> Yes, that appears to be the issue I was talking about and is, in fact,
> one of the threads I had looked at before posting here. Of course, I
> didn't pay enough attention to the dates. I see the most recent posting
> on the issue appears to have been made in January of this year, so I
> should have realized it's an ongoing issue.

There have also been a few posts this year on the idle-sig mail list.

There are only a few people working on IDLE and we have concentrated 
this calendar year on fixing crashers, not semi-aesthetic issues.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy