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Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python

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On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:13 PM, ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm just learning Python.  It seems like indents are EXTREMELY important.  I guess, since there are no brackets, everything is controlled by indents.  Well, I'm reading a couple books on Python now, and in almost all of the examples they don't have proper indents, so when I copy/paste the code (from the PDF to the IDE) the indents are totally screwed up.  I'm thinking that there should be some control, or setting, for this.  I hope.  :)
>>
>
> That probably depends on the person who made the PDF. You may simply
> have to copy and paste one line at a time; if you're using an editor
> that understands Python syntax, it'll do some of your indenting for
> you, and you'll just have to manually mark the unindents.
> Alternatively, just paste it all in without indentation, then go
> through and select blocks of code and hit Tab; in many editors,
> that'll indent the selected code by one level. But ultimately, the
> fault is almost certainly with the PDF.

Agreed, although I'd say the PDF viewer could also be at fault.
Earlier today I tried to copy just a paragraph of mostly plain text
from the Firefox built-in PDF viewer, but when pasting it elsewhere,
it was pasted one character per line.  Opening it in the Windows 8.1
default PDF viewer (of all things...), copying and pasting worked like
a charm.

-- 
Zach

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Is there an easy way to control indents in Python ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 19:13 -0700
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 23:23 -0300
    Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 17:27 +1000
      Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 16:32 +0200
        Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 09:51 +1000
          Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-10-17 18:22 +1300
      Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-15 13:12 -0400
      Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 13:30 -0600
        Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Simon Kennedy <sffjunkie@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 07:08 -0700
          Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 02:02 +1100
          Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-18 21:53 +1100
            Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Simon Kennedy <sffjunkie@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 08:54 -0700
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 11:54 -0600
                Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Simon Kennedy <sffjunkie@gmail.com> - 2014-10-21 01:45 -0700
                Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-21 11:09 -0600
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 11:57 -0600
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 17:04 -0200
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 13:40 -0600
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-10-20 20:43 +0100
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com> - 2014-10-20 20:30 -0200
              Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-20 21:13 -0400
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 13:18 +1100
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 19:38 -0700
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-10-14 21:35 -0500
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 13:47 +1100
  Re: Is there an easy way to control indents in Python jumppanen.jussi@gmail.com - 2014-10-21 06:51 -0700

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