Package: jed Version: 0.99.16-5 Severity: normal When writing programs using python-mode, jed mixes tabs and spaces. For example, type this script without ever using the tab key :
#! /usr/bin/env python def test1(arg): # This line is indented using 4 spaces # This line too if 1 == 1: # However, this line is indented using one tab. pass Using indent=4, tab=8 is the worse setup : <URL:http://groups.google.fr/groups?q=python+tab+space+guido&hl=fr&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&selm=199804131539.LAA02742%40eric.CNRI.Reston.Va.US&rnum=1> Here is what Guido recommends : Indentation Use the default of Emacs Python-mode: 4 spaces for one indentation level. For really old code that you don't want to mess up, you can continue to use 8-space tabs. Emacs Python-mode auto-detects the prevailing indentation level used in a file and sets its indentation parameters accordingly. Tabs or Spaces? Never mix tabs and spaces. The most popular way of indenting Python is with spaces only. The second-most popular way is with tabs only. Code indented with a mixture of tabs and spaces should be converted to using spaces exclusively. (In Emacs, select the whole buffer and hit ESC-x untabify.) When invoking the python command line interpreter with the -t option, it issues warnings about code that illegally mixes tabs and spaces. When using -tt these warnings become errors. These options are highly recommended! See : <URL:http://www.python.org/doc/essays/styleguide.html> This bug is very annoying when opening the code with an editor (like Emacs) that says that indent=4 and tab=4. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-k7 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages jed depends on: ii jed-common 0.99.16-5 byte compiled S-Lang runtime files ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgpmg1 1.19.6-20 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib ii slang1 1.4.9dbs-8 The S-Lang programming library - r -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]