On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:07:56PM -0700, Chris Miller wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Jeremy Leonard <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am in the process of teaching myself python 3 and I have been able > > to change vi so that tabs are 4 characters instead of 8. What I'm > > having a hard time with is figuring out how to change the output from > > a print() statement, within python script to a bash terminal screen, > > so that a '\t' character outputs 4 characters instead of 8. > > > > I've tried looking at the documentation for python to see if there is > > a way of modifying how the print() statement works, but I haven't > > found anything that route. I've also tried to find a way of possibly > > adding something to the .bashrc or .bash_profile files to change this, > > but so far no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > This is determined by the terminal renderer. The default is 8. The > easiest way is to configure your editor for "soft tabs," where it uses > spaces instead of tabs, but then treats a set of four spaces like a > tab character. So: > > ^W > = (nil) > > I didn't think Python supported tabs; the few times I've dabbled in > it, it's always screamed bloody murder if I use tabs. I'm a Ruby guy > myself, so I can't help you much beyond knowing what editors do and > don't. Maybe some real Python guys will be of more help than my > simple "it's a problem with your editor" statement? > > -- > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! > http://www.fsdev.net/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup Python does allow tabs, you just need to be consistent about what your tab level is made up of (i.e. if you use a tab to enter a tab level, the next line can't use spaces). I find the whitespace dependency is fine as long as you don't switch editors, and don't let anyone else touch your code :) (different editors have different ideas about how to help you indent).
As for bash using a 4-space tabstop, 'setterm -regtabs 4' should do it.
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