[issue9519] IDLE cannot do example 4.1 in tutorial (if statements)

Robert Buckley added the comment: I can say that more clearly. The backspace feature for ending a block does not work in IDLE when attempting to end a block that had no indentation. Example: >>> if a < 4: a = 0 # Assume this is end of the 'if' b

[issue9519] IDLE cannot do example 4.1 in tutorial (if statements)

Robert Buckley added the comment: Yes, thank you. Using BACKSPACE to unindent works when I am using an indented block inside a first or subsequent indented block, e.g., inside a simple funtion. That feature does not work, as illustrated in example 4.1, when using IDLE. -- status

[issue9519] IDLE cannot do example 4.1 in tutorial (if statements)

Robert Buckley added the comment: See attached file -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18411/ISSUE_9519.rtf ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9

[issue9519] IDLE cannot do example 4.1 in tutorial (if statements)

New submission from Robert Buckley : In both Python 2.7 and 3.1 the IDLE is unable to handle example 4.1 in the tutorial (if statements). Works OK with the command line shell, but not the IDLE shell. -- messages: 112930 nosy: drbuckle priority: normal severity: normal status: open