Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-10-17 Thread Fabio Zadrozny
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Alex foo@email.invalid wrote: Ramchandra Apte wrote: On Saturday, 25 August 2012 04:03:52 UTC+5:30, Alex wrote: I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with code as I learn. Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-10-17 Thread Alex
Fabio Zadrozny wrote: On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Alex foo@email.invalid wrote: Ramchandra Apte wrote: On Saturday, 25 August 2012 04:03:52 UTC+5:30, Alex wrote: I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with code as I learn. Despite being configured to

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-09-06 Thread Alex
Ramchandra Apte wrote: On Saturday, 25 August 2012 04:03:52 UTC+5:30, Alex wrote: I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with code as I learn. Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation width, sometimes IDLE's smart indentation insists upon using

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-09-06 Thread Ramchandra Apte
On Thursday, 6 September 2012 19:13:23 UTC+5:30, Alex wrote: Ramchandra Apte wrote: On Saturday, 25 August 2012 04:03:52 UTC+5:30, Alex wrote: I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with code as I learn. Despite being configured to use a 4 space

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-09-06 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/6/2012 9:43 AM, Alex wrote: On Saturday, 25 August 2012 04:03:52 UTC+5:30, Alex wrote: I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with code as I learn. Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation width, sometimes IDLE's smart indentation insists upon

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-09-06 Thread Alex
Terry Reedy wrote: [snip] IDLE is not the interpreter. Fine, I meant shell. Thanks for fixing that for me. The IDLE Shell is intended mainly for single-line inputs. Maybe it should be limited to that, then. That way stoopid noobs like me don't use it wrong and then use the wrong

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-09-05 Thread Ramchandra Apte
On Saturday, 25 August 2012 04:03:52 UTC+5:30, Alex wrote: I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with code as I learn. Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation width, sometimes IDLE's smart indentation insists upon using width-8 tabs. From

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-08-25 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/24/2012 6:33 PM, Alex wrote: I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with code as I learn. Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation That applies to the editor and works in the editor for me and others. A tab becomes 4 space characters, and a backspace

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-08-25 Thread Alex
Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/24/2012 6:33 PM, Alex wrote: Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation ... sometimes IDLE's smart indentation insists upon using width-8 tabs. [The 4-space indentation setting] applies to the editor and works in the editor for me and others.

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-08-25 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 25/08/2012 13:50, Alex wrote: Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/24/2012 6:33 PM, Alex wrote: Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation ... sometimes IDLE's smart indentation insists upon using width-8 tabs. [The 4-space indentation setting] applies to the editor and works in the

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-08-25 Thread Alex
Mark Lawrence wrote: On 25/08/2012 13:50, Alex wrote: Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/24/2012 6:33 PM, Alex wrote: Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation ... sometimes IDLE's smart indentation insists upon using width-8 tabs. [The 4-space indentation

Re: Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-08-25 Thread Terry Reedy
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

Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?

2012-08-24 Thread Alex
I'm new to Python and have been using IDLE 3.2.3 to experiment with code as I learn. Despite being configured to use a 4 space indentation width, sometimes IDLE's smart indentation insists upon using width-8 tabs. From what I've been able to find on Google, this is due to a shortcoming in Tk.