a strange SyntaxError

[John Machin]

On Dec 10, 7:15 am, CoolGenie <CGe... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm trying to write a small adesklet that will read newsfeeds. Here's
> the code:
>
> #
> #####################################################################
> # fparser.py
> #
> # P. Kaminski <cge... at gmail.com>
> # Time-stamp: <>
> ######################################################################
> import feedparser
> import adesklets
> from os import getenv, spawnlp, P_NOWAIT
> from os.path import join, dirname
>
> class Config(adesklets.ConfigFile):
>     cfg_default = { 'feedsrc' : 'http://slashdot.org/index.rss',
>                     'numfeeds' : 5,
>                     'numlines' : 4
>                     }
>
>     def __init__(self, id, filename):
>         adesklets.ConfigFile.__init__(self, id, filename)
>
> class Events(adesklets.Events_handler):
>     def __init__(self, basedir):
>         if len(basedir)==0:
>             self.basedir='.'
>         else:
>             self.basedir=basedir
>         adesklets.Events_handler.__init__(self)
>
>     def __del__(self):
>         adesklets.Events_handler.__del__(self)
>
>     def ready(self):
>         self.config = Config(adesklets.get_id(),
>                              join(self.basedir, 'config.txt'))
>         self.feed = self.config['feedsrc']
>         self.numfeeds = self.config['numfeeds']
>         self.numlines = self.config['numlines']
>
>                 self.w = 520
>                 self.h = 12*self.numfeeds*(self.numlines+1)
>         adesklets.window_resize(self.w, self.h)
>         adesklets.window_reset(adesklets.WINDOW_UNMANAGED)
>         adesklets.window_set_transparency(True)
>         adesklets.window_show()
>
>     def quit(self):
>         print 'Quitting...'
>
>     def alarm(self):
>         print 'Alarm. Next in 360 seconds.'
>         self._display()
>         return 360
>
>     def _display(self):
>         print "Getting feed..."
>         y = 0
>         x = 0
>         d = feedparser.parse(self.feed)
>         print d.channel.title
>         print d.channel.description
>
>                 # clear the buffer
>                 buffer = adesklets.create_image(self.w, self.h)
>                 adesklets.context_set_image(buffer)
>                 adesklets.context_set_blend(False)
>                 adesklets.context_set_color(0,0,0,0)
>                 adesklets.image_fill_rectangle(0,0,self.w,self.h)
>                 adesklets.context_set_blend(True)
>
>         adesklets.context_set_font(adesklets.load_font('Vera/7'))
>         adesklets.context_set_color(255, 0, 0, 255)
>         adesklets.text_draw(0, y, str(d.channel.title))
>         y+=12
>         l = len(d.entries)
>         l = min(l, self.numfeeds)
>         for i in range(l):
>             ent=d.entries[i]
>             adesklets.context_set_color(255, 255, 0, 255)
>             adesklets.text_draw(0, y, str(ent.title))
>             print ent.title
>             y+=12
>             adesklets.context_set_color(255, 255, 255, 255)
>             for k in range(0, min(len(ent.summary)/100,
> self.numlines)):
>                 print str(ent.summary)[k*100:(k+1)*100]
>                 adesklets.text_draw(0, y, str(ent.summary)[k*100:(k
> +1)*100])
>                 y+=12
>         adesklets.free_font(0)
>                 adesklets.free_image(buffer)
>
> Events(dirname(__file__)).pause()
>
> Unfortunately, I'm getting this bug for some time now and I just don't
> know what's going on:
>
>   File "./fparser.py", line 40
>     self.w = 520
>     ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>

As viewed with Google Groups, lines 40/41, 63/69, and 89 are indented
8 spaces more than they should be.

When I save your file and try to run it, I get this:
C:\junk>coolgenie.py
  File "C:\junk\coolgenie.py", line 40
    self.w = 520
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected indent

Possibilities:
(1) Your file contains junk like tabs or no-break spaces. Use a text
editor that will not mask what is really there to find the junk and
edit it out.
(2) You don't understand that:
if some_condition:
    blah1
        blah2
    blah3
is not valid. Blah2 has to be at the same level as blah1 and blah3.

HTH,
John