newbie: stani's python editor if-else

[madzientist]

hi,

two quick questions:

a) i am using SPE (latest version) and for some reason, when i type,
say

if 1==2:
    print "not equal"
    else:
          print "equal"

the else is at the same indentation level as the preceding print
statement, and i get a syntax error

why doesn't spe automatically put the else at the level of the if
statement ? what am i dong wrong ? once i manually change the
indentation, the code snippet runs perfectly.

b) if this is not the group for such elementary questions, please do
let me know.

thanks !!!!

suresh