python newbie: some surprises

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Thu May 15 06:52:44 EDT 2008


Kees Bakker <spam at altium.nl> wrote:
> 
> So far, I have seen only one editor that understands the difference between
> TABs and indentation, and that is Emacs.

Most vi clones (and the original vi) do too!  :-)

E.g. in the clone I use (vile) there are independent settings for
tabstop and shiftwidth.  In addition you can tell the editor to change
tabs to spaces (or not) as you wish.

-- 
Chris Green



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