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

[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
> > width-8
> > 
> > tabs.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > From what I've been able to find on Google, this is due to a
> > 
> > shortcoming in Tk. While it's not that big a deal in the grand
> > scheme
> > 
> > of things, I think it looks like poop, and I'd like to change IDLE
> > to
> > 
> > use 4-space indentation instead of tabs for all indentation levels.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Is there any way for me to achieve what I want in IDLE, or do I
> > have to
> > 
> > start up my full-blown IDE if I want consistent 4-space indentation?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Alex
> 
> I think an IDE is better than IDLE. Try NINJA IDE.
> http://ninja-ide.org

Agreed. I like PyDev in Eclipse, but sometimes I just want to try out
something quick in the interpreter, to ensure I understand it or do a
quick experiment. Since indentation is syntactically significant in
Python, I think fixing the interpreter to produce good, readable,
cut-and-pasteable, and Pythonic code is more important than a cosmetic
feature, but less important than true bugs.