Is there a way to configure IDLE to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting?
Alex
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Thu Sep 6 21:40:37 EDT 2012
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 nomenclature to complain
about it.
> For more than a three-line compound statement, I use the editor with
> a scratchpad file where editing is much easier.
Great tip, thanks. That's how I'll do it from now on.
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