[Idle-dev] Bug in Idlefork 0.9a2

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Jeffrey Stephens <jsteve17@tampabay.rr.com> writes:

> Executing the following code in the Python Shell window -
>
>>>> print \
>            "Snake Ey\
>            es"
>
> produces output
>
> Snake Ey      es
>
> Six spaces are inserted between the 'y' and 'e' in eyes.
>
> This works fine in a terminal window.

Actually, it doesn't, if you insert the tab that IDLE inserts for you:

>>> print\
...     'abc\
...     def'
abc     def



So don't do that :)

Seriously, this is also a 'problem' in Python IDLE all these years.  

However, if you use

>>> print 'abc\
def\
ghi'

abcdefghi


it works ok.  So does

>>> print\
       'abc'\
       'def'
abcdef


And if you backspace the tab that IDLE inserts before you enter your
first line, subsequent lines will line up and you get:

>>> print\
'abc\
def\
ghi'
abcdefghi

We'd be happy to receive a patch :)

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KBK