[Tkinter-discuss] text doesn't look the same in IDLE/console and in Text widget

[EuGèNe Van den Bulke]

Hi,

I am pretty new to Python and Tkinter and can't find an answer to an 
annoying problem I am encountering with the Text widget. I can line things 
up pretty well in the console or IDLE but in a Text widget I can't ... and 
don't understand why (I have tried many different fonts but it doens't make 
any difference). A small program is better than a long explanation :

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from Tkinter import *

root=Tk()
display=Text(root,font=("courrier", 12))
display.pack()

#the type of string I want to display
content="%-6s (%6s) %6s\n" % ('micron','rpi','future')
content+="%6i (%6i) %6i\n" %(15,178,3)
content+="%6i (%6i) %6i\n" %(15,7,13)

#output to the console that looks the way I want it to look
print content

#output to the Text widget that doesn't :(
display.insert(END,content)

root.mainloop()
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Thanks for your help,

Eugene