[Tutor] OT (probably): How to change default tab key value to 4 spaces in GNOME Terminal?

[DL Neil]

On 27/04/20 8:02 AM, Peter Otten wrote:
> boB Stepp wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:18 AM Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
>>> Peter Otten wrote:
>>> But then I saw that this is already implemented for interpreters newer
>>> than my aging default 3.4:
>>>
>>> [rlcomplete.py]
>>>          if not text.strip():
>>>              if state == 0:
>>>                  if _readline_available:
>>>                      readline.insert_text('\t')
>>>                      readline.redisplay()
>>>                      return ''
>>>                  else:
>>>                      return '\t'
...


> Keep a copy of the original file in case you mess up, or do the right thing
> and write your own subclass in a separate module and override the complete()
> method there. See the bottom of rlcomplete.py to learn how to install your
> custom Completer.

Definitely sub-class it!

Is there a risk that a Python-update (plus PSL) might over-write?

Would it be necessary to place all such code and settings in user-space, 
and 'point' to it using PYTHONSTARTUP (or similar/better)?


This whole area is not something I've looked at, glossing right-over in 
favor of typing "python3 [file/dirNM]" and enjoying the plain-vanilla 
flavor. However, the idea of modifying the prompts and improving the 
tab-spacing would offer considerable advantages when it comes to 
presenting example-code, eg consistency, auto-magic 
version-labelling/dating for currency-context, more compact...

Keep it going guys!
-- 
Regards =dn