[Idle-dev] Foolish consistency?

[Pedro Kahn]

My first post to this list, please correct me on any
gaffs.

--- Mats Wichmann <mats@laplaza.org> wrote:
> 
> Just wondering...
> 
> How come in the IDLE "shell window" automatice
> indents
> are by way of tabs, and in the IDLE "editor window"
> they are by way of multiples of four spaces (no
> tabs).

I'm pretty sure that the shell windows use tabs to
conform more closely to the behavior of a "normal"
console interaction, where tabs are used pretty
strictly for scope (or logical level or whatever it's
called)

In the Editor windows, well it might have something to
do with Tk having a fixed tabwidth, there's more
information in the AutoIndent.py in the IDLE source.
There is an entry in config.txt called [AutoIndent]
underwhich you might try putting "usetabs=0" or
something..  have fun.
> 
> Is there a reason why these two should not follow
> the same convention?

dunno

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