[IPython-dev] Re: Code Indentation and Tab Completion

[Robert Kern]

Donny Viszneki wrote:
> I'm using Mac OS X, and in every terminal I use, when I press tab to 
> indent for a block of code, iPython instead tries to tab complete, and 
> consequently asks me if I really want to see every possible tab completion.
> 
> What's the problem here? I have the source code so I was thinking about 
> taking a look. Does iPython use curses?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

In addition to what the others said, also take a look at the autoindent 
feature (toggled via %autoindent or set in your ipythonrc). I never 
indent anymore, just dedent.

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