[IPython-dev] Re: Code Indentation and Tab Completion
Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu
Wed Nov 10 04:29:55 EST 2004
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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Robert Kern
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