[Python-Dev] Making -tt the default

[Greg Stein]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 07:56:02AM -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> >>>>> "GS" == Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org> writes:
>     GS> (add-hook 'python-mode-hook
>     |     (lambda ()
>     |       (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)
>     |       (setq py-indent-offset 2)
>     |       (setq py-smart-indentation nil)
>     |       (define-key py-mode-map "\e\C-h" 'backward-kill-word)
>     |       ))
> 
>     GS> The indent-tabs-mode is the key to disabling tab characters
>     GS> and using just spaces.
> 
> Greg, can you explain why you turn off py-smart-indentation?  Its
> purpose is to give you the correct settings when editing someone
> else's existing code.  With this variable set to t, it tries to guess
> the existing code's indentation level depth and then sets
> py-indent-offset to that value, on the assumption that
> 
> 1) the original author indented their code consistently
> 
> 2) it is better to be consistent with the existing indentation than
>    impose your own and have mixed indentation
> 
> Both of these are worthy goals, IMO, so py-smart-indentation should
> generally remain true.

The goal is fine, and I agree with it. However, it was guessing the wrong
tab for me at some point, and so I just turned it off.

That's the way I have it; other people probably don't want to do that.

*shrug*

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/