[Tutor] IDLE shell indentation?

[Alan Gauld]

On 19/10/12 03:11, boB Stepp wrote:
>>>> if zero:
> 	print(zero)
> else:
> 	print(phrase)


This is a long standing bug/feature of IDLE and gets debated regularly 
on the IDLE mailing list.

BTW There is a more feature rich unofficial version of Idle called IdleX 
by Roger Serwy here:

http://www.ews.illinois.edu/~serwy/idlex/

which has:

* Terminal-like behavior for PyShell. The cursor is confined to the 
prompt and up/down arrow keys navigate the command history, similar to 
the original Python interpreter.
* Matplotlib support for interactive figures when using the subprocess.
* Tabbed editor windows with drag'n'drop reordering.
* SubCodes, similar to Matlab cell mode and Sagemath cells, for quick 
code prototyping without restarting the shell.
* Integrated reindent.py support.
* Improved code navigation with Code Browser.
* Cython editing and execution support. (Version 0.15.1)
* Line numbers for the Editor.
* Clear PyShell Window without restarting PyShell.
* Simple interface for enabling/disabling extensions.
* SearchBar, Squeezer, and IDLE2HTML included. (Originally by Tal Einat, 
Noam Raphael, and Michael Haubenwallner)

But it still has the broken indentation.
The last thread I saw on the topic said:

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On 06/21/2012 03:39 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
 > On 21/06/12 02:16, Roger Serwy wrote:
 >
 >> I could write a patch to allow ps2 prompts if there's any serious 
interest.
 >
 > I would love that.
 >
 > This is one of the most common issues I get from users of my web 
tutorial. At least one email per month from beginners confused by IDLEs 
indentation.

There is an issue for supporting ps1 and ps2. See 
http://bugs.python.org/issue13657

I'll start writing a patch later today.
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