Issue 783887: Tab / Space Configuration Does Not Work in IDLE (original) (raw)

Created on 2003-08-06 03:00 by ahuibers, last changed 2022-04-10 16:10 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (6)
msg17630 - (view)	Author: Andy Huibers (ahuibers)	Date: 2003-08-06 03:00
On Python 2.3/IDLE 1.0, when I go from the editor to: Options->Configure Idle->Font/Tabs And set it to "Tab key inserts tabs" what actually happens is that the tab key inserts spaces (4 spaces).
msg17631 - (view)	Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) *	Date: 2003-08-06 05:17
Logged In: YES user_id=80475 I cannot reproduce the problem. This may be a silly question, but did you click Apply after changing the setting?
msg17632 - (view)	Author: Andy Huibers (ahuibers)	Date: 2003-08-06 19:09
Logged In: YES user_id=838612 Mmm.. I re-installed the Windows Python-2.3 installer EXE on a fresh PC and I have the problem, even when I hit "Apply" and "OK". It is not a big deal of course, but would be nice if it worked..
msg17633 - (view)	Author: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk) *	Date: 2003-09-05 23:26
Logged In: YES user_id=149084 I can reproduce this on XP and Linux. Of course, everyone should use 4 spaces :)
msg17634 - (view)	Author: Nanjundi (nanjundi)	Date: 2005-01-17 20:07
Logged In: YES user_id=1199110 I got the error. I am using Python 2.3.4. Hitting TAB in the editor advances the cursor by "4" spaces irrespective of the "indent width" in Configure idle...-> Fonts/Tab -> choose indentation size: I did a quick and dirty fix. I had to modify the Line# 915 in file Python23/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py Requires restart of IDLE for the change to take effect. [Before] indentwidth = 3 [After] indentwidth = idleConf.GetOption('main','Indent','num-spaces', default=4,type='int')
msg17635 - (view)	Author: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk) *	Date: 2005-01-31 03:46
Logged In: YES user_id=149084 Removed Tab indentation selection from the Options dialog. Not appropriate for IDLE. Tab indentation default may still be configured 'manually' by modifying config-main.def but that's for experts. You can switch on tabs for individual Edit windows using the Format menu. (Note: the Tab indent option was never finished and never operable) Changing the 'screen' indent width in the Options menu will now be effective if you aren't using tabs (it's always 8 if you are using tabs). Thanks for the patch and the reminder.