On 11/7/2015 7:53 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
4. Visible leading spaces (or even all spaces). There is a unicode
small middle dot char that is suitable for this.
This is a purely display item and definitely could be an IDLE
(or any other IDE) feature. It would even be useful for
posting code to mailing lists since HTML mail tools
constantly lose spaces in posts. This could help ensure
clear indentation in posts.
I'd certainly vote for this as a switchable feature in Idle.
PS. How would tab indents be handled? One mark or two?
There was an issue requesting 'visible tabs' and I believe I closed it
because it is too messy an issue. It cannot work consistently with
proportional type because there may not be enough space for a character.
expand tabs to 'spaces'?
That is what IDLE does now be default at beginning of lines.
After chars, it TAB opens completions box.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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