On Oct 19, 3:05 pm, Laurent <moky.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all > > Sage's developer prescriptions is to use spaces and no tab. The > default editor on the LiveCD uses TAB ... well. > > I got some troubles with that when I used on the live cd a program I > wrote in my normal editor. > > More specifically, my user-case is that I had exercises with my > students on the live cd (don't ask why;)[1]). I gave them a file in > which most of the sage's code was already written; they only had to > perform minor changes. The ones who used TAB got the error of > inconsistent indentation due to mixing of TAB and spaces. > > I think that the default configuration of the default editor on the > live cd should make spaces when the TAB key is pressed. > > What do you think about ? > > Laurent > > [1] I don't want to denounce in which university you can boot public > computers on a live cd.
Ok, this is a detail I had not thought of. So thanks for bringing it up. In fact the default editor geany allows for easy change of the indentation style http://www.geany.org/manual/current/#indentation it is as easy as to navigate to Document>Indent Type>Spaces in the menu. If you want to have spaces as default indent you have to edit the file /root/.config/geany/geany.conf (.config is a hidden directory so click on the eye symbol in the File manager). I think it is enough to change the line 78 in indent_type=0 then you could "remaster" the live CD image (maybe make some additional changes like a customized default wallpaper or even include some example worksheets) before you distribute it. I made a guide how to do this here: http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/emil/doc/html/en/HOWTO-Advanced_Setup.html#Remaster_the_Live_CD_ This change will be in the next release of the Live CD kind regards emil -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
