Hi, as a Python beginner myself, I started out using Geany IDE. It was pretty cool editor but it caused me indentation hell! Since then I have moved to eclipse with the pydev plugin and found it much friendlier when dealing with indentation problems. But each to there own! Notepad!! is a sweet editor, I wish there was a linux version but I can't recommend Eclipse enough for beginners.
Regards, Jon. On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Marc Tompkins <marc.tompk...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com>wrote: > >> This is almost certainly down to mixing tabs and spaces. >> You can mix them in a file but not within a block. (And >> even then I would recommend sticking to just one style) >> Some editors make it worse by autoindenting with a mixture >> of tabs and spaces which is fine for C or Java but no >> good for Python... I don't know Notepad++ so can't comment >> on it. >> >> > In Notepad++, select Settings/Preferences. > There's a tab called "Language Menu/Tab Settings" (they've put the two > things on one tab to save space; the tab settings are on the right side.) > You'll find a setting for "Tab size"; the default is 4 - and also a > checkbox for "Replace by space", which is NOT checked by default. If > you're going to be writing Python in Notepad++, you should _definitely_ > check that box. > Click "Close", and off you go! > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
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