#13152: Allow to specify a custom tabsize for expanding tabs in textwrap
Patch by John Feuerstein.
diff --git a/Lib/textwrap.py b/Lib/textwrap.py
index 0aeba3f..66ccf2b 100644
--- a/Lib/textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/textwrap.py
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@
of wrapped output; also counts towards each line's width.
expand_tabs (default: true)
Expand tabs in input text to spaces before further processing.
- Each tab will become 1 .. 8 spaces, depending on its position in
- its line. If false, each tab is treated as a single character.
+ Each tab will become 0 .. 'tabsize' spaces, depending on its position
+ in its line. If false, each tab is treated as a single character.
+ tabsize (default: 8)
+ Expand tabs in input text to 0 .. 'tabsize' spaces, unless
+ 'expand_tabs' is false.
replace_whitespace (default: true)
Replace all whitespace characters in the input text by spaces
after tab expansion. Note that if expand_tabs is false and
@@ -100,7 +103,8 @@
fix_sentence_endings=False,
break_long_words=True,
drop_whitespace=True,
- break_on_hyphens=True):
+ break_on_hyphens=True,
+ tabsize=8):
self.width = width
self.initial_indent = initial_indent
self.subsequent_indent = subsequent_indent
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@
self.break_long_words = break_long_words
self.drop_whitespace = drop_whitespace
self.break_on_hyphens = break_on_hyphens
+ self.tabsize = tabsize
# -- Private methods -----------------------------------------------
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@
becomes " foo bar baz".
"""
if self.expand_tabs:
- text = text.expandtabs()
+ text = text.expandtabs(self.tabsize)
if self.replace_whitespace:
text = text.translate(self.unicode_whitespace_trans)
return text