bpo-37892: Use space indents in IDLE Shell (GH-25678)
Adding a newline to the prompt moves it out of the way of
user code input, which now starts at the left margin,
along with continuation lines.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index ca4280f..83afe3e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
=========================
+bpo-37892: Change Shell input indents from tabs to spaces.
+
+bpo-37903: Move the Shell input prompt to a side bar.
+
+bpo-43655: Make window managers on macOS and X Window recognize
+IDLE dialog windows as dialogs.
+
bpo-43283: Document why printing to IDLE's Shell is often slower than
printing to a system terminal and that it can be made faster by
pre-formatting a single string before printing.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py b/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
index 5830b7a..447e9ec 100755
--- a/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/pyshell.py
@@ -889,11 +889,11 @@ def __init__(self, flist=None):
OutputWindow.__init__(self, flist, None, None)
- self.usetabs = True
+ self.usetabs = False
# indentwidth must be 8 when using tabs. See note in EditorWindow:
- self.indentwidth = 8
+ self.indentwidth = 4
- self.sys_ps1 = sys.ps1 if hasattr(sys, 'ps1') else '>>> '
+ self.sys_ps1 = sys.ps1 if hasattr(sys, 'ps1') else '>>>\n'
self.prompt_last_line = self.sys_ps1.split('\n')[-1]
self.prompt = self.sys_ps1 # Changes when debug active