From 02339c6f6154174bbab19e4b55cce9fe8b22e491 2012-07-27 20:38:56
From: Matthias BUSSONNIER <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-07-27 20:38:56
Subject: [PATCH] select correct behavior for backspace in codecell

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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
index 5634429..1347fe1 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             mode: 'python',
             theme: 'ipython',
             readOnly: this.read_only,
-            extraKeys: {"Tab": "indentMore","Shift-Tab" : "indentLess"},
+            extraKeys: {"Tab": "indentMore","Shift-Tab" : "indentLess",'Backspace':"delSpaceToPrevTabStop"},
             onKeyEvent: $.proxy(this.handle_codemirror_keyevent,this)
         });
         input.append(input_area);
@@ -125,20 +125,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
                 this.completer.startCompletion();
                 return true;
             };
-        } else if (event.keyCode === key.BACKSPACE && event.type == 'keydown') {
-            // If backspace and the line ends with 4 spaces, remove them.
-            var line = editor.getLine(cur.line);
-            var ending = line.slice(-4);
-            if (ending === '    ') {
-                editor.replaceRange('',
-                    {line: cur.line, ch: cur.ch-4},
-                    {line: cur.line, ch: cur.ch}
-                );
-                event.stop();
-                return true;
-            } else {
-                return false;
-            };
         } else {
             // keypress/keyup also trigger on TAB press, and we don't want to
             // use those to disable tab completion.