From efad06b0cdb51a47ac3236cd84af9eab0a13287a 2010-08-09 15:41:09
From: epatters <epatters@enthought.com>
Date: 2010-08-09 15:41:09
Subject: [PATCH] Minor cleanup related to tab widths.

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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
index 87dcafb..a5bba3b 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ConsoleWidget(QtGui.QPlainTextEdit):
     override_shortcuts = False
 
     # The number of spaces to show for a tab character.
-    tab_width = 4
+    tab_width = 8
 
     # Protected class variables.
     _ctrl_down_remap = { QtCore.Qt.Key_B : QtCore.Qt.Key_Left,
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/frontend_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/frontend_widget.py
index c33dc58..f94721d 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/frontend_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/frontend_widget.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ class FrontendWidget(HistoryConsoleWidget):
     """ A Qt frontend for a generic Python kernel.
     """
 
+    # ConsoleWidget interface.
+    tab_width = 4
+    
     # Emitted when an 'execute_reply' is received from the kernel.
     executed = QtCore.pyqtSignal(object)
 
@@ -139,7 +142,8 @@ class FrontendWidget(HistoryConsoleWidget):
             if self._get_prompt_cursor().blockNumber() != \
                     self._get_end_cursor().blockNumber():
                 spaces = self._input_splitter.indent_spaces
-                self.appendPlainText('\t' * (spaces / 4) + ' ' * (spaces % 4))
+                self.appendPlainText('\t' * (spaces / self.tab_width))
+                self.appendPlainText(' ' * (spaces % self.tab_width))
 
     def _prompt_finished_hook(self):
         """ Called immediately after a prompt is finished, i.e. when some input