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Bug 156988

Summary:	Default Whitespace setting (spaces or tabs)
Product:	python	Reporter:	aobrien <aobrien>
Component:	Editor	Assignee:	Lou Dasaro <mr_lou_d>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker	CC:	Jenselme
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.lifeaware.net
See Also:	https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179848
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description aobrien 2009-01-17 17:28:18 UTC

When the python editor opens an existing file it would be awfully helpful if it was smart enough to figure out wether on not to use spaces or tabs.  I have an 
existing python app that I'm working on - I wanted to try out the NetBeans IDE and due to the default settings (spaces by default not tabs) all of the files I had 
edited through errors when I tried to run them.  It was easy enough to fix it but I stopped evaluating NetBeans because of it.  I tried it again today (changing 
the spaces to tabs for indents first) and absolutely love it!!!!

If the python editor had been smart enough to figure out my application's indention, I would have used it immediately and you guys would have had a new 
convert.