ipython/ipython — Issue #1380: Tabulator should work verbatim in comment lines
Author: v923z
Created: 2012-02-05 19:33:19+00:00
State: open

Hi All,

I don't know whether the behaviour of the tabulator is linked to CodeMirror as suggested by this issue https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/1287, but I believe the used should be able to use the tabulator verbatim in a comment line. This does not work:

In []: # Tab

while this one does

In []: """
Tab Tab Tab...
"""

The first example tries to expand whatever is before the tabulator, even if there is nothing. I think it would be better to let the user insert tabulator white spaces in a comment.