[conspire] CABAL & spuds ...

Sat Jul 14 21:22:34 PDT 2018

Elise,

This may (or may not) help:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22239451/emacs-fix-tab-indentation-for-python
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  Deirdre Saoirse Moen
  deirdre at deirdre.net

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018, at 9:05 PM, Elise Scher wrote:
> *Elise Scher*,   Eric Reed   Su18 CS F003A OBJECT ORIEN PRGM METH
> PYTHON 03W Reed 10327> 14 July 2018 at 19:15
>  *
>  *
>  *    * Hi Eric, I am not sure how to get pep8 to work on my emacs. I
>       need more help with this please. Is there a way to display my
>       source code in Unicode so I can check for tab characters? Years
>       ago, I used to be able to toggle back and forth between
>       displaying a file regularly and displaying a file in
>       hexadecimal/EBCDIC. I coded and tested on IBM mainframe
>       computers. Sorry to cause so much trouble! One, I hate those
>       tabs that emacs seems to put in my source programs. Two, I am
>       afraid that the next time I accidentally leave a tab in my
>       program, you will deduct a lot of points. Please don't! Sorry
>       again, Elise Scher

>  * *Eric Reed*,   Elise Scher   Su18 CS F003A OBJECT ORIEN PRGM METH
>    PYTHON 03W Reed 10327 9 July 2018 at 20:59
>    *
>  *
>  *    * Try this Elise.
>
> https://realpython.com/emacs-the-best-python-editor/#pep8-compliance-autopep8
>
>  ________________________________
>  From: Elise Scher [notifications at instructure.com] Sent: Monday, July
>  09, 2018 8:56 PM To: Eric Reed Subject: Elise Scher (Su18 CS F003A
>  OBJECT ORIEN PRGM METH PYTHON 03W Reed 10327) just sent you a message
>  in Canvas.
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>  Tabs and spaces and emacs
>
>  Hi Eric, I am am having trouble with emacs. What can I do about it? I
>  use emacs to edit my Python programs/source code. But it keeps
>  putting tabs in my programs. And I keep removing the tabs and typing
>  in spaces four at a time. I do this in Xbuntu Linux. I would
>  appreciate your assistance with this matter.
>
>  Thank you, Elise Scher
>
>
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>  * *Elise Scher*,   Eric Reed   Su18 CS F003A OBJECT ORIEN PRGM METH
>    PYTHON 03W Reed 10327 9 July 2018 at 20:56
>    *
>  *
>    * Hi Eric, I am am having trouble with emacs. What can I do about
>      it? I use emacs to edit my Python programs/source code. But it
>      keeps putting tabs in my programs. And I keep removing the tabs
>      and typing in spaces four at a time. I do this in Xbuntu Linux. I
>      would appreciate your assistance with this matter.
>
>  Thank you, Elise Scher

>> 
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:58 PM Elise Scher
> <elise.scher01 at gmail.com> wrote:>> Hi People,
>>      I am having trouble with my latest Python class assignment and
>>      would appreciate your help.>>     I am using emacs to create and modify the source code for each
>>     assignment. Tabs seem to automatically be placed in each program.
>>     Not only do the tabs tend to make each Python 3 program not work,
>>     but the instructor takes off points for my having tabs in the
>>     program.>>      I am getting quite frustrated with having to check for tabs as
>>      best I can and replace each tab with four spaces.>>      The professor suggested something about pep8. I am not sure how
>>      to update emacs on my Xbuntu laptop to implement that.>>       I will try to cut and paste what he said in a subsequent email.>>       I would really like an editor where I could toggle back and
>>       forth between regular display of the source file and a
>>       unicode/ascii view of the file. Years ago when I programmed for
>>       a living, I think I had an editor that did that.>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Elise Scher
>> 
>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018, 12:23 Michael Paoli
>> <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:>>> Yes, I'll be making it to CABAL today.
>>> 
>>>  I shall bring ...
>>>  spuds ... increased the quantity of potatoes to 20 (15 ran out last
>>>  time),>>>  as before, quartered, oiled, baked - so essentially baked potato
>>>  wedges.>>> 
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