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authorHynek Schlawack <hs@ox.cx>2012-05-19 11:33:11 (GMT)
committerHynek Schlawack <hs@ox.cx>2012-05-19 11:33:11 (GMT)
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#13152: Allow to specify a custom tabsize for expanding tabs in textwrap
Patch by John Feuerstein.
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@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ indentation from strings that have unwanted whitespace to the left of the text.
expanded to spaces using the :meth:`expandtabs` method of *text*.
+ .. attribute:: tabsize
+
+ (default: ``8``) If :attr:`expand_tabs` is true, then all tab characters
+ in *text* will be expanded to zero or more spaces, depending on the
+ current column and the given tab size.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+
.. attribute:: replace_whitespace
(default: ``True``) If true, each whitespace character (as defined by