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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_textwrap.py8
-rw-r--r--Lib/textwrap.py13
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py b/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
index 905dd4c..bbd0882 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_textwrap.py
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ What a mess!
result = wrapper.fill(text)
self.check(result, '\n'.join(expect))
+ text = "\tTest\tdefault\t\ttabsize."
+ expect = [" Test default tabsize."]
+ self.check_wrap(text, 80, expect)
+
+ text = "\tTest\tcustom\t\ttabsize."
+ expect = [" Test custom tabsize."]
+ self.check_wrap(text, 80, expect, tabsize=4)
+
def test_fix_sentence_endings(self):
wrapper = TextWrapper(60, fix_sentence_endings=True)
diff --git a/Lib/textwrap.py b/Lib/textwrap.py
index 0aeba3f..66ccf2b 100644
--- a/Lib/textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/textwrap.py
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ class TextWrapper:
of wrapped output; also counts towards each line's width.
expand_tabs (default: true)
Expand tabs in input text to spaces before further processing.
- Each tab will become 1 .. 8 spaces, depending on its position in
- its line. If false, each tab is treated as a single character.
+ Each tab will become 0 .. 'tabsize' spaces, depending on its position
+ in its line. If false, each tab is treated as a single character.
+ tabsize (default: 8)
+ Expand tabs in input text to 0 .. 'tabsize' spaces, unless
+ 'expand_tabs' is false.
replace_whitespace (default: true)
Replace all whitespace characters in the input text by spaces
after tab expansion. Note that if expand_tabs is false and
@@ -100,7 +103,8 @@ class TextWrapper:
fix_sentence_endings=False,
break_long_words=True,
drop_whitespace=True,
- break_on_hyphens=True):
+ break_on_hyphens=True,
+ tabsize=8):
self.width = width
self.initial_indent = initial_indent
self.subsequent_indent = subsequent_indent
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ class TextWrapper:
self.break_long_words = break_long_words
self.drop_whitespace = drop_whitespace
self.break_on_hyphens = break_on_hyphens
+ self.tabsize = tabsize
# -- Private methods -----------------------------------------------
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ class TextWrapper:
becomes " foo bar baz".
"""
if self.expand_tabs:
- text = text.expandtabs()
+ text = text.expandtabs(self.tabsize)
if self.replace_whitespace:
text = text.translate(self.unicode_whitespace_trans)
return text