Blog from the Loft

It has only been years, but I finally decided to install a syntax highlighter plugin for this blog. A quick search pointed me to SyntaxHighlighter 1.1.1., downloaded it, unzipped into the plugin directory, and activated it. Took all of 2 minutes. Should have done this earlier !
How watch out for some useful code samples in [...]

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What if someone gave you a Python source file that is indented using tabs? If you are using emacs, the following will let you convert it back to using spaces:
# first set the buffer tab width to 4 (or whatever you like)
M-x set-variable <return> tab-width < return> 4
# then mark the entire file
C-x h
# do [...]

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I don’t read the xkcd comics each day. I save them up. So here it is, if you have missed it — about Python, our fav. programming language on xkcd.

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