Issue #21138: Change default reformat paragraph width to PEP 8's 72.

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/config-main.def b/Lib/idlelib/config-main.def
index 5ddd098de1e07f26871839b8779fb89137397349..132797ce329c7f9d2672cf92f645011982ba903e 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/idlelib/config-main.def
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/config-main.def
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ font-bold= 0
 encoding= none
 
 [FormatParagraph]
-paragraph=70
+paragraph=72
 
 [Indent]
 use-spaces= 1

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 89167fb0fe92334e97876b2c9f3750d74719550a..8f424ffd62302e392396c46052e122af03f6a6de 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ Tools/Demos
 IDLE
 ----
 
-- Issue 21284: Paragraph reformat test passes after user changes reformat width.
+- Issue #21139: Change default paragraph width to 72, the PEP 8 recommendation.
+
+- Issue #21284: Paragraph reformat test passes after user changes reformat width.
 
 - Issue #20406: Use Python application icons for Idle window title bars.
   Patch mostly by Serhiy Storchaka.