From: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 05:26:41 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Issue #21138: Change default reformat paragraph width to PEP 8's 72.
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.1rc1~35
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9573638c2dd36af531ec922bc364b438d7b1f427;p=python

Issue #21138: Change default reformat paragraph width to PEP 8's 72.
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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/config-main.def b/Lib/idlelib/config-main.def
index 9546e2bf12..8f0fe76bbb 100644
--- 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 581a4c7023..fcdaabfe92 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ Extension Modules
 IDLE
 ----
 
-- Issue 21284: Paragraph reformat test passes after user changes reformat width.
+- Issue #21139: Change default paragraph width to 72, the PEP 8 recommendation.
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+- Issue #21284: Paragraph reformat test passes after user changes reformat width.
 
 - Issue #17654: Ensure IDLE menus are customized properly on OS X for
   non-framework builds and for all variants of Tk.