TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

[cclauss]

Python 3 treats TabErrors as syntax errors

flake8 testing of https://github.com/joukos/PaperTTY on Python 3.7.0

$ flake8 . --count --select=E901,E999,F821,F822,F823 --show-source --statistics

./papertty.py:312:20: E999 TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation
	    if not noclear:
                   ^
1     E999 TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation
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[joukos]

Thanks, fixed in 502fffd , was due to sloppiness with editing ;)

The code is for Python 2 though, but consistency is good.

[cclauss]

500 days until Python 2 end of life...

[joukos]

Reason for Python 2 is mentioned in README.md - I would prefer Python 3.

[cclauss]

The PIL library that sudo apt-get install python-imaging is installing has not been update in almost 10 years. http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ and Pillow is the Python community's supported replacement.

http://pillow.readthedocs.io -- python-imaging should be uninstalled before installing Pillow.

You might be able to run on either Python 2 or Python 3 by replacing the line:

• sudo apt-get install python-imaging python click
  with:
• sudo apt-get remove python-imaging # and then
• sudo python2 -m pip install --upgrade Pillow click # and/or
• sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade Pillow click
  • https://pypi.org/project/Pillow
  • https://pypi.org/project/click

Another route would be to replace sudo apt-get install python-imaging python click with:

• sudo apt-get remove python-imaging
• sudo apt-get install python-pil python click

[joukos]

The Waveshare library uses python-imaging - I didn't want to make changes to their code (others have already done that). Feel free to fork/PR with your changes so it's modern, Python 3 compatible and still works hassle-free on Raspbian Stretch. (and perhaps create another issue)

[joukos]

I created a new issue (#3) for replacing PIL.