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Replace tabs with spaces when typing: checked.In Eclipse 3.7, you can check the box and then click on "whitespace characters" and set just the trailing whitespace visible, which is unobtrusive enough to leave enabled all the time.In Eclipse 3.6, you probably want this off except when you're looking for trailing whitespace.Insert spaces for tabs: checked, but note that the PyDev editor ignores this and you need to make a similar setting in the PyDev settings for editing Python files.Open the preferences by selecting Window/Preferences, then use search to find and set these: There are some preferences in Eclipse you probably want to change if you'll be working with Python. Aptana Studio 3.0.4 is Eclipse 3.6 plus PyDev plus other add-ons. To get Eclipse with PyDev already installed, go to and download Aptana Studio for your platform. When the install is complete, allow Eclipse to restart.If Eclipse asks whether to trust the PyDev certificate, agree.Click Next, Next, accept the license, Finish.

In the list of available software, select PyDev.

On the panel that pops up, click "Add." at the top right.

In Eclipse 3.6 and 3.7, select Help/Install New Software.

You install PyDev into your existing Eclipse the same way you install any other Eclipse add-on: first tell Eclipse where to find the add-on, then install it. If not, you also have the option to get a version of Eclipse with PyDev already included.

If you're already using Eclipse, you can add PyDev to it. I recommend taking a look at the PyDev web site and blog to see what might appeal to you.

Refactoring, including renaming across projects.

Code completion, including automatically adding import statements.

One-keystroke navigation to the definitions of variables, methods, classes.

If you haven't looked at PyDev before, or not in a while, it's worth checking out. Eclipse with the PyDev module has a lot to offer the Python programmer these days.