from Tkinter import *

def key_event(event):
        print 'keysym:' + event.keysym

root = Tk()
text = Text(root,height=10,width=50,font='courier 9')
text.bind("<Key>", key_event)
l_b_ts = text.bindtags()

print 'return value of bindtags() "', l_b_ts, '"'

#text.bindtags((l_b_ts[1],l_b_ts[0],l_b_ts[2],l_b_ts[3])) # this wont recognize tabs
text.bindtags((l_b_ts[0],l_b_ts[1],l_b_ts[2],l_b_ts[3])) # this will recognize tabs,
                                                          # but may have other unwanted side effects 

text.pack()
root.mainloop()