Re: Tabs (real at 8, tab key 4 spaces)

Hi,

Is there a way to have real tab characters 8 wide, but when I press the tab key, for 4 spaces to be inserted, for all files?

I assumed for this, under "Program settings", I would set:

Real tabs: Clear
Tab width: 8
Indent width: 4

However, with these settings, I get 8 spaces when I press the tab key, not 4.

It seems if in the Highlighter settings for a given filetype, I then set "Tab Width" to 4, then I do get 4 spaces inserted when pressing the tab key. However, that only works for the defined filetypes. Is there a way to get it to work like that for all files?

Thanks.

Hello
You can't insert real tabs and spaces at once.
If you have real tabs, than indent and tab has same length and inserts one char - TAB
When real tab isn't active, than you can have e.g. tab - 8 spaces and indent 4 spaces

I do not have real tabs active - I do not want to insert them - but a file may already contain real tab characters, and for those real tabs, I'd like to display them as 8 wide. When I press the tab key, I'd like 4 spaces to always be inserted.

Hello. What you can is convett tabs to spaces - menu Edit
But you want to have tab width set to 8 amd when you press tab, you want to insert 4 spaces only. It isn't possible.

Indent width is block indentation

I don't want to change the existing tab characters, just what happens when I press the tab key. Is there any possibility of supporting it in the future (i.e. real tabs=8, tab key=4 spaces)? Thanks.

I am sorry, it isn't possible, cause editor component supports one tab with only.