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Problem with using spaces for tabs

Posted by giridhart on 2009-11-02 22:48
OS: Windows XP Pro

Hi,
I'm using Komodo Edit, version 5.2.1, build 4108, platform win32-x86.
Built on Tue Sep 22 02:21:02 2009, for Perl.

I have following preferences:
prefer tab characters over space: unchecked
auot-adjust closing barace: checked
show indentation guides: checked
Allow file content to override Tab setting: unchecked

In Perl:
prefer tab characters over space: unchecked

But still I'm getting tabs but not spaces.

How to get spaces instead of tabs.

Regards,
Giri

Are those the global settings or the file settings?
ericp | Tue, 2009-11-03 11:32

In Komodo, each file maintains its own group of settings, and
doesn't change them when you change the global settings. Right-click
on the file's tab, choose Properties and Settings, and see what
that tab says.

When a file is created in Komodo, or read in the first time, it
uses the global settings. But when you change the global settings,
you don't change "known" files' settings.

Could that be the problem?

- Eric

No, and now its resolved
giridhart | Tue, 2009-11-03 20:17

Yes, that's precisely what the problem is.
Can't global setting override, file settings?

Regards

Here's a suggestion
ericp | Wed, 2009-11-04 11:04

Could you write up an enhancement request at
http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Komodo

asking for a checkbox in the global [Prefs|Editor|
Indentation] form that would ask to apply the changed
values to the current loaded files.

We don't override existing settings because of a
main goal to respect the document's existing
settings.

- Eric

Here's the link
ericp | Mon, 2009-11-16 15:26

The feature request was added at
http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=85202