tabs and spaces options nightmare!
froddd
Since I started using BBEdit there's one thing I've never been able to
set right... It's one of these little annoyances that makes you switch
to another editor for a bit, before returning to BBEdit (cos it's
still better!) and then being annoyed again :(
Here's my problem: in most, if not all, editors I've used besides
BBEdit, pressing the tab key creates a tab, as it should. But then
pressing backspace deletes one space at a time, rather than the whole
tab... Driving me mad!
I'm sure it must be some option being badly set, but no matter what I
set 'auto-indent tabs' to, and all other indentation/tab settings, it
doesn't work. I've also tried reopening documents after saving the
settings in the hope it would apply them more forcefully but no luck.
Am I missing something? :-P Any help greatly appreciated!
RobS
> Here's my problem: in most, if not all, editors I've used besides
> BBEdit, pressing the tab key creates a tab, as it should. But then
> pressing backspace deletes one space at a time, rather than the whole
> tab... Driving me mad!
tab - delete - delete gets you back where you started. I can't recall
ever setting spaces or tabs in Prefs, so I assume my version (the most
recent) is using its default settings. You might try saving your Prefs
file somewhere handy, then allowing BBEdit to remake a new default one
and see if things work as you wish.
Rob
Gabriel Roth
I'm sure it must be some option being badly set, but no matter what I
set 'auto-indent tabs' to, and all other indentation/tab settings, it
doesn't work.
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John Delacour
>Here's my problem: in most, if not all, editors I've used besides
>BBEdit, pressing the tab key creates a tab, as it should. But then
>pressing backspace deletes one space at a time, rather than the whole
>tab... Driving me mad!
It is impossible for BBEdit to delete "one space at a time" if there
are not spaces there to delete in the first place, so presumably to
have set BBEdit preferences to insert n spaces when you press the tab
key instead of inserting a tab.
JD
Maarten Sneep
Have you tried to turn on 'show invisibles' (including spaces)? You'll
probably see that the tab-key inserts spaces, not tabs.
Depending on your use (Python comes to mind) having spaces may be what you
need. BBEdit will not delete a tabs worth of spaces with a single
backspace keystroke.
Workaround: used indent and outdent (cmd-shift-], cmd-shift-[, cmd-],
cmd-[) to work with tabstops when using spaces.
Best,
Maarten
Dennis Cox
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> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 02:55:50 -0700 (PDT)
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> Subject: tabs and spaces options nightmare!
Do you have Auto-expand tabs checked in your prefs?
If you turn on invisibles do you get the tab character - a triangle?
Preferences --> Editor Defaults
Dennis Cox
John Delacour
>Do you have Auto-expand tabs checked in your prefs?
>If you turn on invisibles do you get the tab character - a triangle?
>
>Preferences --> Editor Defaults
...and it's worth mentioning that when you change the preference the
change will apply to windows created after the change. If you want
to change existing windows, there are the Entab... and Detab...
commands in the Text menu.
It's all in the manual and the manual is acccessible from the Help menu.
JD