Getting the tab key to work like a tab key

[Jack Ganssle]

Is there some way to make the tab keyboard key work like a normal tab key? As an old C programmer I instinctively use tab to tab over around 8 spaces at a time, especially when lining up in-line comments.

Even stranger, if I use the tab key to indent 2 spaces, Spyder gives an error ("Uindent does not match any outer indent levels"). For we old C types a tab is just a way to insert spaces. Spyder seems to have some other take on this.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Carlos Córdoba]

Hi,

Unfortunately, that’s hard-coded in the code, so it’s not possible to disable the extra things Tab does.

Cheers,
Carlos

El 16/04/24 a las 7:05, Jack Ganssle escribió:

Is there some way to make the tab keyboard key work like a normal tab key? As an old C programmer I instinctively use tab to tab over around 8 spaces at a time, especially when lining up in-line comments.

Even stranger, if I use the tab key to indent 2 spaces, Spyder gives an error ("Uindent does not match any outer indent levels"). For we old C types a tab is just a way to insert spaces. Spyder seems to have some other take on this.

Any help would be appreciated.

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