Re: How do I indent with spaces instead of hard tabs?

[Ives Stoddard]

"Preferences" > "Editor Defaults" > "Auto-expand tabs"

-ives

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Timur Tabi <timur...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm using TextWranger to edit Python programs.  It's very nice, but
there is one serious problem I'm having.  I set my tab stops to 4
characters, but when I press the tab key, TextWrangler inserts a hard
tab character (ASCII 9) instead of four spaces.  Python doesn't like
it when you mix tabs and spaces for indentation, and so before I save
my file, I have to detab it.  That's very annoying.  Is there any way
to tell TextWranger to indent with spaces instead of tabs?

[Kendall Conrad]

"Editor Defaults" gets applied for new documents. The Edit menu will only effect the currently open document and allows overriding the defaults.

-Kendall


On Monday, September 17, 2012 9:58:23 PM UTC-4, Zoe Banks wrote:

Thanks Jesdisciple, that fixed it!

Anyone know what the difference between the two settings is and which one gets applied when?

On Monday, September 3, 2012 5:55:08 PM UTC-4, Jesdisciple wrote:

In case the Preferences option doesn't seem to work, also try Edit > Text Options... > Auto-expand tabs.