[Geany] tuning Geany key combos

[Enrico Tröger]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:53:01 -0400, "John Gabriele" <jmg3000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 6/27/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:21:02 -0500, "Jeff Pohlmeyer"
> > <yetanothergeek at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > 1)
> > > The ability to "force" a tab character, even when using spaces to
> > > indent:
> > >
> > > Most of the C code I work with uses spaces for indentation, but
> > > what if I have a bunch of C files open and then I want to tweak
> > > the Makefile a bit? I have to go into preferences, enable "use
> > > tabs" , insert the tab char, and then go back into preferences
> > > and turn tabs off again. I would prefer that Ctrl+I and Ctrl+Shift
> > > +I could be used for normal indentation, and that the tab key
> > > would *always* insert a tab char, regardless of the preferences.
> >
> > Yes, we need a solution for this. The easiest way would be to always
> > indent by tab in Makefiles. But it won't help if you are editing any
> > other file and currently need a "real" tab. Any ideas on best way to
> > solve?
> 
> My understanding is that, for users like me who use only spaces (no
> tabs) all the time, we've got the following settings set:
> 
> 1. Prefs --> Files tab --> Saving Files --> "replace tabs by space"
> checked
> 2. Prefs --> Editor tab --> Features --> "use tabs when inserting
> whitespace" un-checked.
> 
> So, due to that first one, even you Geany provides a secret ninja key
> combo to insert an actual tab character, as soon as I save the file,
> it'll be converted to *n* spaces (where I've got *n* set to 4).
> 
> My impression is that the Document menu is supposed to have
> document-specific (as opposed to app-specific) settings that you can
> set for just this document (the one who's tab is selected). It makes
> sense that any settings you adjust here should override more general
> settings made in the Preferences dialog.
> 
> So, I think you need 2 things to remedy the situation:
> 
> 1. Provide a "Document --> Allow tab characters" menu time that
> overrides the "replace tabs by space" behaviour just for this
> document.
Yes, I think I'll implement this. And the menu item is activated by
default for Makefiles(just for comfort) and can be activated for any
file if needed.

> 2. Provide a key combo to insert an actual tab character. I'd probably
> use a punctuation mark for this, since it doesn't get used very often
> anyway. Probably Ctrl-_ , Ctrl-% , or Ctrl-: .
Ok, should be no big deal to add a key binding but I think it will be
emtpy by default.

Regards,
Enrico

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