[Geany] tuning Geany key combos

[Enrico Tröger]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:47:02 -0500, "Jeff Pohlmeyer"
<yetanothergeek at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/27/07, John Gabriele <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 6/27/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> 
> > > 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.
> 
> 
> For personal projects that I am in complete control over, I will
> always prefer spaces over tabs. But sometimes I want to fiddle with a
> project belonging to someone else who prefers tabs, so the safest bet
Like Geany ;-).

> It really isn't 100% dependent on the language mode or file type
> either, although some programs (like gnu make) insist on tabs,
> and some language's coding conventions (like Pascal) generally
> frown on tabs. But for C code, the tabs-vs-spaces war will probably
> rage on forever.
> 
> My suggestion would be to add another checkbox to the prefs dialog,
> instead of "Use tabulators when inserting whitespace" there would
> be a sub-option, something like:
> 
>   [X] Use spaces for indentation.
>     -> [X] Tab key still inserts tab char.
Nice idea but the problem is that it is still a global option and you
need the preferences dialog if you just change it for one file. So I
think John's suggestion is better (see previous mail and my answer on
it).

Regards,
Enrico

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