[Geany] tabulators

John Gabriele jmg3000 at xxxxx
Tue May 8 16:53:37 UTC 2007


On 5/8/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:19:07 +0200, Enrico Tröger
> <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:09:38 -0400, "John Gabriele"
> > <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/27/07, Jelle de Jong <jelledejong at powercraft.nl> wrote:
> > > > Enrico Tröger wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > He wants to switch the tab width with a shortcut between 4 and
> > > > > 8. I don't know exactly but I guess because he uses different
> > > > > source code files and some are with a tab width of 4 and some
> > > > > with 8. In general, it should't be a problem as long as all
> > > > > indentation is done with tabs.
> > > >
> > > > Exactly, i cot a lot of mixed files with tab with 8 and 4 using a
> > > > short cut to switch makes my live easier! In my situation it is
> > > > not possible to just change every file to have the same tab with
> > > > with a script. So a fast short cut will be ideal.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sounds like a good solution might be to add a button to the toolbar
> > > that aliases the Edit --> Prefs --> Files tab --> New Files: "Tab
> > > Width" control.
> >
> > I don't think so. This would blow up the GUI with a button which is
> > quite seldom used. So, I would prefer to add a shortcut to switch
> > between tab widths which doesn't confuse or annoy people who don't
> > want/need to use it.
>
> Just a little update (to be honest I forgot that a little bit):
> I will delay the implementation for about two weeks. Reason is that we
> are going to release a new version and will announce a string freeze. I
> don't want to add this feature in a hurry and add a couple of new
> potential bugs shortly before we are releasing.
> Sorry Jelle, please be (again) patient.
>

Just wanted to add: when I want to make an update the docbook manual,
I have to manually switch the editor to use all tabs. That is, I
usually edit using only spaces for indentation, but to edit a doc that
uses tabs, I need to go to Edit --> Preferences, and find the two
places where tab settings are located (Files tab, "replace tabs by
space upon saving"; and Editor tab, "use tabs when inserting
whitespace").

Then when I'm done, I need to do those steps again in reverse to get
back to my regular work. It's a bit of a pain.

Anyhow, I don't know what your plans are for adding the feature Jelle
asked about, but it might be helpful if you were to also consider a
solution for easily hopping between:

* indenting (and saving) with spaces and
* indenting with tabs (with no conversion to spaces upon save).

Again, it's not awful the way it is now -- just seems like it could be
easier. And it might be something easily integrated with the feature
Jelle asked about.

By the way, regarding adding stuff to the toolbar: it wouldn't blow up
the GUI if you added something, but left it disabled (unchecked in the
Preferences --> Toolbar items tab).

---John


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