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inportb · 2019-09-23 21:08:32+00:00

Does it support tabs for indentation yet?

scrollaway | karma 28520 | avg karma 4.25 · | 2019-07-08 12:32:43+00:00

Both of those support using the tab key to indent with tabs. In fact you can even configure the GitHub one to use tabs or spaces.

woah | karma 10252 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2016-10-29 06:19:19+00:00

Or it asks the user to use tabs? Or an editor that inserts spaces when you press tab? Indentation has never been a stumbling block for anyone but the most junior of programmers.

inportb | karma 549 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2018-09-22 08:10:23

Tabs are not allowed for indentation.

pattrn | karma 461 | avg karma 3.11 · | 2018-07-10 17:50:18+00:00

Unfortunately, no I haven't found anything like that, and it's definitely a sore spot. The tabbing issues for indented lists perpetually confound me, and I'm not sure why. Many articles use different indentation, and it makes me do a double take to figure out if I'm understanding it correctly.

iad | karma 28 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2019-03-02 20:43:52+00:00

This already exists when tabs are used for indentation.

layer8 | karma 23301 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2020-11-20 20:31:20+00:00

I would like to, but I hate tabs (due to the jumps it causes in horizontal cursor navigation, and also due to the nonlinear behavior when inserting/deleting characters preceding a tab in a line), so I would need an editor that widens spaces at the start of line to get sufficient visual indentation at four spaces.

chmaynard | karma 27043 | avg karma 7.7 · | 2021-02-14 04:05:17+00:00

I can't find anything in the docs about indentation rules. Are tabs required (as in Make)?

wkat4242 | karma 10400 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2024-01-23 11:14:29

I don't want that though, because then I still have to mess around with spaces when editing.

I actually like tabs for indenting levels especially because I can configure how far they indent on the fly.

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Tade0 | karma 9999 | avg karma 2.66 · | 2021-05-17 08:26:28+00:00

The indentation I use cannot be expressed through tabs, unless they're of width 1, which defeats the purpose.

garaetjjte | karma 3185 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2023-07-20 10:22:05

Not really, because it would screw up alignment (tabs can only be used for indentation, alignment needs spaces).

winddude | karma 265 | avg karma 1.31 · | 2020-04-15 06:16:54+00:00

Yea except spaces suck for indentation. Tabs 100% for the win. Suck it.

factorialboy | karma 3025 | avg karma 3.58 · | 2013-05-28 16:08:24+00:00

Tabs for indentation and not spaces =/

sam | karma 965 | avg karma 6.94 · | 2011-10-23 07:47:57

Yes, indentation is done just with spaces. Tabs are not used. Typically you set your text editor to have the tab key print 4 spaces.

phy6 | karma 305 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2019-10-07 23:58:43+00:00

Yes, but tabs or spaces?

orangepanda | karma 1774 | avg karma 6.1 · | 2021-05-17 08:14:06+00:00

Yes! Tabs for indentation, and spaces for alignment.

There is no other sane way

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marksamman | karma 1809 | avg karma 27.0 · | 2016-05-30 13:33:05

Tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment.

anyfoo | karma 8565 | avg karma 3.74 · | 2021-07-22 18:16:22

Tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment.

alkonaut | karma 22123 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2023-07-22 02:45:25

Yes I’m only considering indentation now. Tabs vs spaces for indentation feels like it has reasonable arguments both ways but tabs for alignment just feels wrong tbh. Never even considered it a possibility in source code (and never saw it in the wild).

jfb | karma 7041 | avg karma 3.18 · | 2021-07-22 08:31:22

I have never once — in a career as a professional programmer that is coming up on 30 years — needed to insert a literal tab character in a document I’m writing. Not once. I’ll check out the bindings control panel, but in the past (as of maybe v12) it has not been possible to always force the tab key to indent the current line.