Tabs as spaces in editor...

Follow

Jason Beens

• October 07, 2009 16:01

Hello all,

I am trying to use tabs for formating my C code, and I am running into some difficulty setting the editor to use tabs instead of spaces. 

In CrossStudio 2.0.3, I right click on the editor and choose Options->Editor Properties, then choosing the Text Editor tab, I verified that Column-mode Tab was set to Yes.  In the Languages tab, under C and C++ Settings, I set Use Tabs to Yes, and Tab Size to 8.  This still seems to produce tabs as spaces, with a tab width of 2.  I attached a screenshot of my editor options dialog.

What am I doing wrong?

thanks,

Jason

/attachments/token/uv862zn4utg1b97

1

• 

  Jon Elliott

  • October 08, 2009 13:34

  Hi Jason,

  I think you'll find that if you press the tab key 4 times a tab character will be inserted to replace the spaces, this is because the "Indent Size" property is 2 which would mean that you need to indent 4 times in order for there to be enough room for a tab character.

  If you want the tab key to indent the same as a tab character set the "Indent Size" property to be the same as the "Tab Size" property.

  Regards,

  Jon Elliott

  0

  Comment actions Permalink

Please sign in to leave a comment.