> From: froddd <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 02:55:50 -0700 (PDT) > To: BBEdit Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: tabs and spaces options nightmare! > > Hi all, > > Since I started using BBEdit there's one thing I've never been able to > set right... It's one of these little annoyances that makes you switch > to another editor for a bit, before returning to BBEdit (cos it's > still better!) and then being annoyed again :( > > Here's my problem: in most, if not all, editors I've used besides > BBEdit, pressing the tab key creates a tab, as it should. But then > pressing backspace deletes one space at a time, rather than the whole > tab... Driving me mad! > > I'm sure it must be some option being badly set, but no matter what I > set 'auto-indent tabs' to, and all other indentation/tab settings, it > doesn't work. I've also tried reopening documents after saving the > settings in the hope it would apply them more forcefully but no luck. > > Am I missing something? :-P Any help greatly appreciated!
Do you have Auto-expand tabs checked in your prefs? If you turn on invisibles do you get the tab character - a triangle? Preferences --> Editor Defaults Dennis Cox -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
