On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:09:54 +0200
Graeme Geldenhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Note that 'smart tabs' and 'tabs to spaces' might interfere with this
> > setting.
>
> I did disable 'smart tabs', but left 'tabs to spaces' on. The issue is
> that if I press the TAB key, it always jumps 8 characters instead of
> what I asked it to - 2 characters.
Works here.
Tab Width = 4
Smart Tabs = false
It jumps 4 instead of 8 (when you are at X=1).
> 'tabs to spaces' is fine, as we don't want actual TAB characters in our
> source code (I am used to the Delphi way), so converting them to spaces
> is fine.
>
> As a quick hack I edited the editoroptions.pp file to force the internal
> TSynEdit component to default to 2 characters and default 'smart tabs'
> off when it gets created. It worked, which goes to show that when
> Lazarus reads the editoroptions.xml file it doesn't set the properties
> for the internal TSynEdit, even though it displays them in the Editor
> Options dialog. Changing the values now in the Editor Options dialog
> still doesn't have any affect, but at least it uses my preferred 2
> character tab width.
>
> Below is my quick hack
>
> File: \lazarus\ide\EditorOptions.pp
> around line 2262
>
> change it to....
>
> ----------- CUT ------------------
> procedure TEditorOptions.GetSynEditSettings(ASynEdit: TSynEdit);
> // read synedit setings from config file
> begin
> // general options
> ASynEdit.Options := fSynEditOptions;
> ASynEdit.BlockIndent := fBlockIndent;
> ASynEdit.TabWidth := 2; //fTabWidth;
> ASynEdit.Options := ASynEdit.Options - [eoSmartTabs];
> ----------- END ------------------
What Lazarus Version are you using?
Mattias
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