On 17 March 2018 at 17:58, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/16/2018 09:50 PM, Lex Trotman wrote: >> >> The global setting does not change the files, use the project->apply >> default indentation as Matthew and the dialog to set the default both >> said. And did you close the files or close Geany? Closing Geany >> remembers what the settings for open files are and keeps them when its >> re-opened. Closing the files makes it forget, but make sure you >> changed the file before you close. >> >> On 17 March 2018 at 14:13, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 03/16/2018 08:47 PM, Matthew Brush wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2018-03-16 08:28 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> $ rpm -qa geany >>>>> geany-1.33-1.fc27.x86_64 >>>>> >>>>> I have Preferences --> Editor --> Indentation >>>>> Type = spaces >>>>> >>>>> I HATE TABS!!!! >>>>> >>>>> How do I get this thing to stop converting my >>>>> spaces into freakin' tabs ???? >>>>> >>>> >>>> If you have a project open, change it in the Project settings dialog and >>>> then use Project-Apply Default Indentation to affect open documents. If >>>> no >>>> project, just re-open the files and the global setting should apply. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Matthew Brush >>> >>> >>> >>> I don't know what a Project is, so I only have files open. >>> >>> And the global setting don't work, unless I don't have >>> the right place. I have opened and closed about 50 times >>> already. > > > Did that. Entered nine spaces, then back spaced across > three stinkin' tabs
Backspace backs up an indentation level, irrespective of what its made of. :) The best way to make sure what you have is to View->Show whitespace and you get dots for spaces and arrows for tabs. Cheers Lex > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
