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Komodo Edit 8.5 tab settings

I use Komodo Edit 8.5 and I have problems with tabs. When I press tab key it jumps 8 characters instead of 4 which I use in preferences (Edit – Preferences - Indentation).

The "number of spaces per indent" is 4 and "Width of each tab character" is 4 too, so I don't understand where is the problem.

Everything appear fine (one tab is equal to 4 characters), but when I hit the tab key it jumps 8 characters. It seems it completely ignores my settings.

Do you have any solution?

Solution

  • Komodo has a bug in the setting "Allow file contents to override tab settings". Here (in #1) is how to fix it such that you will no longer need to change the per-file settings:

    1. Go to: Preferences->Editor->Indentation. From this screen. Turn off "Allow file contents to override tab settings" as this is very buggy and can cause Komodo to over-ride your settings (hence the need to change the per-file-setting)
    2. From the same screen - change the "Number of Spaces per Indent" to 4
    3. From the same screen - use the drop down to check the per-language tab settings for each file type you are editing
    4. From the same screen - untick "Prefer tab characters over spaces" both in the upper section, and in the per-language section of this screen (be sure to check the drop down). The tab character settings appear to be buggy.

    For currently open files, either close them all and re-open them, or do the following:

    1. Right click inside the text of the file->Properties and Settings->Indentation (or via Edit menu->Current File Settings; or via Code menu->Current File Settings). The Indentation section needs to be changed on a per-file basis for currently open files.

    All new files / or newly opened files will now open with the correct indent settings from now on due to change in #1.

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