[Eric] TAB behaviour

[Leonardo Giordani]

Hi Detlev,

I find the behaviour of the TAB key somewhat inconsistent.

My configuration is

Tab width: 4
Indentation width: 4
x Show indentation guides
x Auto indentation
x Tab key indents
- Use tabs for indentations
- Convert tabs upon open

1) At the beginning of the row it indents the row. Shift-TAB unindents it.
2) In the rest of the row TAB inserts some spaces up to the next tab
point. Shift-TAB moves the cursor back by the tab-width (4 in my case)

I find number 2 inconsistent by itself: if pressing TAB inserts spaces
up to the tab point, Shift-TAB should remove them.

But since Eric is not a Word processor I think it could be much better
to stick to emacs behaviour, where TAB works as in number 1 regardless
of the position of the cursor in the row.
If you think (or know) that someone uses TAB inside a row to line up
code at tab points, could it be possible to add a configuration to
enable emacs behaviour only?

Thank you very much

Leo


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