[Eric] TAB behaviour

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hello,

that is the standard QScintilla behavior, which I don't want to modify.

Detlev

Am 16.11.2011 um 09:49 schrieb 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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> QScintilla 2.4
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Detlev Offenbach
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