[TxMt] Re: spaces and tabs and reformatting

Adam Bryzak adam+textmate at bryzak.net
Mon Aug 31 02:23:12 UTC 2009


On 31/08/2009, at 12:16 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:

> If I have for example this code:
> function foo() {
>     var list = [];
> }
>
> Note there is 4 spaces indention.
>
> I work in 5 spaces soft tabs.
>
> <snip>
>
> I have tried selecting the code, while I have my tabs set to 5, hard
> or soft, using reformat selection, in this case, in the JavaScript
> bundle area, or, convert spaces to tabs.  Neither gets me where I need
> to be.

When I change a file that has a different tab stop to what I usually  
work in, I usually reformat it by setting my tab width to match the  
file, convert spaces to tabs, change the tab width to be my preferred  
one then convert tabs to spaces.

Adam



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