Hello, I'm a recent TextMate convert (from vim...)
I don't seem to be able to set up TM to handle tabs the same way. Here's the relevant snippet from my vimrc:
set tabstop=8 " Leave default for printing etc set softtabstop=4 " But use spaces between real tabs set shiftwidth=4 set noexpandtab " Use 'real' tabs (^I) when possible
This works great, real tabs (^I) are left alone at the usual 8 spaces, however I like to indent my blocks by 4 at a time. This tells vim to use a real tab if it can, and "pad out" with spaces at the end if the current indent isn't a multiple of 8. Here's what it looks like in vim:
<?php$ $page = new PageController($ 'shop.tpl',-$ array($ > 'showAds' => FALSE,$ > 'icon'> => 'shop'),$ 'Online Store');$ $page->render();$ ?>$
If I configure TM to use soft tabs at 4, then all my previous code looks wrong because it sets hard tabs to 4 as well. If I set it to 8, then my existing code looks fine but I'm not getting my desired softtab indent of 4.
This is a pretty annoying problem for me because I have hundreds of thousands of lines of code formatted this way :( Kind of ironic since I did it this way to maximize compatibility!
I guess what I'm looking for is the ability to set soft tab size independantly of hard tab size - the former to 4, the latter to 8. Is this possible??
(I suppose if there's no other option, I could convert all tabs to 8 spaces in all my files. However I like using tabs because it cuts down on file sizes a tiny bit. )
Thanks, Skye