On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:21:12 +0200 Joerg Desch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:14:21 +0100 > Nick Treleaven <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Nick. > > > I've removed the 'Hard tab width' GUI pref for the 'Tabs and Spaces' > > indent type. > > I'm running a "german" geany. Not sure if you mean the tab width setting > inside the editor settings (tab "indentation")? This is why I removed the GUI setting - it is so confusing for people who don't know the tab compression of spaces ('Tabs AND spaces') indent mode. This doesn't affect Tabs only or Spaces only indentation. > > In case anyone has changed that option, the setting is still read > > from the configuration file(s). > > Why that? If such a user install a new geany, he will get another > behaviour of the indentation code. So why not print a warning while > migrating an old configuration file and than remove it? You can't migrate a non-standard *hard* tab width setting. > What I'm really missing are the emacs modelines. My colleague uses tabs > (with an width of 4) to indent his code. After adding the corresponding > modeline, emacs recognizes his style and all went fine. Now I'm using > Geany and I have some trouble with mixing his files with mine. So > modelines would definitely a good thing. This is another subject. Try posting in a new thread. Regards, Nick _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list [email protected] http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany
