Thanks, Matthew! I was not aware of those features. I'm switching to that usage
and setting the project conversion-on-save options accordingly. For the record,
I wouldn't drop default file extension dependency from the wishlist.
Douglas Morris
On Sunday, May 12, 2019, 3:11:59 PM PDT, Matthew Brush
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2019-05-12 2:46 p.m., Douglas Morris via Users wrote:
> I would like the conversion of leading tabs to spaces for Python files and of
> leading spaces to tabs (but more importantly NOT vice versa) for Php files.
> I am sure many of you have addressed this issue already and know how best to
> handle it in Geany. I don't see an obviously good way to handle it. I can
> only guess a special configuration file might do it, and call me lazy.
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> Python (*.py):
> The custom and better way in Python is leading spaces not leading tabs. If
> spaces and tabs are mixed, the visual appearance is not indicative of actual
> block nesting. Per PEP 8, Python 3 forbids mixing (unlike Python 2) and
> prefers spaces, 4 for each indent level: PEP 8 -- Style Guide for Python Code.
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> I see this: Preferences -> Editor -> Indentation -> 'Detect type from file'.
> It is not working for me. I know, barely, that one can create a custom Geany
> configuration file. Can one specify the correct behavior by file extension,
> and is that a good or best way?
> I notice on the Geany Plugin Wishlist this item (stale as it is):
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> Feature found in Slickedit: Tabs to spaces option should be file extension
> dependent (i.e. you might want it most of the time but not e.g. for the .mak
> file extension). (Tuesday, September 29, 2009)
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> For anyone who already knows, what is the state of affairs on this desirable
> functionality? What good is the 'Detect type from file' setting? My
> experiments have been fruitless.
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Generally I use Geany "projects" feature which lets you set the
indentation type for the whole project. If bringing in other files or
copy/pasting with the wrong indentation, I use `Document->Replace Tabs
with Spaces` (or vice versa) to correct the files.
Regards,
Matthew Brush
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