Show tab as a displayed character

[marc wilson]

I’m using a language where the tab is a displayed character instead of moving the cursor position.

How can I set a file so that it displays a chosen character when I press tab?

[PeterJones]

@marc-wilson

View > View Spaces and Tabs will let you see when there is an actual tab character – it will have a stretchy right-arrow

[marc wilson]

@peterjones Yeah; the thing is, when I press “tab”, I want it to insert a visible tab that takes up only one space.

But only for that language…

[Alan Kilborn]

@marc-wilson

Well, you can set that up, for a given language, here: