Save Tab Size for a specific language (different from default value)

Claudia Frank

normally this gets stored in langs.xml as attribute tabSettings but you are saying custom language
and this is confusing me.

Cheers
Claudia

zero0n3

Hello @Claudia-Frank
thanks for answer

yes i mean this (maybe i’m speaking about custom language def but it’s something else):
https://i.imgsafe.org/618b504744.jpg

As you can see i selected GMOD LUA (that is my custom language definition) i uncheck USE DEFAULT and then i setted 6 instead of 4 (default value)

When i close npp, if i re-open that setting i still have for GMOD LUA default checked

zero0n3

About custom language i mean this tab
https://i.imgsafe.org/619863478b.jpg

Claudia Frank

@zero0n3

sorry for the late response.

Did you check it the tabSettings attribute works?

Cheers
Claudia

zero0n3

Hello Claudia
how can i edit tabSetting attribute for a specific language?
thanks

Simon

zero0n3

If you mean tabSetting inside config.xml that is the dafult value i can see under menù Settings - Preferences - Tab Settings

If i change the default value it works good when i close and re-open npp but i don’t want to change the default value for ALL languages about tab spaces but only for a specific language and it seems i can do this but only until i close npp :(

Claudia Frank

Hello Simon,

If you mean tabSetting inside config.xml that is the dafult value i can see under menù Settings - Preferences - Tab Settings

yes and no, yes this attribute but no not in config.xml but in langs.xml.

You can add it to your language if it isn’t there so something like

<Language name="python" ext="py pyw" commentLine="#" tabSettings="136">

136 means 8 spaces wide tabs
132 means 4 space wide tabs

This is working for me.
Don’t ask me why it is 136 instead of 8 - no idea.

Cheers
Claudia

zero0n3

Thanks Claudia i used 134 because i need spacing by 6 (not 8 or 4).
Last question: can i also define in langs.xml to NOT replaceBySpace but using always tabs? Like inside Tab Settings in Preferences?

I tried to use replaceBySpace=“no”> inside langs.xml but not worked

thanks
regards

Simon

PeterJones

136 means 8 spaces wide tabs
132 means 4 space wide tabs
[…]
Don’t ask me why it is 136 instead of 8 - no idea.

I haven’t studied the code, but when I see a set of small numbers offset by 128 (136 = 128 + 8, and 132 = 128 + 4), I assume that the programmer encoded some flag into the 128’s bit.

zero0n3

Thanks Peter for your thinking
So you mean that if the number is greater than 128 could mean that 128 added is replaceBySpace = yes?

well i try to use only the value 6 instead of 128 + 6 :D

UPDATE
YESSSSS thanks Peter and Claudia for helping me!
it’s exactly as you (and me) told
128 + number means
replaceBySpace = yes

only the number of tabs i want means
replaceBySpace = no

so i used tabSettings=“6” and worked perfectly!

thanks again guys!

regards

Simon