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    • James DunnJ
      James Dunn
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      Is there a way to replace the 3 spaces with tab character without visiting each line and manually replacing them. Thanks.

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      • PeterJonesP
        PeterJones
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        Edit > Blank Operations > Space to TAB (all) or Space to TAB (leading) might do what you want.

        Otherwise, a regular expression could do it

        • find \x20{3} replace \t – anywhere in the line
        • find ^\x20{3} replace \t – only at the beginning

        If you’ve got more than one group of three spaces, the regex would have to be adjusted, whereas the Space to TAB should handle that automatically.

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        • Alan KilbornA
          Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
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          @PeterJones said in spaces tabs:

          Edit > Blank Operations > Space to TAB (all) or Space to TAB (leading) might do what you want.

          Might is very accurate with this method. It will depend upon your setting for how many spaces a tab represents, found in the Preferences. The regular expression replacement method will work without regard to any setup.

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          • James DunnJ
            James Dunn @PeterJones
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            @PeterJones Space to Tab (leading) took care almost all of them. Thanks.

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            • James DunnJ
              James Dunn @Alan Kilborn
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              @Alan-Kilborn Space to Tab (leading) took care almost all of them. Space to tab (all) works as well. Thanks.

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              • Alan KilbornA
                Alan Kilborn @James Dunn
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                @James-Dunn said in spaces tabs:

                Space to Tab (leading) took care almost all of them. Space to tab (all) works as well.

                If it works then it must be that you have a setting of 3 spaces for each tab in your Preferences.

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