<![CDATA[Tabbing uses spaces with python]]>Whenever I try to tab in a python document, it instead places 4 spaces.
I know that spaces can be used instead of tabs but that is what I am accustomed to using.
What I am asking, is how to make notepad++ tab with the TAB character and not spaces

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23150/tabbing-uses-spaces-with-pythonRSS for NodeFri, 16 Oct 2026 04:47:58 GMTWed, 22 Jun 2022 20:10:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Tabbing uses spaces with python on Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:24:26 GMT]]>@alan-kilborn I have thought hard, I just hate indenting with spaces

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/77762https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/77762Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:24:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tabbing uses spaces with python on Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:15:00 GMT]]>@felix-vincent

Think hard about doing such a thing.
Industry recommended standard for Python is spaces, not tab characters.

If you really want to do it, here’s the UI for changing it that Peter referenced; you’d untick the Replace by space box:

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]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/77761https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/77761Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:15:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tabbing uses spaces with python on Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:13:17 GMT]]>@felix-vincent

Settings > Preferences > Language has the tab settings, both globally and on a per-language basis (so you would want to change the Python tab setting if you only want to affect Python source code tabs)

https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/preferences/#language

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/77760https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/77760Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:13:17 GMT