Space instead of TABS Issue, when opening files via SFTP

schlaubstar

Dear community,
I have a strange issue and I am lost.
I have an RaspberryPI on which I develop python3.
I connect to the Raspberry using WinSCP and the SFTP protocol - from my stationary as well as my notebook
Notebook and stationary PC run Windows 10 x64

When I am editing files on my stationary PC : Everything is as expected and like anyone of you knows Notepad’s++ behavior, when editing Python files, but on my notebook the opened python files show a line Ending of LF only, while it shows CR+LF on my stationary PC and, more annoying: When I press tab on the stationary PC I receive a TAB (indicated by the arrow) in the text - but on my notebook, I receive four spaces.

I did already check Preferences - Language > Replace by space is not set on both devices,
Encoding is UTF8 on both devices …

The interesting part: If I copy the content of the file via clipboard into a new, empty tab: Everything works fine: a TAB press results in a TAB in the file (no spaces).

If I save the new file on the Raspberry and re-open it, the Line-Ending seem correct (now CR+LF) but Tab-presses are again converted into spaces.

Any ideas what is wrong or how I could fix this behavior?

Update: I found out, that it is the pre-selected language causing the behavior. If I select Python as Language, TABs are inserted as spaces (on the notebook only). If I change the language to “normal text” the highlighting is broken but Tabs work as expected. Any Ideas how to fix this so TABs work with Python highlighting?

PeterJones

@schlaubstar ,

When looking at the Settings > Preferences > Language > Tabs , did you just compare the default setting, or did you compare the Python-specific setting as well. Because your description sounds like the Python tab settings are different.

Alan Kilborn

@schlaubstar said in Space instead of TABS Issue, when opening files via SFTP:

on my notebook the opened python files show a line Ending of LF only, while it shows CR+LF on my stationary PC

Are you sure you are opening the same file in both cases, not a duplicate in one case?

Because, this wouldn’t depend upon any Notepad++ setting, it would depend only upon file content.

Raspberry Pi is a Linux file system, so if the file you are opening originates there, it would have LF line-endings. But tools that might bring it to your PC for editing might convert line-endings…which would I’d think be restored when the file is updated to the Pi. But…this is just how I’d think it would work (in other words, could be wrong).