0000277: Tab spacing in Editor fixed at 2 and tab characters are not "converted" opening script. - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000277	Inno Script Studio	General	public	2012-04-16 09:21	2012-06-27 13:05

Reporter	DutchGemini	Assigned To	timchilvers
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	acknowledged	Resolution	open
Product Version
Target Version		Fixed in Version

Summary	0000277: Tab spacing in Editor fixed at 2 and tab characters are not "converted" opening script.
Description	When opening a script containing {tab} characters, the spacing in the Editor is fixed at 2 characters. In other editors this can be customized and is usually 4 characters (eg. VBA and Notepad++) while Notepad.exe uses a fixed 8 character position. So when you open a script made with another editor, the alignment of your code can be messed up. The Tools > Options settings "Convert tabs to spaces" works only when hitting [Tab] in the editor but does not parse {tab} characters already in the script (should this also occur? for consistency I'd say 'yes'). The "Tab width" can only be set when explicitly converting tabs to spaces, but it should be used also for parsing the tab position to the desired spacing, that is, to the next multiple of the number given, independent of any conversion. Concurrently, the Auto-indent feature indents with spaces and not using {tab} characters (as does for instance Notepad++) even though I do not convert tabs with spaces.
Steps To Reproduce	Having set the option not to transform tabs in spaces, insert a {TAB} character at the beginning of a line in the script: the cursor will move to the next odd column (i.e. 3, a +2 over the previous position '1').
Additional Information	IMHO, a) Tab positions should be customizable independent of the "conversion" setting b) When set to convert tabs to spaces, it should convert tabs opening scripts (but not mark the file as modified otherwise it would trigger a 'Save' message when closing the file without additional changes) c) indenting must occur using a suitable combination of tabs and spaces to fill up the gap with the lowest amount of characters (like in Notepad++) and only use spaces when explicitly having set "convert to spaces"
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-04-16 09:21	DutchGemini	New Issue
2012-05-08 15:35	timchilvers	Assigned To	=> timchilvers
2012-05-08 15:35	timchilvers	Status	new => assigned
2012-06-27 13:05	timchilvers	Status	assigned => acknowledged