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From: Alexander Senier <mail@senier.net>
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Subject: Re: Two miscellaneous questions about GPS : Ada indentation and
 then SPARK integration
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:26:07 +0200
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:20:45 +0200
Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57) <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> I have an expected behavior with the editor : in the configuration,
> Edit -> Preferences -> Editor -> Ada, I have disabled the check box
> =E2=80=9CUse tabulations=E2=80=9D, to not have tab characters and just sp=
aces. For =20
> =E2=80=9Ccontinuation lines=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9CRecord indentations=E2=80=
=9D, =E2=80=9CConditional
> continuation lines=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CDefault indentation=E2=80=9D, I =
have set 3 spaces,
> for all.
>=20
> Despite of that, when I hit the tab key, the editor still input a =20
> tabulation characters, moreover, this tabulation is 8 characters wide.
>=20
> The three spaces (with no tab characters), only occurs when the
> editor do automatic indent.
>=20
> Did I miss something in the configuration or is this the expected
> behavior ?

To get the desired behavior, you have to assign the tab key to the
"Editor -> Insert Tab With Spaces" action in the key shortcuts
dialog (Edit -> Key Shortcuts). At least in GPS 4.4.1 this substitutes
tabs by spaces also on manual indentations.

HTH
Alex