Hi,
I have now purchased Rapid PHP (didnā€™t need ASP or SSI support so didnā€™t need WeBuilder).
One quick question, how do I force it to always use tabs? At the moment you can click like two characters into the line (the tab size is set to 4) and it will allow you to add some text in half way through a tab, makes no sense. Also when you highlight text for some reason it lets you highlight whatā€™s looks like individual spaces at the beginning of the line, even though there are only tab characters there.
Basically I want it to always put the cursor and the beginning or end of the nearest tab (depending on where you click/drag).
BTW. I have ā€Convert tabs to spacesā€¯ turned off, so is this a bug?
Thanks,
Jack
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chrisjlocke
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Well, thatā€™s just what the option is called "Convert tabs to spaces". I agree that if there were spaces you should be able to click anywhere in them, but thatā€™s not whatā€™s happening.
If i start in a completely blank document (no spaces or tabs or anything) and hit the tab key, i get a tab character (equivalent to four space characters in size), and if i was to hit the left arrow key once, the cursor will move back to the beginning of the line. However, if i click somewhere in the space that should be taken up entirely by one tab character, it inserts the text cursor wherever I clicked (rather than placing it at the end of the tab), and will allow me to type something in from that point, therefore, allowing me to type halfway into a tab character.
If i start in a completely blank document (no spaces or tabs or anything) and hit the tab key, i get a tab character (equivalent to four space characters in size), and if i was to hit the left arrow key once, the cursor will move back to the beginning of the line. However, if i click somewhere in the space that should be taken up entirely by one tab character, it inserts the text cursor wherever I clicked (rather than placing it at the end of the tab), and will allow me to type something in from that point, therefore, allowing me to type halfway into a tab character.
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Hi,
I would like the option to force tabs, or at least options on Save to either convert each N spaces to a tab or simply strip all leading spaces.
I like indented code when I'm programming, but having spaces padding all the lines makes the files that much bigger and slower to run.
- possibly have separate 'space strip' options for save to file & save to FTP? That would keep both the editability and optimise speed at the server.
I would like the option to force tabs, or at least options on Save to either convert each N spaces to a tab or simply strip all leading spaces.
I like indented code when I'm programming, but having spaces padding all the lines makes the files that much bigger and slower to run.
- possibly have separate 'space strip' options for save to file & save to FTP? That would keep both the editability and optimise speed at the server.
Robert Jenkins
Yeah, although i donā€™t think there should be a need to convert N spaces to tabs or anything, i think there is just a bug in Rapid PHP.
When you uncheck the "Convert tabs to spaces" option and then hit the tab key in the editor it should put in a tab character (which it dose) but then after that the tab character should act just like a tab in any other program, i.e. it is one character, it cant be split in half, and if you click half way through it the cursor should go to the end of it.
The problem i mentioned must be a bug, i hope they fix it in the next update.
When you uncheck the "Convert tabs to spaces" option and then hit the tab key in the editor it should put in a tab character (which it dose) but then after that the tab character should act just like a tab in any other program, i.e. it is one character, it cant be split in half, and if you click half way through it the cursor should go to the end of it.
The problem i mentioned must be a bug, i hope they fix it in the next update.