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Can TextMate show tab vs space characters?

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Tab characters are shown, but spaces are not. What's probably happening is that you have Soft tabs turned on, in which case the tabs are converted into spaces automatically.

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In this picture there is a tab character, new line, tab character, new line, soft tab, new line

See this thread for an explanation as to why spaces are not shown.

Here is where you can change soft/real tabs. alt text

I82Much 2010-08-04 01:05:45

so when "Soft Tabs" is on, then tabs are not shown as well? So to see them, choose the "Show Invisible" and also disable "Soft Tabs"?

動靜能量 2010-08-04 02:37:46

Soft tabs literally means that the tabs are converted into the equivalent number of spaces. So you won't see the tab character. If all you need to do is distinguish between tabs and spaces, then you're fine leaving it on or off - you'll be able to tell the difference either way

I82Much 2010-08-04 03:49:09

actually, i think it might have been a tab character that was there... and I think TextMate won't convert existing tab character into spaces, only new ones.

動靜能量 2010-08-04 05:57:21

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