From: Bob Batson (rcb@KC.RR.COM)
Date: 27 Oct 00, 07:33 EST
From: Bob Batson <rcb@KC.RR.COM> Subject: THANKS!! (Was Re: "Tabs to Spaces" beneath Text menu) At 2:53 AM -0600 10/26/00, Vince Darley wrote: >I think you want to set the 'indent using spaces only' preference in the >'electrics' preferences page. Also you need to understand that Alpha uses >both 'tab size' and 'indentation amount'. The former is (approximately) >the physical screen distance which Alpha will use to visually represent >the ascii tab character (ascii 0x9 I think) whenever it occurs in your >document. The latter is the screen distance in characters Alpha uses for >code indentation purposes (most code these days as nested sections >indented by the screen equivalent of 4 spaces to the right). [snip] Thanks! -- Bob Batson L 39 12 14 N 94 33 16 W rcb@kc.rr.com Kansas City TCS - Mystic Fire Priest USDA Zone 5 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Under the most controlled conditions, the experimental apparatus will do exactly as it pleases.