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Forum => newLISP newS => Topic started by: kinghajj on September 04, 2007, 11:40:25 PM

Title: problem with tabs in newlisp-edit/newlisp-gs
Post by: kinghajj on September 04, 2007, 11:40:25 PM

the newlisp-gs editor does not interpret tabs well. instead of defining a tab to look like 1, 2, 3 or 4 spaces, it seems to use a number above 1.5 but below 2. This is not very aesthetic, and I think that this number should be user-specified in the settings file.



The first function uses tabs, while the second uses spaces.



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By the way, what is the official name of this new editor? In windows it's called newlisp-GS, but in Linux it is newlisp-edit.

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Post by: Jeff on September 05, 2007, 04:53:47 AM

I've noticed this too; spaces/tabs appear to be variable width, even when the font is fixed width.

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Post by: Lutz on September 05, 2007, 08:02:47 AM

Because of the nature if the underlying Java JTtextPane control the tab size must be given in points. This can be edited in the configuration file with Tools/Edit Settings from the menu. Save and restart the editor after editing.



The default is:

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(set 'currentTabsize 16)



Lutz



ps: the name is newLISP-edit. newLISP-GS is the name of the whole newLISP/Java/Libray system where GS stands for guiserver.

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Post by: Jeff on September 05, 2007, 08:05:14 AM

Shouldn't setting the font alter that then?  Take the points on the font and multiply by the tab-size (or whatever that is set in)?

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Post by: kinghajj on September 05, 2007, 03:16:13 PM

I use the font DejaVu Sans Mono at 16pt, and for me having the tab at 20pt looks perfect. Thanks for the tip, Lutz.