TAB

[Ken Cheek]

It seems that I'm unable to configure the TAB key to work as I think it should or as it did in previous versions. When I set tabulation to be at 2 spaces, it actually does one. After that it then does 2. Am I to assume that it actually goes to a tab stop rather than just going two spaces each time for TAB?

KC

[Andreas]

Yes. If you set your tab size to n, you have then tabstops at column n, 2n, 3n, 4n ...
tab derives from tabulator, it is meant for creating tables *) so it does not fill in a number of spaces but brings you to the next column.

*) since at least the good old mechanical typewriters. I have one at home, it has a ruler with 80 "buttons" which you can push in. If you press tab on that machine, the paper is transported to the next button instead of the next character position.

Andreas

[Ken Cheek]

Hmm, so no way to set TAB up so that I can keep indentation while using TAB in the current version? The reason I ask is that older versions would allow setting TAB independent of "tab stops", This worked great for programming where indentation is paramount.

KC

[Andreas]

You can still set individual tab stops for each document class, like having tabstops at positions 7,8 and 12 for cobol...
Look at Tabulation in your document class under Configure/Preferences

Andreas