Re: inserting spaces for a tab from sLisp

[Thiago F.G. A. <tf...@te...>]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Arnold Wiegert wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> I've just tried to work some  more on my lisp macros - macros.slp - as a 
> replacement for pseudo macros and I'm trying to use the InsertText function 
> to insert spaces using a "\t" string.

(InsertText "\t") inserts a real tab.

> It works, but I was hoping it would take a hint from the editor setup which 
> calls for using spaces in place of tabs to keep things lined up.
>
> Is there (another) way to do this and get spaces - the number of spaces set 
> in the Tool&Ops->Options->GlobalEdition->TabSize field?

AFAIK, no.

One possible solution to this would be to create a new sLisp command, e.g. 
(GetTabSize). But currenlty, there is no such thing.

[],
Thiago

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