[Fwd: Re: inserting spaces for a tab from sLisp]

[Arnold W. <awi...@te...>]

Sorry, forgot to ensure this went to the list

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Subject: Re: inserting spaces for a tab from sLisp
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:39:29 -0800
From: Arnold Wiegert <awi...@te...>
To: Thiago F.G. Albuquerque <tf...@te...>
References: <420...@te...> 
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Thiago F.G. Albuquerque wrote:
> 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.
> 
Since it appears that lisp functions such as cmcNewLine use smart
indenting, I expected/hoped that the other 'features' such as tab/space
replacement etc. should also be taken into account.

Arnold
> [],
> Thiago
>