I like QEdit a lot but this one problem with tabs is driving me batty...
First off, there appears to be a bug with the tabs: When I type the tab
character (ASCII decimal 9 [Alt-9]) in the Replace menu and proceed to
replace all Ascii Alt-9's with a space, and set the options to "No
prompting", I get the "Changing...." prompt and then QEdit freezes up -
everytime! When I do the same with prompting, and I say "Yes" to replace
the tab character, it won't do it, it will freeze up on that command,
but it will allow you to say "No".
I have tried setting ALL options in General and Advanced that have
anything to do with tabs (ie. AutoIndent, Sticky AutoIndent, Remove
trailing blanks, etc.) to "NO" in the hopes that one of these options is
screwing things up.
The reason I need to remove the tabs from my files is because they wreak
havoc on the formatting when loaded in other programs. Funny thing is, I
never even entered tabs in the first place! Another funny thing is that
the Global Replace with No Prompting will work in replacing tab
characters with spaces when I use the ToggleTabsOut command (the Alt-V
cmd where you get to see those nasty tab characters!). However, when it
does a global replace, it strangely does not remove all of those
characters!
It only removes a number at a time, and then when you repeat the same
command, it removes a few more, and then you repeat, and then a few more
until...
finally all tab characters are removed! The fun begins when I try
inserting spaces with the space bar in the TabsOut mode (where you see
the tab char.'s), the tabs are automatically inserted again! If I type
spaces in the regular mode (where tab char.'s are hidden) it looks fine,
except when I load it into another program, my formatting is all screwed
up and those tab char.'s are back again! Also, as soon as I do
ToggleTabsOut they show up again. I simply can not get rid of tab
characters no matter what it seems!
I'm using QEdit 2.15v but I seem to recall having the same problem with
v3.x. Does anybody know what's happening hear and how to edit a text
file without QEdit automatically inserting hidden tab characters
everytime you type a blank space? Thanks.
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