Re: [gedit-list] Tab to space expansion

[Steve Frécinaux <nudrema gmail com>]

On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 16:43 +0800, M. Arshad Khan wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I recently upgraded my system from FC5 to FC6. The gedit version bundled 
> with FC6 is 2.15.9. One problem I noticed is that even though I have set 
> the editor preference to insert spaces instead of tabs, the text still 
> contains tabs.  There doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of tabs 
> except to insert spaces manually. I compiled and tested the latest 
> stable release (2.18.2) but the problem persists. Any help to solve this 
> issue is very much appreciated.

Did you try it on several files or on only one ? Because the modeline
plugin can override your settings if the file contains directives about
formatting.