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Why TextMate doesn't replace tabs with spaces?

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Mar 15, 202610890 views
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Problem

I'm using the option in TextMate, but my files still contain characters instead of "4-spaces". This is how it works: I open a file, it contains s I turn on the option I save the file. Nothing is changed, the file is still full of s. What am I doing wrong?

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Soft Tabs

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Fix for: Why TextMate doesn't replace tabs with spaces?

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TextMate does not change your entire document based on such a preference. It is across document boundaries, so just the act of opening a file would change nearly every single line in it. Your colleague who always read the VCS change logs would want …

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