Slickedit incorrectly replacing tabs with spaces

[DaveyC]

I got pulled up on a pull request because Slickedit is replacing tabs with spaces even when I have configured it not to. This is C++ code

[DaveyC]

Here's my options

[patrick]

With a C++ file up, go to Tools -> Beautify -> Edit Current Profile, and in the dialog that pops up, go to Indent -> General, and make sure "Indent with tabs" is on.  That's the setting used when editing code, or when a section of code gets reformatted due to alias expansion, etc...

If that is turned on, then go ahead and post your user.cfg.xml file from your configuration directory.  There are some features like Adaptive Formatting, and configuration file support that can override that setting, but getting the config file is probably faster than sending you to several places in the config dialogs.

[DaveyC]

Just to clarify my problem this is only happen at save. The options I posted were save options. My formatting options are to use spaces and not tab but I do not want to convert tabs the spaces on save as it pollutes the file history with changes I had not intention of making.

[DaveyC]

Attached user.cfg.xml

[Clark]

You have "Expand all tabs to spaces" turned on specifically for C++. (Tools>Options>Languages>Application Languages>C/C++/File Options). This overrides the global File Option settings you posted. Change that back to "Default" or "Do not expand tabs to spaces".

[DaveyC]

Thanks! Will that mess with my formatting options when I want to expand tabs to spaces for a specific line of code. I only require this for not modifying code that I haven't changed when I save.

[Clark]

This option doesn't effect your editing formatting options but this option can potentially change all indent from tabs to spaces when you save.

[DaveyC]

That's my problem! I want to change tabs to spaces when I edit but not when I save!

We have a large code base and there is a mix of spaces and tabs. When I change code and submit a PR I don't want to replace lines of code that
I haven't changed because it upsets people who are reviewing the code.

[jc44]

Like "Strip trailing spaces" that option has a setting for "Only modified lines" - just click on the setting and change it to "only modified lines"

[DaveyC]

Perfect! That does exactly what I want.