Changing editor tab settings

You can change the editor tab stops to suit the requirements of the document you are working on.

In LPEX editor applications that provide preference pages, you can customize tabs from the Tabs preference page. 

1. Select the Tabs preference page.
2. In the Tab stops field, specify specific column positions in which you want tab stops to appear.  For example, if you want tab stops at columns 1, 3, and 5, enter the following:

   1 3 5

3. Specify a tab increment span in the Tab increment field.  For example, a value of 4 would cause a tab stop to be placed at every fourth character position following the last tab stop defined in the Tab stops field.
4. Optional:  If you want the editor to display the tab characters expanded to the correct column positions, select Display tab characters expanded.
5. Click Apply or OK to apply the tab settings to the editor.

You can also modify tab settings with the set tabs and set expandTabs commands.  The settings will be in effect in the current view during the current edit session.  For example:

set tabs 1 3 5 every 4
set expandTabs on 

set default.tabs 1 3 5 every 4
set default.expandTabs on 

Note:  Certain document parsers set their own tab stop positions, overriding the default editor settings.

Issuing editor commands

tabs parameter
expandTabs parameter

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