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Re: A way to get half-decent tabs in an RB EditField

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Subject: Re: A way to get half-decent tabs in an RB EditField
From: "Craig A. Finseth" <fin at finseth dot com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:59:19 -0500 (CDT)
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   Finally, does anybody else think that simple tab stops of about 4 "m"'s
   width would be a great addition to the EditField?  We don't need the
   EditField to turn into a word processor, but this one addition would
   really open up a whole new set of applications for it (like editing
   code!).  Or, failing that, should the EditField at least draw the tab
   character wider, as this hack makes it do?

Definitely: I've had to work around the lack of tab character display
support a number of times.

Width should be multiples of "n" (en space) and, of course, need to
align with the left edge of the text (or right edge on right-to-left
scripts).

Width should also be settable: 8 is very much a standard width, too.
I've also used 5 and 10 in various places.

Craig
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