“Smart tabs” sound better, a quick look at configuration files for both vim
and sublime text
:
Vim
---
noexpandtab
tabstop
smartindent
smarttab
Sublime Text
------------
tab_size
translate_tabs_to_spaces
use_tab_stops
...
smarttab
in vim is used to respect <BS>
character in some circumstances. For example if a tab key is to insert 4 spaces, a <BS>
will delete 4 spaces if it is performed after smartindent
/expandtab
inserts 4 spaces in front of a line.
In the case of EpicEditor, we are combining some of these features into one option:
- Enable tab key (and shift-tab);
- Don't expand tab to spaces (and use css: tab-size instead) – I think expansion of tabs could be useful, but may introduce too many options/variables. But it is something we can discuss: my position is to keep it simple, at least for this first implementation. But I will experiment with this, keen to see how this will work;
- By enabling tab key, we introduce smart indentation (rule where previous lines' indentation is respected).
What I can do is try and experiment with internal options such as smartIndentation
, smartTabs
, expandTab
and see how they pull up together. I am quite keen on seeing how others implement this first.
We can always change the name later on. I'll keep it as smartTabs
for now.
I like
insertText
. And totally makes sense aboutgetSelection
. Having tried working with it working with selections is hard and IE vs other browsers handle each differently. A standardized set of tools to handle selections for developers using the API would be awesome.No rush! Do what you can when you want :)