elastic tabs

[oxman]

+1

[adzenith]

Here it is:
https://github.com/SublimeText/ElasticTabstops

NOTES

• You can't use the stock undo/redo/soft undo/soft redo commands, and instead need to use the wrappers that I've created for them (in the same file as the plugin). This is because undo and redo trigger on_modified, and on_modified is where this plugin does all of its processing. So every time you undo, the plugin will redo what you just undid, effectively taking away your ability to undo. My wrapper functions warn my plugin that an undo is coming so that it stands down.
• Because you can't change the width of individual tabstops in Sublime Text, this plugin works by inserting spaces in front of tabs in order to align text. This has the benefit of making your files 100% compatible with editors that don't support elastic tabstops, but adds a couple of quirks to the behavior of the plugin that pretty much can't be worked around.
• You'll need to be indenting with tabs.

Let me know of any questions or comments!

Edit: updated link.

[oxman]

Thanks but it don't work for me
Nothing happen.

And I want the same plugin work with space indentation.
And elastic tabstop in real time when I write.

Thanks for your work

[adzenith]

The elasticity does in fact happen in real time.
I want the same plugin with space indentation too, but it's approximately impossible given Sublime Text's API right now—with spaces you have to guess intent, whereas with tabs you just have to count tabs, and Sublime Text's API doesn't tell you what changes have been made to a buffer (it just tells you that changes have been made), so it's hard to guess what's going on.

In terms of the plugin not working, can you give me more info? Are your files using tabs for indentation? Is the plugin loading correctly? etc.
You can run this for a little info:

Code: Select all

import sublime_plugin
sublime_plugin.all_callbacks.items()

[oxman]

If you like this feature, please vote up : http://sublimetext.userecho.com/topic/1 ... p-feature/

[oxman]

up

[lencioni]

If anybody is looking for the elastic tab stops code, it apparently has moved to https://github.com/SublimeText/ElasticTabstops

[GMath]

Before SublimeText, I needed this feature. But now, I just use multi-select..

[adzenith]

I guess I don't really see how one substitutes for the other. I use multi-select and elastic tabstops together and it's fantastic.

[tobia]

This does not work at all with a proportional font!

PS: I had not realized this thread was old. But it's still not working!