How can I stay tab-free in Geany on Ubuntu?

Question

How can I stay tab free in Geany on Ubuntu?

When I am coding in Python, tabs have always annoyed me. And the TAB is invisible. So strange.

When I open my code by

Answer 1

Here's another tip I like that works in almost any editor. Enable view whitespace, and never get confused again about what's in the file:

Preferences > Editor > Display > ✔ Show Whitespace

Then restart Geany.

I use the the syntax highlighting features to make these symbols very subtle, a low contrast greyscale, so one has to look to see them. The tab is still somewhat easy to see in scintilla editors because it it will be a multi-character long arrow.