tab-size

I'm using Emacs as an editor. I want to set the tab size to four spaces. In my .emacs file I have the following: (setq default-tab-width 4) I've also tried: (set-default tab-width 4) Either way, when I open emacs and try to tab, it inserts two spaces. Am I doing something wrong? It almost seems like its not seeing my .emacs file. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks! The tab-width variable doesn't determine the amount of indenting per level, and the TAB key doesn't insert a tab: it indents the current line to the correct indentation level in most language modes. If you're programming in C, C

I'm using notepad++ (v6.5.3) and I constantly have to change the size of the tab for viewing some results. Not that it's taking me a lot of time to do it manually everytime, but it would be great if I could optimize that. Is there a way to do so? Would a macro be the solution, or are they just for typing stuff? Thanks a lot! Ok, there's an easy way how you can achieve this - I have tested it right now: Install AutoHotKey (or start portable version which runs without installation) In Windows 7 and above, ensure you launched AutoHotKey as Administrator (otherwise you get inconsistencies in its

When I view files on GitHub, tabs appear as 8 spaces. Example: Is that possible to change this configuration to 2 or 4 spaces? nulltoken Update Yes . As stated by mortenpi, this can be done by through an additional query parameter. See his answer for more details. Original answer Is that possible to change this configuration to 2 or 4 spaces? No. It's only available as part of the editing feature through the Ace editor and the change is not persisted. This blog post gives some more information about the embedded IDE. However, provided you know the url of the blob (file) you're willing to