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In Notepad++ I have set "replace tab with 2 spaces".
When coding in Python I copy-pasted some code from the web and it appeared indented correctly. But running the code resulted in indentation errors, which I solved in the end by removing all "visible" spaces at line beginnings and inserting the same amount of spaces again.
Could it be possible that Scintilla based Notepad++ does not show all special characters, but displays them as spaces? Is there a setting to fix this?
To convert existing tabs to spaces, press Edit->Blank Operations->TAB to Space.
If in the future you want to enter spaces instead of tab when you press tab key:
Settings->Preferences...->Language (since version 7.1) or Settings->Preferences...->Tab Settings (previous versions)Replace by spaceTab size field.
Update:
As of Notepad++ v7.6, use Plugin Admin to install JSTool per this answer
INSTALL
Download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsminnpp/ and copy JSMinNpp.dll to plugin directory of Notepad++. Or you can just install "JSTool" from Plugin Manager in Notepad++.
New Notepad++ install and where did PluginManager go? See How to view Plugin Manager in Notepad++
{
"menu" : {
"id" : "file",
"value" : "File",
"popup" : {
"menuitem" : [{
"value" : "New",
"onclick" : "CreateNewDoc()"
}, {
"value" : "Open",
"onclick" : "OpenDoc()"
}, {
"value" : "Close",
"onclick" : "CloseDoc()"
}
]
}
}
}
Tip: Select the code you want to reformat, then Plugins | JSTool | JSFormat.
Best Answer
Yes, it does. The way to enable this depends on your version of Notepad++. On newer versions you can use:
Menu View → Show Symbol → *Show All Characters`
or
Menu View → Show Symbol → Show White Space and TAB
(Thanks to bers' comment and bkaid's answers below for these updated locations.)
On older versions you can look for:
Menu View → Show all characters
or
Menu View → Show White Space and TAB