When I press TAB in nano
editor, the cursor will jump with 8 spaces like this:
def square(x):
return x * x
def cube(y):
return y * y * y
how can I set the tab stop width to 4 spaces to display like this:
def square(x):
return x * x
def cube(y):
return y * y * y
Best Answer
If you use nano with a language like python (as in your example) it's also a good idea to convert tabs to spaces.
Edit your ~/.nanorc file (or create it) and add:
If you already got a file with tabs and want to convert them to spaces i recommend the
expand
command (shell):