Is it possible to type the tab character in the TexWorks find window
without needing to create a tab character elsewhere and then copy paste it in?
[Tex/LaTex] TexWorks: Find `tab` character
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In the below screenshot you can see how I configured Texworks to put aux files into the directory "test". The command to add is -aux-directory=.\test or any other directory. You have to create the directory manually, I think.
This is a currently open feature request for TeXworks, so as of this time, there is no way to change the tabs to spaces.
There are other editors for Windows that have good LaTeX support. See:
In that list, Vim is included, as it has very good LaTeX support. There's a version for Windows, I believe.
Best Answer
Depending on the operating system it can be possible; it isn't on Mac OS X (no Linux box available now and no Windows at all).
Instead, use regular expressions, which is possible by checking the appropriate option
This should teach everybody about never using TAB in TeX files.
;-)