[Tex/LaTex] way to set the tab length in any other unit than pixels in TeXworks

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OK, this might be more for http://superuser.com, but I guess I should give it a try here:

So, I use TeXworks from the TeXLive repo. Or at least, I started to, since I need to have a LaTeX suite installed on Windows. I used TeXLive for Windows, it comes with TeXworks. The only editor I'm used to, is Vim. TeXworks seems to be a good editor, though.

Now, the way it treats indentation, is really weird. I can set the Tab length in pixel. In other words, I can assign a width in pixel for every tab character:
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What I would like, though, is a tab size in characters. And most importantly: I need the tab key to produce spaces. I am one of those people, that use two or four (depending on the language) spaces, instead of tabs. Is that possible with TeXworks?

In case it's not possible, I'm going to have to ditch TeXworks for Notepad++.

Best Answer

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:

LaTeX Editors/IDEs

In that list, Vim is included, as it has very good LaTeX support. There's a version for Windows, I believe.

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