PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1767
  VERSION  :  3.1
       OS  :  DOS, WIN
     DATE  :  January 11, 1994                         PAGE  :  1/1

    TITLE  :  Converting hard tabs to soft tabs




  The BC++ IDE allows the use of either hard tabs (Ctrl-I) or
  spaces to indent text, depending on the setting of the editor
  options <Use Tabs> and <Optimal Fill>.  If the tab spacing is set
  to a number other than 8, and tab characters are present in the
  file, then the file will usually not appear as designed when
  printed to a printer or displayed in Turbo Debugger.  This
  problem can be corrected by ensuring that hard tab characters are
  not used in the file.  To convert all existing hard tabs to
  spaces, follow these instructions:

  With the cursor at the top of the souce file,:

  1. Invoke Find and Replace (Ctrl-QA or Alt-S R).

  2. At the Text to find prompt, press Ctrl-P Ctrl-I; this enters a
     literal Ctrl-I, which is the equivilent of a tab character.

  3. At the New text prompt, enter as many spaces as you normally
     use to indent your code.

  4. Turn off the Prompt on replace option.

  5. Turn on the From cursor option. 6. To initiate the tab
     replacement, select Change All.

  If you have only converted hard tabs to soft for a print
  operation and do not want to save the soft tabs permanently in
  the source file, select Alt-F | Print to print the file, then
  close the source file window but answer No to the subsequent save
  file prompt.  If you no longer want the IDE to use hard tabs when
  indenting your code, you can permanently shut this off by going
  to Options | Environment | Editor and turning off the options
  <Use Tab Character> and <Optimal Fill>.

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