Indentwidth doesn't seem to be having the intended effect

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Hi everybody, indentwidth doesn’t seem to be having the intended effect.

I have installed the homebrew 2021.11.08 (or thereabouts) build after a long time not updating.

  • comment out my kakrc and autoload directory
  • load kak
  • set global indentwidth 4
  • set global tabstop 4
  • Insert, type ,
  • Expect the the tab to have created 4 spaces
  • Instead, it creates a tab character

I feel like I’m missing something obvious. Any ideas?

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The tabstop option changes the displayed width of tab characters that might occur in files you edit.

The indentwidth option changes the behaviour of the “increase indent” (>) and “decrease indent” (<) keys.

Neither option affects the behaviour of the Tab key, which (in Insert mode) just inserts a tab character.

If you want the Tab key to do other things (such as cycle through completions or indent/dedent the current line), you might want to try some of the recipes in the wiki:

Personally, I have the “Indentation and Tab handling — Through hooks” and “Use Tab for both indenting and completion” recipes in my kakrc.

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Perfect. Thanks!