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Hi all, I am working on a project where I update existing code. A lot of the pl/sql code has tab characters in it... I just hate them  I'd like to replace the tabs with spaces, but I can not see where the tabs are, because they are not visible. Can PL/SQL Developer be expanded with a
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I have added this to the list of enhancement requests.
Marco Kalter
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This is a good request.
Here's something that can help until it is implemented. There are a some good freeware text editors that will convert tabs to spaces as well as show the tabs. For example, Crimson and ConText both do that. I've copied code to them, changed tabs to spaces and copied it back.
Of course, if the program is creating a tab delimited file or something, it wouldn't be so good to do, so just don't do it blindly!
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Another workaround for now:
Find a tab somewhere, and copy it. Go to Edit->Find... and paste the tab character in the "Find & Replace" dialog. Click "Search". Now you can use Edit->Repeat Last Find to find them all.
(Using shortcut keys is obviously faster, but I think I changed mine from the defaults so I didn't want to list them here.)
And yes, Thanks Marco!
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Great tips Mike & Worker,
I use UltraEdit32 for editing non pl/sql stuff, and it also has the
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What about a "Tabs to Spaces" menu option as UltraEdit has it? Another possible solution: If I have set my Preferences/Editor/Use tab charater=no, would it be a good idea if PL/SQL developer does an auto-convert when the file is loaded? Isn't that what we want to get rid of this tabs? :-) Patrick Check out my APEX-blog: http://inside-apex.blogspot.com
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It definitely needs to be an option. I used tab, not spaces... :-)
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Marko (or anyone at allroundautomations),
Is there a web page that lists the enhancements and/or fixes expected in the future versions or PL/SQL Developer?
It'd be very helpful to know that in advance.
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Hey guys, there is no need to autoconvert smth, I hate this stuff that happens not knowing it...
Use RexExp to do this:
for search use \t, for replace type how many spaces you need for one tab.
Be sure to enable RegExp feature.
regards
Kirurgs
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