Everytime I open a file in gedit, I have to change again the tab with from 8 to 4, as I prefer it.
Is there any configuration file where I can make 4 the default tab width?
asked Oct 3, 2011 at 17:02
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In gedit's menu, go to Edit -> Preferences. When the "gedit Preferences" window pops up, click on the "Editor" tab, and you'll be able to change the Tab Width setting.
answered Oct 3, 2011 at 18:00
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1@Flimm: In Gedit in Gnome 3, you can find the preferences dialog by clicking on the top bar of the screen, next to "Activities". Aug 9, 2019 at 7:53
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@Flimm: There is for me. Menu > Preferences > Editor > Tab Stops > Tab width. Looks much like the screenshot jrg posted in his answer. I have got Gedit 3.28.1 (as it came with Ubuntu 18.04). Aug 18, 2019 at 13:49
For GNOME 3, go here
GNOME 2
Go to Edit > Preferences in gedit. Then, switch to the Editor tab:
Edit those preferences to your hearts content.
(Please excuse the ugly GTK theme, the latest Oneiric updates broke my XFCE themes)
Open Terminal and type:
gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor tabs-size 4
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1Thank you! This answer works in the latest version of Gedit in GNOME 3.– FlimmMay 30, 2019 at 13:22
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1Also you need this if you want to edit Python scripts:
gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor insert-spaces trueIt tellsgeditto use spaces instead of tabs. Dec 1, 2019 at 20:35 -
I found the
insert-spaceswithgsettings list-recursively org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor | grep space. Dec 1, 2019 at 20:48 -
For auto indentation:
gsettings org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor auto-indent trueDec 1, 2019 at 21:05