tabstospaces always set to true for no reason in .py files

[halsten-dev]

Description of the problem or steps to reproduce

Don't really know for sure but it happens when I open .py files in micro and I execute the :

show tabstospaces

It returns true. Then I execute

set tabstospaces false

If I execute the show again this time it returns false. I execute a retab

If I quit micro after saving, and open the same file again and execute the previous show it will returns true again.

I even tried to fix the "tabstospaces" to false inside the file ~/.config/micro/settings.json with this syntax :

{ "*.py": { "tabstospaces": false } }

I was unable to find help sorry if I missed the solution somewhere.

Thanks for your help. Micro is amazing thanks for the great work too.

Specifications

Version: 2.0.10
Commit hash: b976385
Compiled on August 07, 2021

OS: MacOs 11.5.1
Terminal: zsh

[dmaluka]

There is a built-in ftoptions plugin which overrides some options depending on the file type, e.g. forces tabstospaces=true for Python and tabstospaces=false for Go.

The easiest option for you is just to disable this plugin:

set ftoptions false

[halsten-dev]

Thanks for your answer that helps a lot.

Is there a way to configure this plugin ? this could be interesting.

But I can't understand why this plugin to this for python by default because it is well known that python need tabs.

[dmaluka]

It's a very simple plugin with hardcoded option settings: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/runtime/plugins/ftoptions/ftoptions.lua

It is compiled into micro, however you can override it without recompiling by copying the runtime/plugins/ftoptions directory from micro source to your ~/.config/micro/plug and modifying ftoptions.lua.
Well... I've been thinking that ~/.config/micro/plug/ftoptions would override the compiled-in plugin, but I see it doesn't: looks like both copies of the plugin are loaded, with no guarantee that ~/.config/micro/plug/ftoptions will take precedence. It seems worth fixing.
Anyway, you can name it e.g. ~/.config/micro/plug/ftoptions2 and set ftoptions false to ensure that only your ftoptions2 takes effect.

But I can't understand why this plugin to this for python by default because it is well known that python need tabs.

I'm not at all familiar with Python but a brief googling suggests that the recommended indent style for Python is 4 spaces.

[halsten-dev]

Indeed sorry I was confused. Actually it's heavily debated.

This being said you gave me a good solution that allows me to continue using Micro, thanks for that !

Have a nice day