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Bug 579601 - Preferences - Editor - Misc - Tab width allows only 4 or 1
Preferences - Editor - Misc - Tab width allows only 4 or 1
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: meld
Classification: Other
Component: general
1.2
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Stephen Kennedy
Stephen Kennedy
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-04-20 11:58 UTC by Mikko Rantalainen
Modified: 2009-06-17 19:56 UTC
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Description Mikko Rantalainen 2009-04-20 11:58:19 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
If I try to set this value to any other value (I'd prefer 8, which is the historial default value for tab width), the UI forces value to "1". 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Select two files to compare (I had to .ini files)
2. Select Edit - Preferences - Editor
3. Change Tab width under the Misc subheader to "8"
4. Click "Close"

Actual results:
Tab width is set to 1 and the editor is updated to show the results

Expected results:
Tab width is set to 8 and the editor is updated to show the results

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
The default value for setting Preferences - Editor - Misc - Tab width seems to be "4". If I have any other value (for example, if I set it to 8 via gconf-editor), opening the Preferences dialog at all always resets the value to "1". I'd prefer this setting to work correctly, but at least it should not reset the value I've set previously. Clicking the up-arrow next to the input in the preferences dialog does not increase the value.

$ dpkg-query --show meld
meld	1.2-0ubuntu1
Comment 1 Vincent Legoll 2009-04-20 18:22:51 UTC 
Could you please try with svn trunk or the brand new 1.3.0 ?

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/meld/1.3

I cannot reproduce with the latest codebase...
Comment 2 John Haxby 2009-06-17 18:14:24 UTC 
I can confirm that this bug is fixed in 1.3.

It's a shame that the default tab width doesn't match the rest of Linux/Unix though :-(