Perl indent doesn't use space

Question

I am using Eclipse Luna. I have installed the Perl EPIC plugin. I want to indent 4 spaces instead of TAB.

I have checked Window -> Preferences -> General -> Editors -> Text Editors -> Insert spaces for tabs, but still when there is need to auto indent a new line, Eclipse still indents with TAB instead of spaces.

How do I change it so EPIC will use spaces instead of tabs for indentation in Perl files?

Editor formatters usually have specific settings which override the General. For Java you find them under Java->Code style->Formatter. I imagine it's something similar for Perl — blgt
Thanks for your reply, but there is no formatter for perl and I have changed Java->Code style->formatter to Space only, but still no help to the perl indention — Amy
it is strange, when I click TAB, it does replaced by 4 spaces, but when I need to auto-indent, the script is indented by a TAB not 4 spaces — Amy

drew010 drew010 · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01T16:52:45

Late answer but I ran into the same issue, found this post, and subsequently how to change the formatting settings for Perl EPIC in Eclipse.

From the main IDE workspace, click the Window menu and then choose Preferences.
Scroll down to Perl EPIC and expand it in the tree.
Click the Editor entry.
In the right panel under the Appearance tab, you can change your preferences for Insert tabs/spaces on indent and whether or not to use spaces instead of tabs.

Perl indent doesn't use space

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