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elethan
elethan

Reputation: 16993

Pycharm converts whitespace and won't convert back

I am having an issue with Pycharm where certain files tracked by git will show up as having been modified when I haven't done anything but visit the file. Usually the modifications are tabs being changed to spaces or vice-versa, or tabs being added to/removed from empty lines. Once this kind of modification is made, I can't seem to roll back the changes no matter what I do. I have "keep indents on empty lines" set everywhere it can be set in settings, but Pycharm will still remove indents on some empty lines, and even when I re-add them or revert local changes to the document, as soon as I navigate away from the file it will show as modified again, and the tabs have once again been removed...I assume this is something that I am doing unknowingly, or a setting that I have set rather than a bug in Pycharm, but it is driving me crazy! Any ideas how to solve this issue?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2847

Answers (2)

gseattle
gseattle

Reputation: 1022

To keep PyCharm from removing whitespace, do this:

Change INDENT_TO_CARET_ON_PASTE to false in editor.xml if it exists, that worked for me ...

<application>
  <component name="CodeInsightSettings">
    <option name="REFORMAT_ON_PASTE" value="1" />
    <option name="INDENT_TO_CARET_ON_PASTE" value="false" />
  </component>
  <component name="EditorSettings">
    <option name="IS_VIRTUAL_SPACE" value="true" />
    <option name="STRIP_TRAILING_SPACES" value="None" />
  </component>
</application>

Fixed: PyCharm was destroying vertical alignment readability I spent so much time to achieve and it was driving me mad, scrunched code is inefficient. v2020.2.5

To find that file: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/tuning-the-ide.html#config-directory

Or rename the file and restart. On changing a setting, it will be recreated with only that new change that was made. (Note my settings file might have been from a much earlier version long ago, now upgraded.)

Where is the checkbox for that in the gui? File > Settings ... ? ... INDENT_TO_CARET_ON_PASTE

Upvotes: 0

Falko
Falko

Reputation: 17867

There are two more settings you might want to check:

  1. Preferences > Editor > General > Other > Strip trailing spaces on Save

  2. Preferences > Editor > Code style > Python > Tabs and Spaces > Use tab character

Upvotes: 3

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