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PL/I Text Editor Tab Page

The settings you specify on the Tools > Options > Text Editor > PL/I > Tabs page in Visual Studio apply to all projects in your solutions.

Indenting
None
Disables the automatic indenting of new lines of code.
Block
Indents a new line at the same tab position as the previous line.
Smart
Indents new lines of code according to the rules of the COBOL language.
Tab
Tab and indent size
Defines the number of spaces inserted when you press Tab or Enter. When programming in COBOL, the Compiler expects the meaningful code to start from column eight. This is why it is convenient to have the tab character replaced by four spaces to reduce the risk of introducing compilation errors in the code.
Insert spaces
Replaces the tab character with the number of spaces specified in the Tab and indent size field.
Keep tabs
Inserts a tab character when you press Tab.
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