sublime text 2 change indent template

Question

I would like change the basic indentation on template ruby haml. He is set when I create a new file to 'Tab Size: 4' How change it in 'Spaces: 2'?

Thanks.

Answer 1

To change the indentation settings just for ruby files create a new file named Ruby.sublime-settings, based on your OS, in %APPDATA%\Sublime Text 2\Packages\User or ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User/ or ~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/User/' with the following content:

{
  // The number of spaces a tab is considered equal to
  "tab_size": 2,

  // Set to true to insert spaces when tab is pressed
  "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true
}

Answer 2

There is a better and easier way to set the indentation. To change indentation for all file types go to:

Preferences -> Settings - Default/User

To change indentation for a specific file type, open a file type of your choice in the editor, and then go to:

Preferences -> Settings -> More -> Syntax Specific -> User

In both cases Sublime Text will open a file called Ruby.sublime-settings. Save the following settings:

{
  "tab_size": 2,
  "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true
}

You can read more about this in this SO question.