Linux Replace tab with 4 spaces

Question

I was wondering if there is a way to remap my tab key to produce 4 spaces instead? I know how to do it in Vi/Vim but I would like that to work anywhere on my computer. I am running CentOS. I have to program using only 4 spaces instead of tab but I am using a couple oft IDEs so I would like to make it work everywhere.

Thanks

Answer 1

i think it's what you want http://editorconfig.org/

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