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Visual Studio Code – How can I stop VS code from converting tabs to spaces in a particular file?

In the VS code editor, the default setting is to replace tabs by spaces, which is what I want. However, this is disastrous in a make file. I have written a make file (named Makefile) but VS code insists on changing tabs to spaces so I get a "Missing Separator" error when I run make.

If I go to File > Preferences > Settings and type @id:editor.insertSpaces in the menu, I see this:

settings, editor: insert spaces, modified elsewhere

When I click on Modified elsewhere I see this:

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The second screenshot seems to says that the editor won’t insert spaces in a Makefile, but it certainly is. What am I doing wrong, or what have I failed to do?

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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
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    What worked for me was adding the following to settings.json:

    "[makefile]": {
        "editor.insertSpaces": false
    },

  2. 0

    Try modifing settings.json

    VScode Settings

    VScode JSON settings

    There are 3 levels (by higher priority)
    1. Worspace Settings JSON
    2. User Settings JSON
    3. Default Settings JSON

    This should fix most inconveniences:

        "[markdown]": {
        "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": false,
        "editor.insertSpaces": false
    },
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