How can I stop Atom adding a space when I start a new line?

Question

I'm using a text editor called Atom. When I start a new line by pressing enter, the editor automatically adds a space; which I don't need. Can anyone help? Thanks.

Answer 1

Figuring out the cause

To know what's triggered when pressing enter, you can enable the Key Binding Resolver through the command palette or by pressing Ctrl + . (dot key):

It should bring a new pane at the bottom of the editor which shows the last input from the keyboard and lists all the triggered actions in order.

From there, you can pinpoint the plugin which may do what you don't want.

Fix the problem

• disable the culprit plugin

• disable this plugin keybindings and implement your own inside your personal keymap.cson file.

  Here's a part of my keymap.cson which swaps docblockr commands.

  'atom-text-editor:not([mini])':
    # docblockr keybindings
    'tab': 'docblockr:parse-tab'
    'enter': 'docblockr:parse-inline'
    'shift-enter': 'docblockr:parse-enter'
  

• sometimes, after a plugin update, rebooting Atom or just reloading the window with Alt+Ctrl+r fixes keybinding problems.