Unexpected 'INDENT' in CoffeeScript Example Code

Question

As I was playing around for the first time with CoffeeScript, I ran in to a problem. In order to debug my problem, I tried replacing my whole file with one of the example b

Answer 1

I am pretty sure this is a tabs-vs-spaces issue. Tell your editor not to convert spaces to tabs if it does that. Also, go through your code with the cursor and make sure it doesn't jump over blank areas.

The issue is that while normal editors see a tab as equivalent to two or four spaces, coffeescript sees it as one space, so the indentation gets messed up.

If this all doesn't help, make sure you have a recent coffeescript version, e.g. 1.1.0 or newer.