title: How can I configure sublime to always use 4 spaces?
body: <p>I know that sublime has the following space-related settings:</p>
  
  <h2>Preferences.sublime-settings</h2>
  
  <pre><code>{
      "tab_size": 4,
      "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
      "use_tab_stops": false
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I think this means:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><code>tab_size</code>: When I press <kbd>Tab</kbd> I get 4 spaces (or a tab length of 4, depending on wheather it makes tabs or spaces)</li>
  <li><code>translate_tabs_to_spaces</code>: When I save a document it will translate tabs to spaces</li>
  <li><code>use_tab_stops</code>: (only relevant for spaces) Sublime will not simply enter 4 spaces, but will eventually add less spaces to get to the next tab position.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>But although I have this configuration, I see all the time:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3hn0J.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>My <code>project.sublime-project</code> has:</p>
  
  <pre><code>...
  "settings":
  {
      "tab_size": 4,
      "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
      "use_tab_stops": true
  }
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I tell sublime to always use 4 spaces? (except for Makefiles, where it has to use tabs. But the focus of thes question is on 4, not on spaces)</p>
  
  <p>I have <code>Linux Mint 16 Petra</code> and <code>Sublime Text build 3059</code></p>