diff --git a/src/plugins/genericeditor/editor.cpp b/src/plugins/genericeditor/editor.cpp
index 3a19588a5f0f34d57c647c6547bca09bea52f3a5..aca25ab374e54026b45ec582805d5e7133ada4b1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericeditor/editor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericeditor/editor.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 #include <texteditor/basetextdocument.h>
 #include <texteditor/texteditorsettings.h>
 #include <texteditor/fontsettings.h>
+#include <texteditor/tabsettings.h>
+#include <texteditor/normalindenter.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/QSharedPointer>
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ Editor::Editor(QWidget *parent) : TextEditor::BaseTextEditor(parent)
     connect(file(), SIGNAL(changed()), this, SLOT(configure()));
 }
 
+Editor::~Editor()
+{}
+
 void Editor::unCommentSelection()
 {
     Utils::unCommentSelection(this, m_commentDefinition);
@@ -78,6 +83,11 @@ void Editor::setFontSettings(const TextEditor::FontSettings & fs)
     highlighter->rehighlight();
 }
 
+void Editor::indentBlock(QTextDocument *doc, QTextBlock block, QChar typedChar)
+{
+    m_indenter->indentBlock(doc, block, typedChar, tabSettings());
+}
+
 void Editor::configure()
 {
     const QString &mimeType = Core::ICore::instance()->mimeDatabase()->findByFile(
@@ -99,6 +109,12 @@ void Editor::configure()
         m_commentDefinition.setSingleLine(definition->singleLineComment());
         m_commentDefinition.setMultiLineStart(definition->multiLineCommentStart());
         m_commentDefinition.setMultiLineEnd(definition->multiLineCommentEnd());
+
+        //@todo: It's possible to specify an indenter style in the definition file. However, this
+        // is not really being used because Kate recommends to configure indentation through
+        // another editor feature. Maybe we should provide something similar in Creator?
+        // For now the normal indenter is used.
+        m_indenter.reset(new TextEditor::NormalIndenter);
     } catch (const HighlighterException &) {
         // No highlighter will be set.
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/genericeditor/editor.h b/src/plugins/genericeditor/editor.h
index a1317aca956ab454fa16a31f79500867bc844fc8..be4decf9cff4de045281d6a01d2ddd8ad1b5ac6a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericeditor/editor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/genericeditor/editor.h
@@ -34,11 +34,18 @@
 #include <utils/uncommentselection.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/QList>
+#include <QtCore/QScopedPointer>
+#include <QtGui/QTextBlock>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QString;
+class QTextDocument;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
+namespace TextEditor {
+class Indenter;
+}
+
 namespace GenericEditor {
 namespace Internal {
 
@@ -47,6 +54,7 @@ class Editor : public TextEditor::BaseTextEditor
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     Editor(QWidget *parent = 0);
+    virtual ~Editor();
 
     virtual void unCommentSelection();
 
@@ -60,7 +68,13 @@ private slots:
     void configure();
 
 private:
+    Editor(const Editor &);
+    Editor &operator=(const Editor &);
+
+    virtual void indentBlock(QTextDocument *doc, QTextBlock block, QChar typedChar);
+
     Utils::CommentDefinition m_commentDefinition;
+    QScopedPointer<TextEditor::Indenter> m_indenter;
 };
 
 class EditorEditable : public TextEditor::BaseTextEditorEditable
diff --git a/src/plugins/genericeditor/highlightdefinition.h b/src/plugins/genericeditor/highlightdefinition.h
index 0546d893160a6fcd65333f0cb22c894fe57060b3..1a78761da3b2271321af8b6120c5f8f0b350a638 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericeditor/highlightdefinition.h
+++ b/src/plugins/genericeditor/highlightdefinition.h
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ public:
 
     void addDelimiters(const QString &characters);
     void removeDelimiters(const QString &characters);
-    //Todo: wordWrapDelimiters?
-    bool isDelimiter(const QChar &character) const;    
+    bool isDelimiter(const QChar &character) const;
 
     void setSingleLineComment(const QString &start);
     const QString &singleLineComment() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/genericeditor/highlightdefinitionhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/genericeditor/highlightdefinitionhandler.cpp
index fedd7c14686efc14749b24d79e3300800c336a8d..034c1bf3c1cc2f330022cad6610de2ca1dd29810 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericeditor/highlightdefinitionhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericeditor/highlightdefinitionhandler.cpp
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void HighlightDefinitionHandler::keywordsElementStarted(const QXmlAttributes &at
     m_definition->setKeywordsSensitive(atts.value(kCaseSensitive));
     m_definition->removeDelimiters(atts.value(kWeakDeliminator));
     m_definition->addDelimiters(atts.value(kAdditionalDeliminator));
-    //Todo: wordWrapDelimiters?
+    //@todo: wordWrapDelimiters?
 }
 
 void HighlightDefinitionHandler::detectCharStarted(const QXmlAttributes &atts)
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/indenter.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/indenter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee2edc642ac03616ecb44d92dcdb246da487a211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/indenter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator
+**
+** Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+**
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** Commercial Usage
+**
+** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+**
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at http://qt.nokia.com/contact.
+**
+**************************************************************************/
+
+#include "indenter.h"
+#include "tabsettings.h"
+
+using namespace TextEditor;
+
+Indenter::Indenter()
+{}
+
+Indenter::~Indenter()
+{}
+
+void Indenter::indentBlock(QTextDocument *doc,
+                           QTextBlock block,
+                           QChar typedChar,
+                           const TabSettings &ts)
+{
+    doIndentBlock(doc, block, typedChar, ts);
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/indenter.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/indenter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c6aff2ac7feee04943cce634be4fcf6990cd8375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/indenter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator
+**
+** Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+**
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** Commercial Usage
+**
+** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+**
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at http://qt.nokia.com/contact.
+**
+**************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef INDENTER_H
+#define INDENTER_H
+
+#include "texteditor_global.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/QChar>
+#include <QtGui/QTextBlock>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+class QTextDocument;
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+namespace TextEditor {
+
+struct TabSettings;
+
+class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT Indenter
+{
+public:
+    Indenter();
+    virtual ~Indenter();
+
+    void indentBlock(QTextDocument *doc, QTextBlock block, QChar typedChar, const TabSettings &ts);
+
+private:
+    virtual void doIndentBlock(QTextDocument *doc,
+                               QTextBlock block,
+                               QChar typedChar,
+                               const TabSettings &ts) = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace TextEditor
+
+#endif // INDENTER_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/normalindenter.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/normalindenter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a6eb1398c798ff324ad2ec63b97867f3f6ca192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/normalindenter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator
+**
+** Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+**
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** Commercial Usage
+**
+** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+**
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at http://qt.nokia.com/contact.
+**
+**************************************************************************/
+
+#include "normalindenter.h"
+#include "tabsettings.h"
+
+#include <QtGui/QTextDocument>
+
+using namespace TextEditor;
+
+NormalIndenter::NormalIndenter()
+{}
+
+NormalIndenter::~NormalIndenter()
+{}
+
+// Indent a text block based on previous line.
+// Simple text paragraph layout:
+// aaaa aaaa
+//
+//   bbb bb
+//   bbb bb
+//
+//  - list
+//    list line2
+//
+//  - listn
+//
+// ccc
+//
+// @todo{Add formatting to wrap paragraphs. This requires some
+// hoops as the current indentation routines are not prepared
+// for additional block being inserted. It might be possible
+// to do in 2 steps (indenting/wrapping)}
+//
+void NormalIndenter::doIndentBlock(QTextDocument *doc,
+                                   QTextBlock block,
+                                   QChar typedChar,
+                                   const TextEditor::TabSettings &ts)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(typedChar)
+
+    // At beginning: Leave as is.
+    if (block == doc->begin())
+        return;
+
+    const QTextBlock previous = block.previous();
+    const QString previousText = previous.text();
+    // Empty line indicates a start of a new paragraph. Leave as is.
+    if (previousText.isEmpty() || previousText.trimmed().isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    // Just use previous line.
+    // Skip blank characters when determining the indentation
+    int i = 0;
+    while (i < previousText.size()) {
+        if (!previousText.at(i).isSpace()) {
+            ts.indentLine(block, ts.columnAt(previousText, i));
+            break;
+        }
+        ++i;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/normalindenter.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/normalindenter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7014f9ce3afe88ee431d8044b296c8f25b0a75de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/normalindenter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator
+**
+** Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+**
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** Commercial Usage
+**
+** Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+**
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at http://qt.nokia.com/contact.
+**
+**************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef NORMALINDENTER_H
+#define NORMALINDENTER_H
+
+#include "indenter.h"
+
+namespace TextEditor {
+
+class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT NormalIndenter : public Indenter
+{
+public:
+    NormalIndenter();
+    virtual ~NormalIndenter();
+
+private:
+    virtual void doIndentBlock(QTextDocument *doc,
+                               QTextBlock block,
+                               QChar typedChar,
+                               const TabSettings &ts);
+};
+
+} // namespace TextEditor
+
+#endif // NORMALINDENTER_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
index 5fdd1136a7c718c6b6d4d917b320147098aac822..257280b0b3c47c1e772b4e90188de5c1b71b9f4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
@@ -76,49 +76,7 @@ QString PlainTextEditorEditable::id() const
     return QLatin1String(Core::Constants::K_DEFAULT_TEXT_EDITOR_ID);
 }
 
-// Indent a text block based on previous line.
-// Simple text paragraph layout:
-// aaaa aaaa
-//
-//   bbb bb
-//   bbb bb
-//
-//  - list
-//    list line2
-//
-//  - listn
-//
-// ccc
-//
-// @todo{Add formatting to wrap paragraphs. This requires some
-// hoops as the current indentation routines are not prepared
-// for additional block being inserted. It might be possible
-// to do in 2 steps (indenting/wrapping)}
-//
-
 void PlainTextEditor::indentBlock(QTextDocument *doc, QTextBlock block, QChar typedChar)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(typedChar)
-
-    // At beginning: Leave as is.
-    if (block == doc->begin())
-        return;
-
-    const QTextBlock previous = block.previous();
-    const QString previousText = previous.text();
-    // Empty line indicates a start of a new paragraph. Leave as is.
-    if (previousText.isEmpty() || previousText.trimmed().isEmpty())
-        return;
-
-    // Just use previous line.
-    // Skip blank characters when determining the indentation
-    int i = 0;
-    while (i < previousText.size()) {
-        if (!previousText.at(i).isSpace()) {
-            const TextEditor::TabSettings &ts = tabSettings();
-            ts.indentLine(block, ts.columnAt(previousText, i));
-            break;
-        }
-        ++i;
-    }
+    m_indenter.indentBlock(doc, block, typedChar, tabSettings());
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
index 181d4c4bbd44ca1a46f865351445799a4e8a393b..f2c5673fb045db07d0679c841ebb12a858ed436a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define PLAINTEXTEDITOR_H
 
 #include "basetexteditor.h"
+#include "normalindenter.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QList>
 
@@ -61,9 +62,12 @@ public:
     PlainTextEditor(QWidget *parent);
 
 protected:
-    virtual BaseTextEditorEditable *createEditableInterface() { return new PlainTextEditorEditable(this); }
-    // Indent a text block based on previous line.
+    virtual BaseTextEditorEditable *createEditableInterface() { return new PlainTextEditorEditable(this); }    
     virtual void indentBlock(QTextDocument *doc, QTextBlock block, QChar typedChar);
+
+private:
+    // Indent a text block based on previous line.
+    NormalIndenter m_indenter;
 };
 
 } // namespace TextEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
index a27f857809a36a97a7bfcc9810824dea36aaaabe..bf64eb51c18d282934bc99ee81cd9ffac4c38439 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ SOURCES += texteditorplugin.cpp \
     texteditoroverlay.cpp \
     texteditoroptionspage.cpp \
     basetextdocumentlayout.cpp \
-    completionsettings.cpp
+    completionsettings.cpp \
+    normalindenter.cpp \
+    indenter.cpp
 
 HEADERS += texteditorplugin.h \
     textfilewizard.h \
@@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ HEADERS += texteditorplugin.h \
     texteditoroverlay.h \
     texteditoroptionspage.h \
     basetextdocumentlayout.h \
-    completionsettings.h
+    completionsettings.h \
+    normalindenter.h \
+    indenter.h
 
 
 FORMS += behaviorsettingspage.ui \