From owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 08:08:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E6616A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:08:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from engine140.deployzone.net (engine140.deployzone.net [193.17.85.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 04FCA43D69 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:08:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@czv.com) Received: from adsl-212-90-218-5.cybernet.ch [212.90.218.5] by engine140.deployzone.net; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:06:30 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1110268418.3928.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <200503080336.j283aPuE084945@freefall.freebsd.org> <1110268418.3928.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Zumbrunn Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:08:14 +0100 To: "Devon H. O'Dell" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tabs and spaces in www and doc X-BeenThere: freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Project Webmasters List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 08:08:18 -0000 On Mar 8, 2005, at 8:53 AM, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > Again, another thing I'm sure there's a good reason for, but why do www > (and doc, I suppose) use two spaces up until you get to 8, and then use > a tab? Why not use tabs and set the width to two spaces? Spaces make it > a real hassle to (re)format ;). I've seen the opposite also: One tab followed by spaces. And differences from line to line, depending on who edited last. Certainly, it would be good to know what should be used, tabs or spaces, so that things can be cleaned up while working on it. /czv