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Date:      Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:11:59 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To:        Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tabstop setting for port Makefiles
Message-ID:  <20100629151159.GA2517@straylight.ringlet.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimJnOeDR5M5vo86ySbi4P50O5xwHn3k_IqV3ZNP@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 03:52:56PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> Dear All,
>=20
> >From bsd.port.mk:
>=20
> [chris@amnesiac]~% head /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk |tail -n 1
> # Please view me with 4 column tabs!
> [chris@amnesiac]~%
>=20
> However, the Porter's Handbook [1] says:
>=20
> Note that [bsd.port.mk] uses a non-standard tab setting.
>=20
> So if it's non-standard, does that mean I should use 8-column tabs
> while creating/editing port Makefiles, or should I match the
> 'non-standard' bsd.port.mk?
>=20
> Or is it just personal preference and the committers don't care?

Uhm, the standard width of a horizontal tab is 8 characters.
Thus, bsd.port.mk's 4 characters *are* non-standard; when writing your
own ports, use an eight-character tab like the rest of the world ;)

Oh, my coat?  Nah, I'll get it myself, an asbestos suit is too heavy for
most people to lift anyway.

G'luck,
Peter

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