Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 09:12:06 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> To: Chris Zumbrunn <chris@czv.com> Cc: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tabs and spaces in www and doc Message-ID: <1110269526.3928.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <ccb1ebd411024b4df20e965805455850@czv.com> References: <200503080336.j283aPuE084945@freefall.freebsd.org> <1110268418.3928.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <ccb1ebd411024b4df20e965805455850@czv.com>
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On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 09:08 +0100, Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > 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 The one tab occurs when it can replace 8 spaces. I personally think this is bad style (but don't want to start YATVS war), especially since My Favorite Editor(tm) defaults to a tab size of two spaces. --Devon
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