Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:29:15 +0100 From: Chris Zumbrunn <chris@czv.com> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tabs and spaces in www and doc Message-ID: <b8df4b3c635612fd48c5bb1ae7c98780@czv.com> In-Reply-To: <20050308085202.GC994@eddie.nitro.dk> References: <200503080336.j283aPuE084945@freefall.freebsd.org><1110268418.3928.2.camel@localhost.localdomain><20050308083345.GB994@eddie.nitro.dk><1110271173.3928.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050308085202.GC994@eddie.nitro.dk>
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On Mar 8, 2005, at 9:52 AM, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2005.03.08 09:39:33 +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: >> On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 09:33 +0100, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: >>> On 2005.03.08 08:53:38 +0100, 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 ;). >>> >>> The convention is documented in the FDP Primer, but some doc/ and >>> most >>> www/ have a rather inconsistent style... (read: is a big mess :-) ). >> >> Aha. > > Indeed :-) - the documentation project does document some of these > things :-). > >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing- >> style.html#AEN3202 >> >> Perhaps I'll write some clean-up scripts (MUCH later ;)) > > Note that the current defacto policy with regards to whitespace and > similar sweeping changes is that there should be a reason to do it > (ie. it's getting in the way of real work), since there are downsides > to doing a style sweep. I think the last thread about this which > contained more details was on doc or cvs-doc last autumn. > > Just so you don't waste time on something that's not going to be > committed. I'll stick to the "2 space indent, 8 space tab" rule. /czv
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